2014 Ryder Cup matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes. If a match was level after 18 holes each side was awarded half a point. The Gleneagles Hotel, located one hour outside of Edinburgh and set in grounds of , had undergone a major redevelopment programme, partly in preparation for the 2014 Ryder Cup. The PGA Centenary Course, designed by Jack Nicklaus and one of three at Gleneagles, currently measures off the championship tees. The course was awarded the Ryder Cup in 2001, and it was originally scheduled to host the matches in 2013, however this was delayed a year due
Gleneagles (Scotland) a 1750 extension to an earlier 17th-century building that is approached by an avenue of lime trees planted to commemorate the Battle of Camperdown. Little remains of Gleneagles Castle, the early 16th-century tower house of the Haldanes. The Caledonian Railway Company used its name for the Gleneagles Hotel and golf course they built some distance from the glen at the edge of Auchterarder. The hotel hosted the controversial G8 conference in July 2005, which earned the area the description of "the most fortified golf course in Scotland" due to extensive security. Gleneagles railway station, formerly known as Crieff Junction, is