Ryder Cup tickets with purchase

IT might be a bit extreme, but are there some mad Celtic Tiger types out there prepared to pay €2 million for the sake of a Ryder Cup ticket?

There might be when tickets are making €15,000 on the black market and you get one free with every purchase at the Ladycastle scheme in the uber-exclusive K-club. Ideal for the cash-rich, golf-poor purchaser.

John Bosco French of French Estates, the man behind the high-end, Ladycastle development at Straffan resort, says there are two free memberships on offer per house, and at €120,000 each are rather a draw too, he says.