R&A boss 'optimistic' on Portmarnock's Open hosting bid

Golf’s oldest championship will be played in Royal Portrush once again this summer.

TEE UP: CEO of The R&A Mark Darbon speaks during the media day at Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland. Pic: Niall Carson/PA Wire.

New R&A chief executive Mark Darbon has declared himself “optimistic” that The Open can one day be brought to Portmarnock.

Golf’s oldest championship will be played in Royal Portrush in Co. Antrim this summer, six years after Shane Lowry won the Claret Jug on the same famous Dunluce links course.