Originally Posted by The Edge

The biggest golf event in the entire world comes to Southport and all you can do is be negative about the price of food.

This website should be closed, it does nothing to promote the town, whatsoever!

It is very anti Southport. Massive events other towns would kill for, and there is nothing but negativity on this site. It's shameful. As soon as people have to put their hand in their pocket, they act like everyone is out there to rip them off.

shameful that the majority of the folk who go to the open spend no money in the town they just park up watch the golf and disappear into the night. its their choice to eat at the open but being held captive means local businesses miss out.

Originally Posted by VB123

Blimey, you need to go to a few local, mediocre, restaurants to see what they are charging if you think that is expensive. I would expect to pay those prices at a major event. Maybe the reporter doesn't go out much.

He goes out plenty - to freebie events in Liverpool.

Originally Posted by sea-salted

shameful that the majority of the folk who go to the open spend no money in the town they just park up watch the golf and disappear into the night. its their choice to eat at the open but being held captive means local businesses miss out.

Yeah I'm sure all the hotels, restaurant, pubs and b&b's will be empty while to golf is on.

Originally Posted by sea-salted

shameful that the majority of the folk who go to the open spend no money in the town they just park up watch the golf and disappear into the night. its their choice to eat at the open but being held captive means local businesses miss out.

....and the town ends up with the reputation of being a rip off place!

Originally Posted by sea-salted

shameful that the majority of the folk who go to the open spend no money in the town they just park up watch the golf and disappear into the night. its their choice to eat at the open but being held captive means local businesses miss out.

and your estimate of how many golf tourists would want to come out of the course and go back in later the same day is ?

Perhaps you're thinking of those golf tourists staying in B&B on Bath St after having caught the early park & ride and queued through the crowds to get into RB in the morning then walked around the course for a 4 hours or so would want to leave the venue at lunchtime, get through the crowds again, catch another park & ride back to the B&B, put their feet up for an hour or so, have something to eat in a cafe or restaurant on Lord St, do some shopping on Chapel St with the local business' then catch another park & ride back to RB, queue again to get back in and walk around for another couple of hours watching their favourite players before leaving at the end of the day with 1000's of others and queue for the park & ride once more to get back to their B&B.

Or maybe you're thinking of those tourists that may want to nip out to Hillside to buy a bathroom suite or have a shampoo & set, or repair their Land Rover, perhaps walk to Spar for a packed sandwich at lunchtime

Yeah .. I think you're onto something there ...

Have you ever been to an Open Golf Championship ?

I live by Bedford park which is a designated carpark for the Open. The Local businesses could stand at the exit and hand out fliers to the nearby chippy.,café and pubs. Nothing stopping the public from visiting the café before of after the event.

Try local carboot cooking , talk about junk food
at crazy prices. Then the organisers won't
allow competition.

Originally Posted by Coastal99

and your estimate of how many golf tourists would want to come out of the course and go back in later the same day is ?

Perhaps you're thinking of those golf tourists staying in B&B on Bath St after having caught the early park & ride and queued through the crowds to get into RB in the morning then walked around the course for a 4 hours or so would want to leave the venue at lunchtime, get through the crowds again, catch another park & ride back to the B&B, put their feet up for an hour or so, have something to eat in a cafe or restaurant on Lord St, do some shopping on Chapel St with the local business' then catch another park & ride back to RB, queue again to get back in and walk around for another couple of hours watching their favourite players before leaving at the end of the day with 1000's of others and queue for the park & ride once more to get back to their B&B.

Or maybe you're thinking of those tourists that may want to nip out to Hillside to buy a bathroom suite or have a shampoo & set, or repair their Land Rover, perhaps walk to Spar for a packed sandwich at lunchtime

Yeah .. I think you're onto something there ...

Have you ever been to an Open Golf Championship ?

Once in RB you are in - NO Pass Outs !

Stop complaining, if it was so bad no one would come. Those who do, spend a great deal of money local and very good for Southport.
If you are envious , can't help you.

i went to the ice cream van by marine lake and asked for two cones one with sherbet and one with strawberry sauce

He got them ready handed them to me and said £4.40 i said i only wanted the two he said your only getting two!!!!

Originally Posted by Coastal99

and your estimate of how many golf tourists would want to come out of the course and go back in later the same day is ?

Perhaps you're thinking of those golf tourists staying in B&B on Bath St after having caught the early park & ride and queued through the crowds to get into RB in the morning then walked around the course for a 4 hours or so would want to leave the venue at lunchtime, get through the crowds again, catch another park & ride back to the B&B, put their feet up for an hour or so, have something to eat in a cafe or restaurant on Lord St, do some shopping on Chapel St with the local business' then catch another park & ride back to RB, queue again to get back in and walk around for another couple of hours watching their favourite players before leaving at the end of the day with 1000's of others and queue for the park & ride once more to get back to their B&B.

Or maybe you're thinking of those tourists that may want to nip out to Hillside to buy a bathroom suite or have a shampoo & set, or repair their Land Rover, perhaps walk to Spar for a packed sandwich at lunchtime

Yeah .. I think you're onto something there ...

Have you ever been to an Open Golf Championship ?

You seem to have missed out The Pines, The Grasshopper, Langberrys, Bar sixty six all who would appreciate the custom I am sure.

Have you ever been to Hillside, its very close to the Open Golf Championship ?

Originally Posted by local

You seem to have missed out The Pines, The Grasshopper, Langberrys, Bar sixty six all who would appreciate the custom I am sure.

Have you ever been to Hillside, its very close to the Open Golf Championship ?

I live in Hillside, and the bars you mention will be more than overflowing with customers going in, and especially coming out of, RB at the end of the day and I know the owners aren't complaining of the "lock in"

RB are expecting 25,000 visitors per day. If just 1% wanted to come out at lunchtime and go to those bars and then go back into RB, that would be around 250 people trying to buy drinks in the 4 bars you mentioned, 2% = 500 ... have you tried buying a drink in any of those bars on a sunny day - good luck with getting 50 people served never mind 250

Originally Posted by Coastal99

I live in Hillside, and the bars you mention will be more than overflowing with customers going in, and especially coming out of, RB at the end of the day and I know the owners aren't complaining of the "lock in"

RB are expecting 25,000 visitors per day. If just 1% wanted to come out at lunchtime and go to those bars and then go back into RB, that would be around 250 people trying to buy drinks in the 4 bars you mentioned, 2% = 500 ... have you tried buying a drink in any of those bars on a sunny day - good luck with getting 50 people served never mind 250

You are missing the point - which is there are NO Pass-Outs for the golf, once in you are in, so not possible to 'lunch in Hillside' and then go back into Royal Birkdale

Originally Posted by *concerned*

You are missing the point - which is there are NO Pass-Outs for the golf, once in you are in, so not possible to 'lunch in Hillside' and then go back into Royal Birkdale

read it again, that is exactly my point. The No Pass Out rule will not affect the local shops. There will be more than enough business for them from people going to / from the Open during the day. It's not a pop concert with a start time, people will be going into and leaving RB all day long.
I was there Sunday and thoroughly enjoyed it along with many others and finished it off with a pint inside and a swift one in The Pines as we left.