Mark Darbin
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15 appearances
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1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 15 Jul
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Well, I think what I would say is, first and foremost, is that these are all members' clubs, and so a lot of the decision-making is driven by the members themselves.
I think that where we are this week is a brilliant example of that.
The changes to the golf course have been driven by the members.
Given the strength of partnership that we have with our host venues, of course, we're part of some of those discussions and where there are things that we can do together that also help us operationally, they often make sense to do to help with the staging of the championship.
But I think it would be wrong to say that all of the changes are driven by a need to accommodate spectators.
They're ultimately decisions for the clubs and their members.
Yeah, I think we're getting pretty close.
So it's a complicated venue because of the scale of the Open Championship.
And so there's been a lot of great feasibility work with the golf club themselves, with the local authority, with government.
We've undertaken a big feasibility study.
That work is pretty much done.
We've confirmed that we believe we can take an open championship there.
What we're looking to do is to build a model that opens up opportunities for the AIG Women's Open and the Open for many, many years to come.
And so that's the dialogue we're in right now with the Irish government.
And we're optimistic that those discussions are heading in the right direction.
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