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With a host of championship golf courses right on its doorstep, Macdonald Frimley Hall Hotel & Spa in Camberley, Surrey is the ideal base for a weekend on the fairway.

From August this year, the par 72 Dave Thomas designed Macdonald Spey Valley Championship Golf Course at Macdonald Aviemore Resort will benefit from the opening of a new £1 million clubhouse. Just 40 miles south of Inverness Airport and minutes from Macdonald Aviemore Resort, the clubhouse enjoys the breathtaking backdrop of the Cairngorm Mountain Range. Overlooking the 1^sttee, the clubhouse will further enhance the appeal of a course that recently, for the 5^th consecutive year proudly hosted the prestigious Scottish Hydro Challenge - a European Challenge Tour Event.  

It was chosen as the official headquarters for the R&A during the 2013 Open Championship in the summer, and now the award-winning Macdonald Marine Hotel & Spa has added another golfing accolade to its collection - picking up theAccommodation Experience of the Year Award 2013at the Golf Tourism Excellence Awards.  This most recent accolade closely follows Macdonald Hotels & Resorts winningAA Hotel Group of the Year 2013/14.

Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf & Spa's golf sales assistant in Cheshire has been crowned the prestigious Cheshire Champion for the second year running. Emma Goddard from Halewood in Liverpool competed in the three-day competition, which recognises talented golfers and is open to any Cheshire Club player with a maximum handicap of seven.  

The four-star Macdonald Rusacks Hotel in St Andrews, one of the world's most iconic golfing hotels and part of The Macdonald Hotels' Signature Collection, has been invited to permanently display a unique collection of oil painted portraits of golfers deemed to have made the greatest contribution to the history of the Ryder Cup.