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Darbon praised the working relationship with the town, golf club and government bodies.<\/p>\n
“I think this is the largest women’s sporting event ever in Wales and that’s something we are incredibly proud of,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Venues are really important to us. This is not the first R&A championship hosted here. We have had Senior Opens and some of our significant amateur championships here. So it’s a venue that is very much in our thinking.”<\/p>\n
But while Royal Porthcawl has hit the mark for women’s, seniors’ and amateur golf events, it faces fierce competition to even be part of the conversation to host the men’s blue riband Open Championship.<\/p>\n
“Look, it’s not being considered at the moment,” Darbon admitted.<\/p>\n
“We are very happy with the pool of venues we have got for the Open Championship, in no small part because of the scale of infrastructure that’s required these days to stage a modern Open Championship.<\/p>\n
“We are looking at one incremental venue maybe as part of that pool of options and that’s over at Portmarnock [in the Republic of Ireland], but largely we are really happy with the venues we have.<\/p>\n
“We love coming here with our championships, but the scale of the modern Open I think presents a challenge for the men’s competition.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n