You could say that a wrong has been righted with the return of the Women’s Irish Open to the Ladies European Tour schedule, with Dromoland Castle in Co Clare set to host the tournament – with a €400,000 prize fund – from September 22nd to 25th.
It seems a long decade since Catriona Matthew last hoisted the crystal trophy, at Killeen Castle in 2012.
In that time, Irish women’s golf has gone from strength-to-strength – spearheaded by Leona Maguire’s exploits in the Solheim Cup and on the LPGA Tour, where she claimed a breakthrough win in the Drive On Championship last month – and, so, the tournament’s return, albeit overdue, is very much to be welcomed.
Although the tournament clashes with the Walmart Championship on the LPGA Tour, Maguir …
- March 3, 2022
