£1.5m ...that’s just crazy golf!

QUESTION Which is the most expensive golf course in the world to play?

Pebble beach Golf links in California, a U.S. Open and Ryder Cup venue, will set you back $525 (£400) for a round in peak season, $475 (£364) at other times.

Shadow Creek Golf Course in las Vegas, Nevada, charges a standard fee of $500 (£385) per round. The green fee does include limousine transport to and from the course, plus personal caddie.

The most expensive place to play in britain is the Ailsa course at Turnberry, Ayrshire, owned by President Donald Trump. From May 20 to October 19, one round is £325, or £575 for a day ticket.

In Ireland, the Old Head Golf links, near Cork, is €300 (£265) a round.

In england the most expensive are Royal birkdale in Merseyside £255, Sunningdale in berkshire, £230, and Royal St George’s, Kent, £225. The best-value are in Wales; the Royal St David’s in Harlech is just £75 at peak times. Several private members’ clubs around the world have staggering entry fees. Queenwood in Surrey, is thought to have a £200,000-plus joining fee. Membership at Japan’s Koganei Country Club is about £1.5 million.

Neil Pilgrim, Haverhill, Suffolk.

QUESTION I’d like to create a playlist with songs about artists. Vincent by Don McLean is an obvious example. Any other suggestions?

FURTHER to earlier answers, perhaps the funniest artist lyric is in Ian Dury’s There Ain’t Half been Some Clever b*****ds:

‘Van Gogh did some eyeball pleasers. He must have been a pencil squeezer.

‘He didn’t do the Mona lisa, That was an Italian geezer.’

Clive Whichelow, London SW19.