Headaches begin as 2020 questions remain over Irish Open

Paul McGinley is confident the scheduling issues around next year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open can be resolved by European and PGA Tour bosses in the coming weeks but admitted it will be a difficult and challenging task and the outcome may be less than perfect.

The engraver had barely finished inscribing Jon Rahm’s name on the Waterford Crystal trophy at Lahinch on Sunday evening when the issue of the 2020 edition of this increasingly successful $7 million Rolex Series event came up for discussion.