Opening the door to sustainable golf

Before the deluge came and the sun still shone, spectators at Royal Portrush were being handed their Open branded metal canisters as they came through the entrance gates as the R&A continued their bid to do away with single-use plastic water bottles.

Instead, fans at this year’s championship must visit the numerous water stations around the course to fill up said canisters with “free purified, chilled local water”.