Plans to resurrect Ladies Irish Open in Northern Ireland

Hugh Morrow with Stephanie Meadow (centre) and Betty Morrow (right)

Plans are at an advanced stage to resurrect the Ladies Irish Open and bring it to Belfast possibly as early as next year, Paul Kelly writes. 

"Belfast born Hugh Morrow, chief executive of Canadian sports marketing firm, Sports Properties International, has revealed an ambitious strategy to relaunch the dormant Ladies European Tour (LET) event. “I have always had this sense that bringing an event to Northern Ireland would be very special to me personally,” said the 68-year-old who was schooled at Sullivan Lower before emigrating with his family to Canada in 1957."

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