{"id":455317,"date":"2026-03-03T12:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/455317\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T12:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:40:14","slug":"rory-mcilroy-holywood-golfer-confirms-he-will-defend-his-irish-open-title-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/455317\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy: Holywood golfer confirms he will defend his Irish Open title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy will defend his Irish Open title when this year’s tournament takes place at the Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg, County Clare from 9-13 September.<\/p>\n

The Holywood man came through in the third play-off hole against Joakim Lagergren to win the 2025 edition at the K Club<\/a> after sinking a 28-foot putt for an eagle at the 18th hole of his final round to force the extra holes.<\/p>\n

It was one of many highlights in 2025 for the Northern Irishman who completed a career Grand Slam with a play-off win at The Masters in April before helping Europe to a first away Ryder Cup success since 2012 at Bethpage Black, New York and then finishing the year as the Race to Dubai champion for a seventh time.<\/p>\n

“I’m looking forward to returning home for the Amgen Irish Open later this year,” McIlroy told the DP World Tour website.<\/p>\n

“Playing in front of Irish fans is always incredibly special. The scenes at The K Club last year were unforgettable.<\/p>\n

“The roar when I holed my eagle putt on the 18th and the energy from the crowd will stay with me forever. Hopefully I can give the fans more of the same this year at Doonbeg.”<\/p>\n

McIlroy’s first Irish Open win came at the K Club in 2016, with the County Kildare course scheduled to play host once again in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy will defend his Irish Open title when this year’s tournament takes place at the Trump International…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-455317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455317","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=455317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}