{"id":139143,"date":"2025-09-15T15:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/139143\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:09:08","slug":"doonbeg-decision-tethers-irish-golf-to-a-name-synonymous-with-division-and-vulgarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/139143\/","title":{"rendered":"Doonbeg decision tethers Irish golf to a name synonymous with division and vulgarity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">IN THE week Rory McIlroy lifted the Irish Open in a manner befitting a gladiator, the emperors of Irish golf pulled off a trick Seve would envy: they turned goodwill into kindling and struck a match. Because, in their infinite wisdom, they decided that the 2026 iteration of the tournament will tee off not at Lahinch, not at Ballybunion, not even at some windswept gem hidden behind a creamery in North Mayo, but at Trump Doonbeg. Yes, that Trump. Yes, that Doonbeg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s a bit like celebrating a christening by announcing the child has been baptised in crude oil.<\/p>\n<p>This is exclusive subscriber content. Already a subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/login\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IE Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4633150_1_org_IE_logo_modals.png\" width=\"340\" height=\"41\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\tUnlimited access. Half the price.<\/p>\n<p>Annual \u20ac120\u20ac60<\/p>\n<p class=\"best-value\">Best value<\/p>\n<p>Monthly \u20ac10\u20ac5 \/ month<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Benefits image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4750392_1_org_Save_50_offer.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IN THE week Rory McIlroy lifted the Irish Open in a manner befitting a gladiator, the emperors of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[64818,5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-139143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-irish-examiner-instagram-sport","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}