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Date: 02/05/2019 | Ref. 801110
Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 02nd May 2019 - Photo by William Cherry/Presseye
In advance of the 148th Open, Tourism NI hosted a Golf Day with more than 70 international tour operators, special guests and global and local media playing the redesigned course. Pictured at Royal Portrush Golf Club are Jamie Weir, Sky Sports, the R&As Executive Director of Championships, Johnnie Cole-Hamilton and Tourism NI Chief Executive John McGrillen.
With 215,000 anticipated spectators and The Open beaming live into 600 million households worldwide, this will showcase Northern Ireland on a global stage and offer long-term opportunities bigger than any other event ever hosted here, with an estimated combined economic benefit of 80m.
