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In February 2023, the company managing the golf course, Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd, reported pre-tax losses of £697,000 ($860,000) in 2021. [23] For 31 December 2023, the accounts reveal an overall asset value of £37,201,613. During the year there had been an operating loss of £1,159,571 and loss before tax of £1,427,216.
Turnberry Golf Courses and Resort have won/hold various awards including: Ailsa Course ranked No. 8 and King Robert the Bruce Course ranked No. 94 [36] - World’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses, Golf Digest 2024; No. 2 in Scotland and 3rd in Great Britain, 2024 [37] - National Club Golfer; No. 2 Golf Course in Scotland, 2023 [38] - Top 100 Golf Courses
The first record of North American golf was a consignment of 96 golf clubs and 432 golf balls which was shipped from Leith to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1743; [26] and on 29 September 1786 Scottish merchants established the South Carolina Golf Club in Charleston, the first golf club in the United States.
Scottish Golf is the governing body for amateur golf in Scotland. It was formed in 2015 as a merger between the Scottish Golf Union , the governing body for men, and the Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association, the equivalent body for women.
The Scottish PGA Championship is a golf tournament played annually in Scotland since 1907. For many years the event was called the Scottish Professional Championship . It is the flagship event on the "Tartan Tour", the PGA Tour in Scotland's schedule.
The Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles was a European Tour golf tournament which was played at the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland.The tournament was founded in 1999 as the Scottish PGA Championship, and despite maintaining the same sponsor, has since changed name on several occasions, as Diageo has looked to promote different brands.
The Northern Open is a golf tournament played annually in Scotland since 1931. For some years it was one of only two 72-hole tournaments on the "Tartan Tour", the PGA Tour in Scotland's schedule, the other being the Scottish PGA Championship, but since 2019 the event has been played over 36 holes.
Scotland is the "home of golf", and is well known for its many links courses, including the Old Course at St Andrews, Carnoustie, Muirfield and Royal Troon. The first record of golf being played was at Leith Links in 1457. [17] Scotland is at the forefront of international golf, with some of the world's premier courses being located there.