DPSM is delighted to announce that David Morgan has been appointed as Secretary at Royal County Down Golf Club in Northern Ireland.
David joined Gullane GC as Secretary in 2014, during which time hosted two Scottish Opens and a Ladies Scottish Open.
He moves on to Royal County Down, a club steeped in history and regularly rated in the world’s top 5 courses.
From 1893, when the second Irish Open Amateur Championship was held, until the present time, Royal County Down has been synonymous with the best in amateur golf. It has been the venue for the Walker Cup (2007), the Curtis Cup (1968), the Amateur Championship (twice), the Home Internationals (three times) and, on no fewer than eight occasions, the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship, as well as numerous other leading amateur events. The Irish Open Amateur Championship was held at the course on fifteen occasions, before the competition was discontinued in 1959. Professional golfers, too, have long been drawn to Royal County Down. In 1893, a competition boasting prize money of one hundred guineas attracted almost all the leading professionals of the day, the great Harry Vardon defeating J. H. Taylor in the final. The Irish Professional Championship was held on four occasions, the last being in 1954 when it was won by Harry Bradshaw. In more recent times the course has been less used as a professional venue, but it has always remained a supreme challenge which attracts the best players in the world; Tiger Woods, Tom Watson and many others have played it either as part of their preparation for the Open Championship or just for sheer enjoyment, and Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland’s current world star, is a frequent visitor. The Senior Open Championship’ was held at Royal County Down in 2000, 2001 and 2002, and such giants of the game as Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Gary Player all took part in it.
We wish David and his family all the best in their move across to Northern Ireland.
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