Parkland gains on links in Irish Open history

The 65th staging of the Irish Open will be 46th under the auspices of the European Tour which revived the event in 1975 after a 21-year hiatus.

And while links courses prevail when it comes to hosting the event, parkland looks set to gain terrain unless Portmarnock Golf Club open membership to female golfers and is welcomed again into the European Tour family.