Ulsterman's Hopes Of Landing The Open Fade After Dawson's Comments
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 08:50 AM
Geoff in R&A

Phil Casey in the Belfast Telegraph:

A successful staging of this year's Irish Open at Portrush was expected to boost hopes of the Open returning to the venue for the first time since 1951.

But R&A chief executive Peter Dawson put a dampener on those expectations ahead of tomorrow's first round of the 141st Open at Royal Lytham, revealing a lot of hard work and "a huge amount" of money still needs to be spent.

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