Santa comes early at K-Club and Mount Juliet

THE ADMISSION prices for two of the major golfing events to be held in Ireland in 2004 have been announced — and make very interesting reading.

The Smurfit European Open last night confirmed that their tournament on next July (1-4) at The K-Club will be played over the new South Course, taking over from the North Course which has hosted the event for the past nine years. They also announced that there will be a special ‘Christmas discount’ on ticket charges. All orders for any one day and season tickets placed and paid for by December 24 will be discounted.

In other words, a season ticket priced at €75 in 2003 will now cost €60 because of the Christmas discount. The €25 ticket is on offer at €22.50 while parking is free to all spectators.