Three Irishmen have lifted the Eisenhower Trophy with GB&I while no Irish women have yet managed to win the Espirito Santo Trophy. In 2018 six top Irish players will have the chance to make history when Ireland hosts the World Amateur Team Championships for the first time.
A thoroughbred racehorse sometimes needs a great jockey to bring out the best in him but Colm Campbell didn’t need more than a glimpse of the whip as he holed two crucial putts late in the day to stay on the bridle and canter to a two-stroke victory in the East of Ireland Amateur Open at a rain-spattered Baltray.
The Montgomerie Course at Carton House hosted the 2004 Irish Amateur Open and the Irish Open on the European Tour in 2005 and 2006. Ireland will host the International European Amateur Championship for the first time in the event’s 25-year history next year.
