Portrush could host The Open Championship again in 2025 after being described as "something special" by Martin Slumbers, the chief executive of The R&A.
Shane Lowry won the event at the picturesque county Antrim links in July 2019 - the first time since 1951 that the championship had been hosted there.
And, in recent days, Portrush has been linked with hosting the event again in just four years time, such was the success of the 2019 tournament.
Royal St George's will host The Open in mid-July after it was postponed last year due to the Covid pandemic.
It will then return to St Andrew's for the 150th Open next year, before Hoylake - where Rory McIlroy won in 2014 - and Troon get a turn.
The calendar opens up after that, and Portrush is seen as a hugely viable option.
“I don’t want to make any comment about 2025 or beyond what we’ve already announced," said Slumbers.
"We’ve got St Andrews in 2022, then Hoylake and then Royal Troon.
“But I think it’s safe to say that Portrush was something special.
"And a lot of people think it was right up there, Portrush, as one of the finest Opens - and I am sure it will stage another Open in the not too distant future.”
