Dubai Duty Free’s successful sponsorship can make Irish Open a marquee draw on European Tour
Colm McLoughlin, like everyone else who played golf in Dubai for three decades and more, was accustomed to carrying around a patch of astroturf on his rounds after he made the move from Shannon.
The strip of fake grass was required when addressing a shot on loosely designated fairway and a large yard brush adorned every green. That and a sign that declared: ‘please brush the browns’. It is an image with which many an ex-pat around the world down the years could relate to.
