World’s major golf pairs event comes to Kintyre

[Kintyre Forum News]

Fantastic news! Campbeltown surely has to ensure this opportunity is not missed!

World’s major golf pairs event comes to Kintyre

Negotiations by Argyll and Bute Council have secured the world’s top amateur golf pairs event for Machrihanish, in Kintyre.

The world final of the International Pairs Club Event will take place in October 2013 at Machrihanish Dunes links course. It is recognised as the world’s biggest club competition.

Council Leader Roddy McCuish said, “This event is huge and the world final attracts golfers and their followers from thirty countries. It is a marvellous coup for Kintyre and the impact will spread throughout Argyll and Bute as word is taken to the world of what this unique area has to offer.”

Councillor McCuish with fellow Councillors Dougie Philand and Donald Kelly worked together to attract the event to Machrihanish.

The event has been held in Scotland at the Carrick Golf Course at Loch Lomond for the past three years. A conversation with event organisers Golf Frontiers revealed they were looking for an alternative venue in Scotland.

“We alerted him to the high class golf courses on Islay and Campbeltown and the rest is history in that he followed links we gave him and now we have the good news that they have selected Machrihanish Dunes,” said Councillor McCuish.

For information about the International Pairs Club Event go to :

www.golffrontiers.com/tournaments/inter ... club-event

For information about Machrihanish Dunes holiday village and golf course go to : http://machrihanishdunes.com/

[muppetanimal]

At the risk of being accused of nitpicking, there is a big difference between a golf event being held at "Machrihanish" or an event being held at "Machrihanish Dunes". The Kintyre Forum News report is all over the place in this respect, and one can only assume that it was not written by anyone associated with the original "Machrihanish Golf Club" who would have been aware of the distinction between the two courses.

[Swanseajock]

At the risk of being accused of nitpicking, there is a big difference between a golf event being held at "Machrihanish" or an event being held at "Machrihanish Dunes". The Kintyre Forum News report is all over the place in this respect, and one can only assume that it was not written by anyone associated with the original "Machrihanish Golf Club" who would have been aware of the distinction between the two courses.

At risk of being equally as grumpy, surely it doesn't matter which course it plays at, as long as it comes to Machrihanish, By Campbeltown, South Kintyre

[muppetanimal]

Swanseajock
At risk of being equally as grumpy, surely it doesn't matter which course it plays at, as long as it comes to Machrihanish, By Campbeltown, South Kintyre [/quote]


The devil, as always, is in the detail, which to a non-golfer may be of little significance but which is to a follower of the sport of great importance. St Andrews, for instance, is not just home to a single course but to eleven of them, so one should never jump to the conclusion that someone who says that they have played St Andrews has actually been on the Old Course famed for its TV appearances over the years. So let us differentiate between the original (and some say the best) Machrihanish golf course and its younger neighbour "Machrihanish Dunes " golf course, who having decided to link its name to the older course must take the blame for any confusion that results from that decision. Personally I would suggest that "Westport Dunes" would have been more accurate, but thereagain who in the global golfing community would have known where Westport was?
The best opening hole in the world of golf is at Machrihanish, not at its Westport neighbour.

Nitpicking ...maybe, seeking accuracy ...definitely.

[Kintyre Forum News]

At the risk of being accused of nitpicking, there is a big difference between a golf event being held at "Machrihanish" or an event being held at "Machrihanish Dunes". The Kintyre Forum News report is all over the place in this respect, and one can only assume that it was not written by anyone associated with the original "Machrihanish Golf Club" who would have been aware of the distinction between the two courses.

muppetanimal

This is a press release from Argyll & Bute Council not written by the Kintyre Forum thank you.

[muppetanimal]

muppetanimal

This is a press release from Argyll & Bute Council not written by the Kintyre Forum thank you. [/quote]


Ah so that's it. The Kintyre Forum submits an unaccredited article containing inaccuracies and then tries to pass the blame for "someones oversight" on what amounts to a plagiarized piece. If you choose to use someone else's words have the decency to say so in the article, at least that way we can consider it in the correct context.

[Kintyre Forum News]

Ah so that's it. The Kintyre Forum submits an unaccredited article containing inaccuracies and then tries to pass the blame for "someones oversight" on what amounts to a plagiarized piece. If you choose to use someone else's words have the decency to say so in the article, at least that way we can consider it in the correct context.

Easy chief, just highlighting it was a press release from the Council that we received by e-mail and simply copied and pasted. Same story appears on the Council website

http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/news/2012 ... es-kintyre

Wasn't trying to pass the blame on at all. Your right however, I should have noted it was the Council's press release.

In fact, in hindsight, I'll write fresh articles in my spare time.....

[gizmo]

Nitpicking ...maybe, seeking accuracy ...definitely.