Harry Colt

The Open, the new Royal Portrush (and her two Big Nellies)

We’d almost forgotten all about the proposed changes to Royal Portrush for a possible 2019 staging of the Open Championship until architects Mackenzie & Ebert recently presented their proposed changes to Turnberry’s Ailsa Course in a slick video.

The Open, the new Royal Portrush (and her two Big Nellies)

Wide open out West

The picture above is not Rosses Point and the golfer on the right is not Kevin LeBlanc. It's Henrik Stenson, the current world No 2, when he played in the 2011 Masters and the man with the bag is Sligo's Jude O'Reilly.

Wide open out West