R&A Still Looking At Portrush Just Enough To Make Us Think They're Taking It Seriously

Brian Keogh with comments from Monday's R&A press conference at Royal Lytham about the Open prospects of Northern Ireland's Royal Portrush.

“We’re a long way from any announcement that the Open is going back to Portrush, but we have had a look at it.  Yeah, it’s an interesting venue from all sorts of points of view.  There are certain aspects of the golf course which would be very difficult for big crowds.”

Jim McArthur, chairman of the Open Championship committee, added:  “We had the Senior Amateur there last year, and we’ve got the Amateur Championship itself in 2014, so we’re continuing to use the venue and we’ll continue to look at it and see how we go in the future.”