Recent content by The Squirrel

Italy would have been a lot more uncertain in terms of local ticket sales, particularly with golf not being a top tier sport there, no star Italian player, and being further away from the biggest ticket market (UK). They would have priced (over)cautiously to make sure it did sell. In contrast...

If they sell out at these prices then what's disgusting about charging the value people are prepared to pay for your product? Nobody is being forced to buy anything. Without the profits from the Ryder Cup (most of which are funelled into it), the DPWorld Tour would financially collapse. Seems...

Likely thinking of “It’s a sin”.

I'm convinced that due to changes in how TV is produced and consumed, not only is the end of Blackadder 4 the greatest single scene of TV ever produced, but it is very unlikely to ever be topped. Somehow the fact it took 4 series to get there, and the fact that the absurd irreverent nature of...

Does the economics work as a standalone global (i.e. far mroe expensive than regional and no support from a parent tour) feeder tour ever work though, when your player pool is 2 tiers away from the PGAT, so it's roughly equivalent to the current HotelPlanner Tour? With nobody that you've ever...

Opposite of a random irritation. It’s a hugely good thing - a triumph of modern medicine against a problem that looked, for a while, unsolvable. HIV is now (in developed countries) a chronic condition managed by medication rather than a fatal disease involving a horrible death. Triple...

But in terms of timescales, that’s only like today’s teens being aware of, say, Radiohead or Oasis. Which they are. Unlike listening to Radio 1 in times of yore, streaming services have a wider time palate and kids will be exposed to music having no idea if it’s from yesterday or 50 years ago...

True. Even Python is actually wildly inconsistent. Despite it being before my times (although I would have seen one of the many repeats), I still think Fawlty and the 4 Yorkshiremen sketch is the pinnacle of timeless British comedy - and 4Y proves it by even having my teens laughing!

You realise the 80s IS historic entertainment. :LOL: :eek: I grew up in the 80s. I was exposed to lots of stuff from 60s and 70s, even a bit from the 50s (e.g. Elvis) but didn't know or see anything much about pre-war entertainment. The earliest film I'm likely to have encountered would...

Can't argue with what's here already. Northumberland is stunning for a general stay (never got to the golf 😭) - went last year and rebooked for this year already - do that if we're talking late spring or summer. Physical geography fairly similar to Scottish golf coast but course rates are far...

The defencelessness of the course at Kapalua didn't help (was it 35 under 2 years ago?). When everyone hits nearly every green in regulation then you're just watching a putting contest. In a smart/ideal (but imaginary) world, they would just be waiting for LIV's corpse to finally stop...

‘Cos they have to cater to everyone and that includes the people who insist on having their steak ruined/cremated 😀

Forgot to add: what time of year? Portugal or southern Spain are a lot more appealing in March than in August… If there’s a “I wouldn’t pay more than that for a round” limit then that could help narrow things too.

Just you? You and ‘the lads’? You and Mrs C? If the last one then does your wife play golf or should suggestions be suitable for both golfer and non-golfer and what would she be looking for?

Am I the only person that isn’t even sure if their clubhouse has a dress code, let alone exactly what it is? There’s a sign saying no golf shoes in the bar, but unless you’re clumping in a load of mud (avoiding this is the intention of the rule I think) it is literally impossible to tell a...