[Mike Sweeney]

Doug Bolls stated in another thread, "I have been there 3 times and stayed this time in the Dunvegan - I would absolutely recommend their B&B.  If you have enough (6) to take the Auchterlonie Suite, it is the best possible experience I can think of.  We played Carnoustie, Kingsbarns, Muirfield and No. Berwick while staying there - to come back from a round and have a big room to gather, watch the Masters and just generally socialize is a very nice change from the routine B&B experience."

I have only done it once, but I played Enniscrone the weekend of The PGA which was being played at Hazeltine. After playing 36 at Enniscrone, Carne and County Sligo I found myself drawn back to the Enniscrone club house to have dinner and watch The PGA with the locals. Needless to say as the Yank in the crowd you become an expert or sorts.

What are the other great Major Watching Venues in Europe? There must be a few in St Andrews?

[Rich Goodale]

Any golf club or pub in Scotland during the Ryder Cup.  But, if you are not a Euro, you must have a VERY thick skin, and the patience of Job......

[Mike Sweeney]

Richard,

At the risk of being the ugly-American, have Big Screen TVs taken over in Europe?

[Phil_the_Author]

There is no greater venue in the world to watch a golf tournament in, especially if it is the British Open, than from the living room window of one of the flats overlooking the 18th green at St. Andrews.

I had the privilege of watching the final round of the Dunlop in October of 2004 that way.

It is as if the electricity of the crowd actually rises as it floats up to where you are. Listening to a roar begin and then a moment later hear it do so on the telly followed by the commentators voices being drowned out by the cheers coming in through the windows... it is a singularly transcendtal moment.

The ability to experience the grand achievement of the game in this manner is what sets it apart from all others.

[Rich Goodale]

Michael

Getting there, but not yet.  Neither of my clubs has one (although I haven't been to Dornoch since October, so who knows....).  Because most sporting events (not the Open, thank God and praying as I speak....) are on Sky or other pay per view vs. exorbiatantly high subscription rate channels, a lot of pubs or clubs don't get enough traffic year round to pay for the costs of tghe mega-screens.  Saw one at a relatively wee club where I played a tunamint last weekend, and it took over most of the space in the dirty bar.

Sic transit gloria conversation......

[G Jones]

A lot of clubs over here don't allow tvs at all... they tend to stop conversation as everyone is drawn to the tv. My club has one but it is left switched off, hidden in the corner, as a reminder almost that you shouldn't be watching tv in a nice old fashioned clubhouse. The only exceptions are of course big golf competitions or the rugby.

Best place to watch a major? Hmm... not sure... but I've watched the Ryder Cup in 1 Golf Place, just opposite Auchterlonies, for years now... even although the decor has gone all modern it's still a good place to be. And when the Open is at St Andrews we watch the whole of Sunday in there, drinking Kronenberg Blanc, and then run over to the 18 as the last group tees off... jump on a railing and resist the owners attempts to get you off until the final group putts out, and you're sorted :-)

[Jim Bearden]

The Dunvegan is the best. Jack and Sheena are the best and you have to be there to hear their stories I could tell some but you have to hear her tell them they are to funny.

[Matthew Hunt]

We had a couple of Americian in the Mourne for the final day of the Ryder Cup.

Mike yes we do have the Big-Screens.

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