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Leather is biodegradable…..🤷

The US players are to get 500k to play- 300k to charity and 200k to fill their nearly empty wallets. Tiger will be disappointed it’s not more.

He gets to use a cart, so a lot easier on the back/leg/knee/ankle/hip etc

Seems fair.

It’s not live on free to air tv in the UK, and hasn’t been since 1995. ( I pay a subscription to Sky for generally good golf coverage). There are limited highlights on the BBC for some golf events, but that’s it. Are other/all PGA events on NBC? Allowing ticket scalping is a systemic failure across sports and showbiz, which could be legislated against, but in the UK is not in any meaningful way. I don’t know much about the secondary market in the US or anti scalping measures. Charging more to keep prices down is an interesting concept, in practice no doubt you are right even if It sounds a bit Catch 22 Do you think sports tickets and broadcast rights should be sold on a purely capitalist basis, or is there an argument to say that some sports might benefit more from wider exposure and affordable access. ( golf in the US is apparently not one of these if tickets sold out at those prices so quickly) Fans might benefit from cheaper tickets and in the UK at least, TV coverage that reaches a wider audience.

Tiger Woods on Ryder Cup pay: 'I hope they would get $5 million each and donate it all to charity' Edit - the link has no title, but basically Tiger wants $5 million for each US player to “donate to charity” They could put the Ryder Cup on free to air tv, and charge the fans a bargain price to get in. If you have to give the players $60 million, that’s why the tickets are $750.

This.. What a complete lack of consideration for other people, many of whom will be paid a fraction of the money he has pocketed and many who will possibly have been volunteering. In the four ball of douche he is definitely included. Greyserman did not enjoy the last 6 holes did he.

The course I mentioned was not Turnberry but Trump International links in Aberdeen. A course I have played and rated it a “5” on my “golf courses I have played ranking”. i am not alone in thinking its amazing, but apparently it has to be top 3 world wide to qualify for that. If anyone else has played it and has a ranking for it then please share. I realise it’s still off topic, but i wrote a 2 line comment which seems to be generating a lot of discussion. And any list that has the Old course in the top ten world wide is obviously bollocks. It’s not even the best course in St Andrews. ( making no allowance for historical value)

I’ve played quite a few courses ranked higher in that list and Trump Links is IMO better than many of them. How high does a course have to get to receive a ranking of incredible or amazing? Top 5 in the world?? Top 2 ? I’ve just had a read through the list and I’ve played 10 of the top 65 - 8 in Scotland , 1 in England and 1 in Australia. I didn’t realise how lucky I was playing junior golf in Scotland.

You missed the edit…. Although naming many of your courses the same does make things confusing. I think there’s a few a trump Internationals ( including a hotel) it also says something when you name them all after yourself … Top 100 Golf Courses Top 100 Golf Courses your guide to the worlds great golf courses Rankings, ratings and reviews

Well Trump International (golf links in Aberdeenshire)is an incredible golf course.

He’s a multiple club champion!!! Rick Reilly: ‘Donald Trump will cheat you on the golf course and then buy you lunch’ | Golf | The Guardian The sports writer Rick Reilly says Donald Trump’s golf antics leave him terrified for the future of the United... However he can play some decent golf especially for his age and what he does do really well is build amazing golf courses.

I would be surprised if you didn’t get ticket for the practice rounds. I don’t think they were sell outs. The Thu - Sun crowds are massive. We went to a practice round and went all over the course, sat in about 10 different grandstands and watched a bit at the range. On the Sunday we were travelling up from distance so didn’t get there till 10.30am. We walked the course from the 1st green out to the 6th. Then sat on the grass behind the 12th for a couple of hours. After watching at the 14th green we watched the finale from the beer garden in front of the giant screen. it’s a great day out, but you don’t see as much golf as you would wish. We could have sat in any of the back six grandstands at 10am, by 11am they were all full. if you do get tickets, I wish you good weather( by which I mean not raining)

How many tickets are available in the ballot?? I’ve been successful in the first three ballots for tickets to the Open but there must be 50 000+ people there on the last day. we are going to the Scottish Open next year( half the price and half the crowds). We have got tickets which include access to the “stadium “ 6th hole and a dedicated bar with plenty TV’s. I don’t think (hope) it will be quite Scottsdale but I’m interested to see. I forgot to enter the Masters ballot this year but will definitely try again next year. combined with a weeks golf that would be my perfect holiday.

Mmmm. I didn’t it was very pleasant if a bit cool.