Golf - Irish Open
The Irish Open is now played in September, having previously traditionally been played in late June or early July. It was held every peacetime year from its inception in 1927 to 1950, left the calendar in 1951 & 1952, was revived in 1953 but then went missing until the burgeoning European Tour accepted it back in 1975.
| YEAR | WINNER |
| 1927 | GEORGE DUNCAN (Sco) |
| 1928 | ERNEST WHITCOMBE (Eng) |
| 1929 | ABE MITCHELL (Eng) |
| 1930 | CHARLES WHITCOMBE (Eng) |
| 1931 | BOB KENYON (Eng) |
| 1932 | ALF PADGHAM (Eng) |
| 1933 | BOB KENYON (Eng) |
| 1934 | SYD EASTERBROOK (Eng) |
| 1935 | ERNEST WHITCOMBE (Eng) |
| 1936 | REG WHITCOMBE (Eng) |
| 1937 | BURT GADD (Eng) |
| 1938 | BOBBY LOCKE (Rsa) |
| 1939 | ARTHUR LEES (Eng) |
| 1940-45 | - |
| 1946 | FRED DALY (Nir) |
| 1947 | HARRY BRADSHAW (Irl) |
| 1948 | DAI REES (Wal) |
| 1949 | HARRY BRADSHAW (Irl) |
| 1950 | OSSIE PICKWORTH (Aus) |
| 1951 | - |
| 1952 | - |
| 1953 | ERIC BROWN (Eng) |
| 1954-74 | - |
| 1975 | CHRISTY O'CONNOR Jnr (Irl) |
| 1976 | BEN CRENSHAW (Usa) |
| 1977 | HUBERT GREEN (Usa) |
| 1978 | KEN BROWN (Sco) |
| 1979 | MARK JAMES (Eng) |
| 1980 | MARK JAMES (Eng) |
| 1981 | SAM TORRANCE (Sco) |
| 1982 | JOHN O'LEARY (Irl) |
| 1983 | SEVERIANO BALLESTEROS (Esp) |
| 1984 | BERNARD LANGER (Frg) |
| 1985 | SEVE BALLESTEROS (Esp)* |
| 1986 | SEVE BALLESTEROS (Esp) |
| 1987 | BERNARD LANGER (Frg) |
| 1988 | IAN WOOSNAM (Wal) |
| 1989 | IAN WOOSNAM (Wal)* |
| 1990 | JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL (Esp) |
| 1991 | NICK FALDO (Eng) |
| 1992 | NICK FALDO (Eng)* |
| 1993 | NICK FALDO (Eng)* |
| 1994 | BERNARD LANGER (Ger) |
| 1995 | SAM TORRANCE (Sco)* |
| 1996 | COLIN MONTGOMERIE (Sco) |
| 1997 | COLIN MONTGOMERIE (Sco) |
| 1998 | DAVID CARTER (Eng)* |
| 1999 | SERGIO GARCIA (Esp) |
| 2000 | PATRICK SJOLAND (Swe) |
| 2001 | COLIN MONTGOMERIE (Sco) |
| 2002 | SOREN HANSEN (Den)* |
| 2003 | MICHAEL CAMPBELL (Nzl)* |
| 2004 | BRETT RUMFORD (Aus) |
| 2005 | STEPHEN DODD (Wal)* |
| 2006 | THOMAS BJORN (Den) |
| 2007 | PADRAIG HARRINGTON (Irl)* |
| 2008 | RICHARD FINCH (Eng) |
| 2009 | SHANE LOWRY (Irl)+* |
| 2010 | ROSS FISHER (Eng) |
| 2011 | SIMON DYSON (Eng) |
| 2012 | JAMIE DONALDSON (Wal) |
| 2013 | PAUL CASEY (Eng) |
| 2014 | MIKKO ILONEN (Fin) |
| 2015 | SOREN KJELDSEN (Den) |
| 2016 | RORY McILROY (Nir) |
| 2017 | JON RAHM (Esp) |
| 2018 | RUSSELL KNOX (Sco)* |
| 2019 | JON RAHM (Esp) |
| 2020 | Not held |
| 2021 | LUCAS HERBERT (Aus) |
| 2022 | ADRIAN MERONK (Pol) |
| 2023 | VINCENT NORMAN (Swe) |
| * won after play-off + Amateur The Irish Open has been staged at a variety of courses: 1927, 1929, 1934, 1938, 1946, 1948, 1976-82, 1986-90 & 2003 - Portmarnock, Dublin 1928, 1935, 1939 & 2015 - County Down, Newcastle 1930, 1937, 1947 & 2012 - Portrush, County Antrim 1931, 1936, 1950, 1983-85 - Dublin 1932 - Castleview, Cork 1933 - Malone, County Antrim 1949 & 1953- Belvoir Park, Belfast 1975 - Woodbrook, County Wicklow 1991, 1992, 2010 & 2011 - Killarney, County Kerry 1993, 1994, 1995, 2021 & 2022 - Mount Juliet, County Kilkenny 1996, 1997, 1998 & 1999 - Druids Glen, County Wicklow 2000 - Ballybunion, County Kerry 2001, 2002 & 2014 - Fota Island, Cork 2004 & 2009 - County Louth, Baltray 2005, 2006 & 2013 - Carton House, County Kildare 2007 & 2008 - Adare, County Limerick 2016 & 2023 - The K Club, County Kildare 2017 - Portstewart, County Londonderry 2018 - Ballyliffin, County Donegal 2019 - Lahinch, County Clare Links to other Golf |
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