Portmarnock Golf Club in Dublin is interested in hosting the golf major the Open Championship.
It has never been played at a club outside the United Kingdom. The tournament was last played on this island at Portrush, County Antrim, in 2019.
Per the Irish Times to host the tournament the club would require financial support from the Government – which a separate statement from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, said it would be “open to engaging with the club” on such a request – but, even more so, the imprimatur of the Royal and Ancient (R&A) who are custodians of the championship. When Portmarnock Golf Club ended its male-only membership rule in 2021, ending its 127-year-old policy of not accepting women members, to become “gender neutral,” it also had the knock-on effect of making it available to once again host big tournaments with Government support.
