Entries open for Lumsden Cup at Royal Dublin

2024 Lumsden Cup winner Mark Cadden (Roganstown) with captain Declan Nolan

Entries are open for the 91st John Lumsden Memorial Cup, which will be played at Royal Dublin on Sunday, August 3.

The 36-hole strokeplay event is open to golfers with a handicap index of 9.0 and under and affiliated with golf clubs in the province of Leinster.

Players can register online here.

The €75 entry fee includes lunch between rounds.

The field is limited to 81 players, with the lowest handicaps accepted first. The cutoff in 2024 was 3.7.

No fees will be charged until entries are closed and confirmed. The deadline for entry is Thursday, July 25, with tee times published by Monday, July  28.

Prizes include the best nett (Lumsden Cup Winner), the second, third, and fourth best nett, and the best and second best gross.

John Lumsden, a Scottish banker after whom the trophy is named, was one of the true pioneers of golf in Ireland.

He was a vice president of the Golfing Union of Ireland and a founding member of the Royal Dublin Golf Club.

In 1926, the Leinster Branch instituted a competition under handicap for single-figure members of Leinster clubs and named it the John Lumsden Memorial Cup to commemorate his memory.