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(The spelling as two words, 'Glen Eagles', is as shown on UK Ordnance Survey maps.) The name's origin has nothing to do with eagles , and is a corruption of eaglais or ecclesia , meaning church, and refers to the chapel and well of Saint Mungo , which was restored as a memorial to the Haldane family which owns the Gleneagles estate.
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 .
Gleneagles may refer to: Glen Eagles, a valley in Scotland; Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Scotland Gleneagles Agreement, signed and held at the Gleneagles Hotel; The 31st G8 summit held in July 2005 at Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland; Gleneagles railway station, serving both Gleneagles and Auchterarder
The 1977 Skol Lager Individual was played over the King's Course at Gleneagles in Scotland on 16 and 17 August. After the 36 holes, Nick Faldo , Craig Defoy and Chris Witcher were tied at 139. Faldo won a playoff at the first extra hole to claim his first European Tour title at the age of twenty.
Clan map of Scotland The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs ) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans , mottoes , and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms ...
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The hotel served as the location for the G8 summit in 2005 and is a well-known golf resort; Gleneagles hosted the 2014 Ryder Cup. In anticipation of the 2014 Ryder Cup, Gleneagles railway station underwent a major refurbishment as part of a £7 million program to improve transport infrastructure in the area.
A cadet of the house is believed to have settled in Strathearn and acquired lands which later became part of the barony of Gleneagles, where the chiefs of Clan Haldane still reside today. [1] The name Gleneagles has nothing to do with the chief's heraldry but is derived from the Scottish Gaelic, glen and eaglais, which means a church. [1]