Bishop denies baiting Dawson but calls Royal Portrush "open game" for US PGA staging
![Ted Bishop and Rory McIlroy at Kiawah Island in 2012](https://static.squarespace.com/static/52780078e4b0782c048f31cb/52992bcee4b008c3d684907f/52992bd7e4b008c3d684bc6b/1384902046683/1000w/PGA.Championship.2012.Kiawah._I2C6549-2.jpg)
Ted Bishop threw more fuel on the fire of his controversy with R&A Chief Executive Peter Dawson when he described Royal Portrush as “open game” if the US PGA Championship ever goes international.