Philip - much obliged and appreciated, all of it. And well... many here know I didn't gain the moniker of "America's Guest" by accident, so transporting that overseas would cause little embarassment. But still, I appreciate it.
And man, I completely spaced out on the incredible history at Hoylake. Good lord, that is sad on my part. I absolutely live for that stuff - man I was nearly in tears when I saw the Claret Jug in the R&A clubhouse, for example - so my questions re Hoylake are getting sillier by the second. That ought to be enough - and I was dumb to forget it.
Thanks for setting me straight.
Now to the main point of woe....
GOD DAMMIT WHY CAN'T I GET OVER THERE FOR THE BUDA CUP???
It will be all I love in golf and life all wrapped up together. But alas and alack, I just can't do that to the ever-patient Mrs. Huckaby... as many know we'll have a newborn at that point, to go along with two far from newborns who are a handful in their own right.
But enough of my issues. Thanks again for the low-down on Hoylake.
TH