Doonbeg will bring Irish Open headaches but they'll be worth it

West Clare will feel like golf central this time next year with the Walker Cup and the Amgen Irish Open being staged in the area - and that will present its own issues

ON A CLARE DAY: General views of the Trump International golf resort in Doonbeg. The resort employs over 200 local people in the area and the village. Pic: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

IRISH Open organisers know they are facing a logistical headache to make Doonbeg in west Clare a spectator-friendly renewal next year.

The DP World Cup confirmed Wednesday that the Donald-Trump owned resort course will become the sixth links track to host an Irish Open in the last twelve years in September – but that will present its own traffic, access and egress issues to the links, which is located just outside Doonbeg village.