Paul McGinley’s Brilliant Moment
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European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has played a starring role in a new 5.3m campaign by VisitScotland to promote the multitude of global events taking place in the country throughout 2014.
The 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles and the Junior Ryder Cup at Blairgowrie both feature heavily alongside the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and Scotland’s Year of Homecoming in the new adverts, entitled Scotland’s Brilliant Moments.
The advert sees a number of Scots reading a line from a specially penned poem, against a backdrop of dramatic Scottish locations, including Speyside, Portsoy, Orkney, Gleneagles, Blairgowrie, Glasgow and Edinburgh with McGinley delivering a stirring final line as a surprise element.
McGinley features in the adverts alongside young golfer Lewis Breslin from Blairgowrie GC, host venue of the Junior Ryder Cup, and Elijah Nathan, chef at The Gleneagles Hotel. Legendary Olympian Sir Chris Hoy and Scottish musician Nicola Benedetti also feature in the Commonwealth Games and Homecoming focused adverts.
McGinley said: “It is a privilege to be Ryder Cup captain anywhere in the world but to do so in Scotland, the Home of Golf, makes it that little bit more special and I was delighted to appear in this advert to represent The Ryder Cup among the other great events taking place in 2014.”
As part of the campaign VisitScotland is asking viewers to post images or videos of their own Brilliant Moments in Scotland. Get involved at facebook.com/visitscotland or by using the hashtag #brilliantmoments on Twitter.