Oban

British

/ ˈəʊbən /

noun

a small port and resort in W Scotland, in Argyll and Bute on the Firth of Lorne. Pop: 8120 (2001)

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The Oban native directed a middle-finger gesture towards the 15th green after making a quadruple bogey in his opening round and subsequently slammed his club into the ground after a poor shot on 17.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Bromell was initially rushed to hospital in Oban and then transferred to the Royal Alexandra in Paisley.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Bromell had stayed with his sister on the Isle of Bute before he moved to Oban about two years before he died.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Oban in Argyll also builds a creel tree as part of the town's winter festival.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

We got to Oban about 7, and I shall often think of that lovely evening.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King

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