Gleneagles Hotel
Gleneagles Golf Courses
PGA Centenary Course King’s Course Queen’s Course |
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 Gleneagles Hotel with Golf Course |
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| Place data | |
| Coordinates: | 56 ° 16 ′ 51 ″ N , 3 ° 45 ′ 9 ″ W. |
| Playable since: | 1924 King's & Queen's Course
1980 PGA Centenary Course |
| Architect: | King's & Queen's Course James Braid |
| Extensions: | 1993 PGA Centenary Course |
| Par: | KC = 71 QC = 68 |
| Length: | KC = 6790 yards / 6209 m |
| Character: | Parkland |
The Gleneagles Hotel is a 5-star luxury hotel near the Scottish town of Auchterarder . It was opened in 1924 and has become known as the venue for major international conferences and various golf tournaments . It is one of the Leading Hotels of the World and is owned by the Diageo beverage company. It is around 70 kilometers outside of Edinburgh and can be reached in around an hour by car. In September 2014, the hotel hosted the 40th Ryder Cup .
Infrastructure
The hotel has 4 restaurants , 250 rooms and 25 suites , and it is also possible to stay in cottages . In addition to the golf courses , guests have a spa , several tennis courts , a shooting range and a riding facility at their disposal.
Awards
The hotel has received several awards in the past, including a .:
- 5 Red AA Stars (since 1986)
- Conde Nast Gold List 2009 - Best Hotel in the World for Facilities
- Scotland's leading resort at the World Travel Awards 2008
International Conferences
- 1977 Conference of the Commonwealth of Nations; Signing of the Gleneagles Agreement
- 2005 31st G8 summit
golf
The hotel has three 18-hole golf courses, the PGA Centenary , the King's and the Queen's Course . There is also a golf academy with a 9-hole par 3 course ( Wee Course )
Golf history
Gleneagles is also considered the cradle of the Ryder Cup . In 1921 the first non-binding team comparison between American and British golfers was held here in the run-up to the British Open in St. Andrews. The event established itself in the following years and was then officially hosted as the Ryder Cup from 1927.
PGA Centenary Course
The course, opened in 1980 as the Glendevan Course , was redesigned in 1993 by Jack Nicklaus in the "Risk & Reward" design and reopened as the Monarch Course . On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the British PGA, it was renamed the PGA Centenary Course in 2001 . The course is measured from the championship tees with 7262 yards / 6640 m and was the venue of the Ryder Cup in September 2014 .
Golf tournaments
Gleneagles' courses have hosted major golf tournaments on a regular basis since their inception.
- Curtis Cup 1936
- Women's British Open 1957
- Scottish Open from 1987 to 1994
- McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe from 1996 to 1999
- Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles from 1999
- Ryder Cup 2014
- Solheim Cup 2019
Web links
Coordinates: 56 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ N , 3 ° 45 ′ 6 ″ W.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gleneagles' Awards . Gleneagles Hotel. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
- ↑ 5 red stars from AA . Automobile Association. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
- ^ Conde Nast Gold List 2009 . Conde Nast Traveler. Archived from the original on December 24, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
- ↑ World Travel Awards 2008 . World Travel Awards. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
- ↑ http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/GolfIllustrated/1921/gi146u.pdf
- ↑ Ryder Cup 2014: Gleneagles will be a worthy setting to produce drama in The Guardian of September 20, 2014; Retrieved April 6, 2015
- ↑ Golf championships at Gleneagles . Gleneagles Hotel. Archived from the original on August 2, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2009.