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Haversham and Baker is a golf travel agency. They have access to all courses, even St Andrews, with confirmed tee times. They can make your hotel reservations (bed and breakfasts) near the courses, and have drivers for you, van or bus. If you want to play Royal Dornouch (great course), it is a long drive from St Andrews (6 hours) Uber used them twice. Great service!

I’ve been several times. Enjoyed each time. It’s a bucket list place for golfers. I don’t know if they still have it, but The Pinecrest Inn has a dining room and a bar. Some late nights, after the dining room was vacated, the bar patrons (all golfers) would but up a dollar each and attempt to chip balls into the fireplace across the room. First one in would win the pot, then it would start all over again. $1 for each round. Money added up. I lived a hour from there in 1990. Played regularly with an older guy (70s) who said when he was in high school, they would go drive over in the summer and play (at that time they had 4 courses). He said IF they could find someone, it was $1 to play. He said most times they could walk on for free. All the snowbirds were back north in summer time. The resort was open from October thru May.

Nothing like an insomniac night, and wake up at 2 am to The Open Championship on for a 5-6 hour broadcast.

I e been to Scotland/Ireland 2 times, 2 weeks each time. Recommend the same, if you want to play all the top courses. Otherwise, you’ll be planning another trip. In North America, highly recommend Pinehurst, Bandon (golfers only), Wisconsin, BC (Lake Okanagan), Banff area, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Norther Michigan has LOTS of golf courses and great packages (some are around $100 per night...room and one round). Myrtle Beach for cheap packages. Besides going back to Scotland, I’d want to go to Bandon once a year. It is pure golf, walking, caddies, play the ball in the air, or run it on the ground. You could hit a PW or driver from 170 yards, depending on the wind. It’s more scenic that Pebble Beach, and has better layouts. The only course around Pebble that matches it, is Cypress Point.

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It rained sideways, one day. We had two groups. 1st group was making the turn on #10 at Old Head in Ireland. The caddies with the group coming down #9 asked our caddies WTF we were doing, keeping on playing. Our caddies replied, “Ficking Americans!” Old Head is Pebble Beach on steroids. Dramatic holes along cliffs. One par 3......had to start the ball about 50 yards out over the ocean.....the wind took it back onto the green. Two weeks playing 14 rounds of golf. It rained only on two rounds. I would never play in that weather at home, but you ha e to experience it there.

Yes, but Yosemite has limited access, except for summer months (because of snow). 3 days in Yosemite. Tahoe is about a two hour drive to get there. Ride around the lake takes one hour. Small villages and towns nearby are neat to tour. Go into Nevada and see Carson City....Truckee on the north shore......drive west on I 80 gets you back to the Bay Area (2-3 hr drive). San Francisco has a lot, depending on what you are looking for. Scenery wise, go over to Marin and head up to the top of Mt Tam.........great view of the bay and city from there!

I stand corrected. What’s your point......the difference was 45?

English majors to the front! You’re a hero.

I’ve seen the Tigers demolish Archie Manning 63-0. I’ve seen them come within 2 minutes of defeated USC and their invincible team, 50 years ago. What I can’t stand is these keyboard maniacs who think they know everything about college football. The season is five weeks old. LSU has been undefeated numerous times at this stage of the season. These zeroes think LSU should be #1. They have played a good Texas team. Every other victory is just par for the course. They have shown themselves offensively to stay with anybody in the country. Just like the NFL, anything can happen in a given week, especially when key players return. LSU can beat any team in the country. They can also lose, to a any team in the conference, except Arkansas, Miss St, ole Miss and T A& M. Talent will elevate them to victory. Burrow is a leader, and would not let that happen, within his control. It is much better to have the team have a “chip on their shoulder” where they feel like they are disrespected. I don’t give a shite where they are ranked November 1st. Where they are ranked Dec 1st matters! Anything between now and then is all chatter for people who have short man’s disease. One game at a time is all the Tigers are concerned with! Anything else is noise!