The 150th championship may also be remembered as the rip-off Open. With accommodation at a premium, hotels in nearby Dundee, where you can normally stay for as little as seventy quid a night, are charging as much as £7,000 for a week’s board and lodgings.
Punters appear willing to pay such eye-watering amounts judging by the fact that there is hardly a room to be had in Fife and Tayside. But some get-rich-quick locals in St Andrews have had their plans scuppered.
They were forced to slash rental prices of their homes of anything up to thirty grand for a two up and two down to half that amount. It’s also rumoured that the local toy shop is doing a roaring trade in Dick Turpin masks!
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