I’ve just received the ‘bill’ for next year’s season ticket, and, as feared, the hike is more than just substantial.
What is particularly despicable is the link the powers that be have made between the Old Course and the new Castle Course. You can’t have a season ticket that includes the Old unless you go for the expensive Castle inclusion.
All of the golf clubs in the town are up in arms about this, but I don’t see what they can do. Talk about over a barrel…
It isn’t the hike that is the problem, but the size of it, and the total lack of consultation. This is no great surprise to me. Other decisions have been foisted on the town, like the carbuncle of an architectural disaster that masquerades as a clubhouse at the New/Jubilee. The destruction of two perfectly good courses for the sake of length and the totally misguided hope of holding a qualifying event for the Open in the one venue, although now with extra courses in the area this looks ominously possible.
While hosting events like the Curtis Cup this year, the Open on a regular basis, and the Dunhill events are good to watch, from a playing point of view that means weeks are lost not just for local players during the competitions, but also during the preparation time when obscure and unreasonable pin positions make a mockery of the courses in the town.
More anon I expect as this story slowly unfolds steam rollering the locals once again.
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