Killarney lose out as Open goes east
The certainty now is that the championship, to be played from June 28-July 1, will return to Dublin for the first time since 2003 at Portmarnock.
A high ranking European Tour official told me this week that the tournament will be held at a parkland course in the general vicinity of the capital. That clearly rules out the two obvious links venues, Portmarnock and Royal Dublin, largely because of a gender issue. Neither club admits women as members and accordingly Fáilte Ireland, who remain key part-financiers of the event, could not be associated with either venue.
