Irish Open worth €30m to Killarney as town is teed up as 2011 venue

KILLARNEY, which has just successfully hosted the 3 Irish Open golf championship, may be the venue again next year.

Almost 82,000 people attended the country’s top golf tournament, won yesterday by Englishman Ross Fisher, who recorded a two-stroke victory over Irish hero Padraig Harrington and took home a first prize of €500,000.

The 3 mobile phone company has a three-year deal to sponsor the Open and its chief executive Robert Finnegan last night said a decision on next year’s venue would be taken within two months.