Scotland Golf Trip - 2017

As many of you know, I take a trip each year to play a PGA Tour course with my dad. So far we've crossed off a handful of great courses... but it's time to go overseas. In 2017 we're planning a week long trip to Scotland to play a bunch of "British" Open courses. As with all our trips, you people are invited. Here are the details:

The plan is to travel sometime at the end of May or June for 5 days of golf (6 rounds), and three days of travel. Our first stop would be Troon (on the west coast) where we'll spend a couple of days to play Turnberry (Alisa Course) and Royal Troon. We'll then head over to St. Andrews (on the east coast) for a few days. There we'll play Carnoustie, Kingsbarns, St. Andrews New Course and finally St. Andrews Old Course. All except Kingsbarns and the New Course are on the Open Rota. The Open is being played at St. Andrews this year (2015) and Royal Troon next year (2016).

St. Andrews Old Course. Basically the home of golf.

Let me try to answer a few obvious questions:

Can my wife and/or girlfriend go? 
Absolutely. While we're golfing each day they can go sightseeing, shopping and exploring. After our rounds we'll meet up in the towns for dinner and pub hopping. From what I can tell these areas are pretty remote, but we have over two years to research activities.

Isn't this going to cost a lot of money?
Yes. The courses on this list are expensive (especially Turnberry since Donald Trump now owns it), you're limited on where you can stay, and flights overseas are never going to be "cheap." I already have a quote for the itinerary in April 2016, but those numbers don't really mean anything a year later in 2017. One of the many reasons we're planning this so far out is to help people save up money.

I'm estimating about $6,500 per golfer and $3,500 per non-golfer. That would include flight, hotel, food, transportation and golf. Also included in that cost is our own personal concierge driver who shuttles us around in a VIP bus. He handles our equipment, makes dinner reservations, offers places to visit, etc etc. We can cut costs by renting our own cars and driving on the "other" side of the road for a week, but that's a discussion we need to have a year from now.

Turnberry Alisa Course. Donald Trump is renovating it in 2015.

When would have I have to commit?
February of 2016. At that point I'll get official quotes and all those seriously considering can debate the specifics. By March of 2016 it'll be time to put down cash deposits. So all you need to do for the next 10 months is think about it... talk to your significant other... and let me know if you're considering joining the trip. You don't have to officially decide until the quotes come in.

As of right now we have myself, Gary and Darren signed up. Reid and Dave have told me they're interested, and Rachael's dad will probably also join us with some of his people. All are bringing their women.

Feel free to ask any other questions. I'd be happy to talk about all the research I've done for the trip and any other specifics.