Northern lights from the first tee tonight.

Mornings in Mach.

Up above the 15th green.

“It is all there in this rough-and-tumble stretch of picturesque duneland: elevated tees with breathtaking views across high shaggy sandhills; half-glimpsed fairways pitching and tossing at every imaginable cant or dog-legging gently around sentinel dunes; now a blind green in a…

Cutting the fairways The Machrihanish Golf Club early 1900s. The Ugadale hotel and ladies clubhouse in the background.

Greenside at the par-3 11th.

Vintage The Machrihanish Golf Club

Always a relief to find the green on the challenging short par-3 15th.

The Machrihanish golf course is set amongst rugged dunes, offering incredible views towards the islands of Jura and Islay. This links course is one of the most natural and enjoyable places to golf throughout the whole of the UK.

The blind approach to the 7th green.

A wee detour The Machrihanish Golf Club this afternoon.

Superb shot of the Machrihanish Bay dunescape, courtesy of The Links Diary.

Machrihanish Dunes in the foreground and The Machrihanish Golf Club in the background.

Turning for home on the back nine.

Golfing heaven.

The reverse angle of Hole 3️⃣ and the towering dunes invisible from the green.

“It’s a true lay-of-the-land green; any artful intervention from man is barely recognizable.”

Analysis from Clyde Johnson of our 2nd hole, for @the_fried_egg.

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