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.
The Irish Open has been staged at a variety of courses:
1927, 1929, 1934, 1938, 1946, 1948, 1976-82, 1986-90 & 2003 - Portmarnock, Dublin, Ireland
1928, 1935, 1939 & 2015 - County Down, Newcastle, Northern Ireland
1930, 1937, 1947 & 2012 - Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
1931, 1936, 1950, 1983-85 - Dublin, Ireland
1932 - Castleview, Cork, Ireland
1933 - Malone, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
1949 & 1953- Belvoir Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1975 - Woodbrook, County Wicklow, Ireland
1991, 1992, 2010 & 2011 - Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
1993, 1994 & 1995 - Mount Juliet, County Wicklow, Ireland
1996, 1997, 1998 & 1999 - Druids Glen, County Wicklow, Ireland
2000 - Ballybunion, County Kerry, Ireland
2001, 2002 & 2014 - Fota Island, Cork, Ireland
2004 & 2009 - County Louth, Baltray, Ireland
2005, 2006 & 2013 - Carton House, County Kildare, Ireland
2007 & 2008 - Adare, County Limerick, Ireland
2016 - The K Club, County Kildare, Ireland
2017 - Portstewart, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
2018 - Ballyliffin, County Donegal, Ireland
| 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)* |
| * won after play-off + Amateur Links to other Golf |
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