Lahinch will ‘stand on its own two feet’ for Irish Open

Even those with a great love and admiration for the club and the village believe that Lahinch has undertaken a mountainous challenge in agreeing to stage the 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Championship.

The sceptics point to a perceived shortage of space around strategic parts of the famous links, its vulnerability to the massive ball striking of the modern professionals and perhaps most of all how the anticipated huge amount of traffic can be accommodated on the narrow, windy roads of West Clare.