O’Meara confident Open will return to Killarney

MAURICE O’MEARA, named manager of the year at the Irish Golf Tour Operators Association (IGTOA) annual awards, is confident the ‘3’ Irish Open will return to Killarney next year.

The other award winners were Ballybunion Old (golf course of the year), Lough Erne, Fermanagh (golf resort of the year), Trident Kinsale (golf hotel of the year), Dylan (golf boutique hotel of the year) and Darren Clarke (Jerry Donworth award for services to golf).

The awards were presented at the gala dinner in Newcastle, Co Down by a number of Northern Ireland sporting icons including Dr Jack Kyle, Dame Mary Peters, Pat Jennings, Martin O’Neill and Mike Gibson.