As we approach the end of the season, the Amgen Irish Open takes centre stage as the third event of the Back 9 on the DP World Tour schedule.
This event is one of the most popular on the formerly named European Tour and has been won by some of the greatest players to pick up a club, including Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Padraig Harrington, Sergio Garcia, Colin Montgomerie, Bernhard Langer, Sir Nick Faldo, Ian Woosnam, Seve Ballesteros, and Ben Crenshaw.
The tour will visit the K Club in Kildare as it did in 2023. Vincent Norrman won the event when it was last held here, and McIlroy won it here in 2016.
The K Club has two golf courses designed by Arnold Palmer. The North Course was used for the 2006 Ryder Cup, and it also hosted the Smurfit European Open between 1995 and 2003.
The entry list for 2025 is very exciting too, and is bound to attract a huge crowd, as the Irish Open always does. McIlroy, Garcia, Brooks Koepka, Shane Lowry, Patrick Reed, Francesco Molinari, Danny Willett, Tyrrell Hatton, Marco Penge, Jhonattan Vegas, Padraig Harrington and Luke Donald are all in the field.
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Irish Open Preview 2025
- Dates: September 4-7, 2025
- Course: The K Club, Straffan, Kildare, Ireland
- Par: 72
- Length: 7,441 yards
- Prize purse: $6 million
- Defending champion: Rasmus Hojgaard (-9)
Where is the Amgen Irish Open?
The Irish Open is being held at the K Club this year. Last year, it was held at Royal County Down in Northern Ireland.
Who won the Irish Open 2024?
Rasmus Hojgaard won the Amgen Irish Open in 2024. He shot six-under in the final round to beat McIlroy by one shot and Italian Matteo Manassero by two shots.
How to qualify for the Irish Open
There are many ways in which players can qualify for the Irish Open. Here are the criteria:
- Winners of the Global Swing Rankings in 2025 (Opening Swing, International, Asian, European and Closing)
- Leading 10 players not otherwise exempt in the top 70 of the FedEx Cup standings through the BMW Championship.
- Leading seven members not otherwise exempt inside the top 110 of the Race to Dubai Rankings through the Betfred British Masters
- Top three ranked members since the top 110 of the Race to Dubai Rankings through the Omega European Masters
- Winners of the Race to Dubai since 2017, and in the majors since 2017
- Membership extensions
- Winners of the Race to Dubai ranking events with prize funds equal or above $2 million between 2023 and 2025
- Winners of Race to Dubai events in the 2024-2025 season that have a prize fund below $2 million US, followed by winners of Race to Dubai events in the 2025 season with a prize fund below €1 million who were already ranked DP World Tour or ranked HotelPlanner Tour members at the time of win, and winners on both tours this season
- Legends category
- Professional invitations
- Players in the top 10 of the previous tournament in the week before
- National spots
- Anyone who earned a 2024 PGA Tour card through the Race to Dubai rankings who is not otherwise exempt above and who was a ranked member and fulfilled his minimum counting tournament requirement in the 2024 DPWT season, followed by the top 114 players in the 2024 final Race to Dubai rankings followed by any Affiliate Members and HPT Ranked Members who have earned at least the same points on the non-member Race to Dubai pointslist as the 114th player in the 2024 final Race to Dubai rankings
- Top 40 players from the 2024 “Career Money List” who have achieved less than four of the additional qualifying criteria
- Players in positions 126-200 in the final 2024 FedExCup Standings
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