Work will begin next week on a carefully planned programme of enhancements and restoration to the Old Course ahead of The 155th Open in 2027.

Northern Ireland’s premier luxury hospitality group Galgorm Collection today unveiled plans to invest more than £30 million to create a new, landmark links golf course at Bellarena on the region’s stunning north west coast.

For all the late heroics of yesterday’s victor, the Championship Links at Royal County Down was also a winner, as one of the most traditional links layouts of them all more than stood up to the rigours of the modern game at the Amgen Irish Open.

Unique Royal County Down course has the capacity to be magnificent and brutal in the same round as those playing the Amgen Irish Open will soon discover