With boy wonder golfer Rory McIlroy aiming to follow up his US Open triumph, this week’s Open Championship at Royal St George’s should be a welcome boost for Sandwich after Viagra-maker Pfizer leaves town.
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Later this week at the Celtic Manor Resort in South Wales, 150,000 spectators will watch the best European and American golfers do battle in the biennial Ryder Cup – including Tiger Woods, facing his first tournament abroad since his divorce last month.
How golf and the French way of life are proving a big hit with British buyers.
Until Tiger Woods had an argument with his wife, his mother-in-law, several of his mistresses and a fire hydrant, the opulent Orlando gated community of Isleworth was the epitome of private, discreet ‘country club’ exclusivity. No more.
The grass is greener on the Eastern side. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, golf and property ownership, both detested by the Communists, are prospering in Eastern Europe.