Hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Gleneagles Hotel is a hotel near Auchterarder , Scotland. It was commissioned by the Caledonian Railway and opened in 1924. The bandleader Henry Hall performed at the hotel before the Second World War during which it served as a military hospital. There are three tournament-standard golf courses in the grounds and the hotel was redeveloped for the 40th Ryder Cup in 2014 . Significant conferences at the hotel have included the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1977 and the 31st G8 summit in July 2005. It is a Category B listed building .[1]
History
Construction of the hotel was commenced by the Caledonian Railway (CR), which also built the nearby Gleneagles railway station . However, by the time it opened in 1924, the CR had been absorbed by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS). It was equipped with its own dedicated railway branch line.[2] An up-and-coming dance band leader named Henry Hall was involved in buying their pianos, and organising the dance band entertainment. He decided that radio broadcasts would be an ideal way to advertise the new hotel, so was given permission to move his Trafford Band from Manchester 's Midland Hotel to the Gleneagles and form a new band in Manchester. The hotel's opening night was celebrated with Scotland 's first ever outside broadcast on 7 June 1924.[3]
After the season ended, the band moved to the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool . Summer 1925 saw the band return to Gleneagles, although their commercial recordings were made in Manchester , and the winter seasons were in Liverpool .[4]
During World War II , as with many large country hotels, it was converted into Gleneagles Hospital[5] under the charge of Dr Thomas Ferguson as Medical Superintendent.[6] In 1948 ownership of the hotel passed from LMS to the British Transport Commission and in 1963 to British Transport Hotels .[7]
In 1980 the hotel was designated as a Category B listed building .[1] In 1981, British Transport Hotels sold Gleneagles to a newly established private sector operator, Gleneagles Hotels plc.[8] In 1984 it was acquired by Arthur Bell & Sons ,[9] which came into the ownership of Guinness in 1985 and Diageo in 1997.[10]
Between 1982 and 1986, £11 million was spent on renovation and since 1982 the hotel has been open all year round. In 1986, and every year since, the hotel has been awarded five red stars by the AA . The hotel remained owned by Diageo, until it was sold to a private investment company Ennismore in 2015.[11]
The hotel was redeveloped in preparation for hosting the 40th Ryder Cup in 2014 played on the PGA Centenary Course.[12]
Facilities
Gleneagles has three golf courses: the King's Course, Queen's Course and PGA Centenary Course, previously known as the Monarch's Course. There is also a nine-hole course called the PGA National Academy Course, informally known as the Wee Course. Gleneagles Golf Academy opened in 1994 and in 2010 was re-branded to The PGA National Academy for Scotland.[13] The Jack Nicklaus -designed PGA Centenary Course opened in 1993 and hosted the Ryder Cup in 2014. When asked about his work, Nicklaus said, "It's the finest parcel of land in the world I have ever been given to work with."[14]
Tournaments that have taken place at Gleneagles include:[15]
The British School of Falconry has been located at Gleneagles since 1992.[16]
The village of Glenmor has holiday homes set within the grounds of the hotel.[17]
Conferences
Conferences have included:
Awards
Gleneagles Hotel has won/holds various awards,[21] including:
5 Red AA Stars[22] (since 1986)
Conde Nast Gold List 2009 – Best Hotel in the World for Facilities[23]
Scotland's leading resort at the World Travel Awards 2008[24]
Best Golf Resort in the World (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017) – Ultratravel Magazine[25]
Scotland's Best Hotel – Today's Golfer Travel Awards (2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017)[26]
Ryder Cup venues
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Muirfield Village , Dublin, Ohio (1987)
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Real Club Valderrama , Sotogrande , Andalusia (1997)
The Country Club , Brookline, Massachusetts (1999)
Oakland Hills Country Club , Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (2004)
K Club , Straffan , County Kildare (2006)
Valhalla Golf Club , Louisville, Kentucky (2008)
Celtic Manor Resort , Newport, Wales (2010)
Medinah Country Club , Medinah, Illinois (2012)
Gleneagles , Auchterarder , Perth and Kinross (2014)
Hazeltine National Golf Club , Chaska, Minnesota (2016, 2029)
Le Golf National , Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines , Île-de-France (2018)
Whistling Straits , Haven, Wisconsin (2021)
Marco Simone Golf and Country Club , Guidonia , Rome (2023)
Bethpage Black Course , Farmingdale, New York (2025)
Adare Manor , Adare , County Limerick (2027)
Olympic Club , San Francisco , California (2033)
Congressional Country Club , Bethesda, Maryland (2037)
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Muirfield Village , Dublin, Ohio (1998)
Loch Lomond Golf Club , Luss , Argyll & Bute (2000)
Interlachen Country Club , Edina, Minnesota (2002)
Barsebäck Golf & Country Club , Barsebäck , Skåne (2003)
Crooked Stick Golf Club , Carmel, Indiana (2005)
Halmstad GK , Tylösand , Halland (2007)
Rich Harvest Farms , Sugar Grove, Illinois (2009)
Killeen Castle , County Meath (2011)
Colorado Golf Club , Parker, Colorado (2013)
Golf Club St. Leon-Rot , Sankt Leon-Rot , Baden-Württemberg (2015)
Des Moines Golf and Country Club , West Des Moines, Iowa (2017)
Gleneagles , Auchterarder , Perth and Kinross (2019)
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