Horizon Irish Open '23, not just Rory McIlrory

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The DP World Tour moves from Switzerland to Ireland where, from 7 to 10 September, the Horizon Irish Open will be staged. The tournament, which is preparing to celebrate its 68th edition, will be played on the course of The K Club in Straffan.

Irish Open, schedule

In the field there will also be three players from the Europe team who, from 29 September to 1 October in Rome, will be protagonists in the Ryder Cup. With the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy (winner in 2016), number 2 in the world, there is also the Irishman Shane Lowry (he entered the competition in 2009 when he was still an amateur) and the Englishman Tyrrell Hatton. There is also space in the field for two Italians: Edoardo Molinari, who placed second in 2014, and Guido Migliozzi. Defending the title will be the Polish Adrian Meronk, among the great excluded, on the European side, at the Ryder Cup. The event will offer 6,000,000 dollars as prizes.

Rory McIlroy, born May 4, 1989 in Holywood (Northern Ireland), is a Northern Irish professional golfer. Young, he quickly stood out for his talents in golf, first as an amateur where he won the Junior Ryder Cup in 2004, played in the Walker Cup in 2007, represented Ireland at the Eisenhower Trophy in 2006 and won five tournaments including the European Amateur Championship in 2006 (as well as the European Amateur Team Championship in 2007), he turned professional in September 2007 at the age of 18.

He won his first victory on the European PGA Tour at the Dubai Desert Classic in February 2009 then his first victory on the American circuit the following year at the Quail Hollow Championship. After two third places in major tournaments, in 2009 at the PGA Championship and in 2010 at the Masters, he won his first grand slam title during the 2011 edition of the American Open.

Rory McIlroy became 1st in the world rankings for the first time on March 4, 2012 at the age of 22, 43 days after winning the Honda Classic, a PGA Tour tournament in Palm Beach Gardens. On August 12, 2012, he became the first Northern Irishman in history to win the PGA Championship. He is also the first Briton to win this victory since Tommy Armor in 1930.

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