Golf - Irish Open
The Irish Open is a traditional warm-up event for The Open Championship 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) |
* 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 - Mount Juliet, County Wicklow 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 - 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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