Irish PGA Championship
The Irish PGA Championship is a golf tournament played annually in Ireland since 1907. It is one of the oldest golf tournaments in the world, the oldest in the Emerald Isles, and has been played at many different golf courses in Ireland. It is the marquee event on the PGA Tour of Ireland's schedule, having many notable winners in the over 100 years of play. Christy O'Connor Snr and Harry Bradshaw have the most wins in the event with 10. Three-time major champion Pádraig Harrington[1] has 6 wins since 1998, Des Smyth has 6 victories and Paul McGinley has 4 wins. The event was played in match-play format from its inauguration in 1907 until it became a stroke play event in 1910.[2]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Venue | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Niall Kearney | Adare Manor | 268 |
| 2013 | Michael McGeady | Roganstown | 275 |
| 2012 | David Higgins | Mount Juliet | 209** |
| 2011 | Simon Thornton | Seapoint Golf Club | 269 |
| 2010 | David Mortimer (2) | Seapoint Golf Club | 277 |
| 2009 | Pádraig Harrington (6) | The European Club | 283 |
| 2008 | Pádraig Harrington (5) | The European Club | 285 |
| 2007 | Pádraig Harrington (4) | The European Club | 279 |
| 2006 | David Mortimer | Druids Heath | 286 |
| 2005 | Pádraig Harrington (3) | PGA National Ireland | 285 |
| 2004 | Pádraig Harrington (2) | St. Margarets | 287 |
| 2003 | Paul McGinley (4) | Adare Manor | 280 |
| 2002 | Paul McGinley (3) | Westport | 213** |
| 2001 | Des Smyth (6) | Castlerock | 273 |
| 2000 | Paul McGinley (2) | County Louth | 270 |
| 1999 | Neil Manchip | Island | 271 |
| 1998 | Pádraig Harrington | Powerscourt | 216** |
| 1997 | Paul McGinley | Fota Island | 285 |
| 1996 | Des Smyth (5) | Slieve Russell | 281 |
| 1995 | Philip Walton (4) | Belvoir Park | 273 |
| 1994 | Darren Clarke | Galway Bay | 285 |
| 1993 | Martin Sludds (2) | The K Club | 285 |
| 1992 | Eamonn Darcy (2) | The K Club | 285 |
| 1991 | Philip Walton (3) | Woodbrook | 277 |
| 1990 | Des Smyth (4) | Woodbrook | 271 |
| 1989 | Philip Walton (2) | Castle | 266 |
| 1988 | Eamonn Darcy | Castle | 269 |
| 1987 | Philip Walton | County Louth | 144*** |
| 1986 | Des Smyth (3) | Waterville | 282 |
| 1985 | Des Smyth (2) | County Louth | 201** |
| 1984 | Martin Sludds | Skerries | 277 |
| 1983 | Liam Higgins | Woodbrook | 275 |
| 1982 | David Feherty (2) | Woodbrook | 287 |
| 1981 | David Jones | Woodbrook | 283 |
| 1980 | David Feherty | Royal Dublin | 283 |
| 1979 | Des Smyth | Royal Dublin | 215** |
| 1978 | Christy O'Connor Snr (10) | Royal Dublin | 286 |
| 1977 | Paddy Skerritt | Woodbrook | 281 |
| 1976 | Paddy McGuirk | Waterville | 291 |
| 1975 | Christy O'Connor Snr (9) | Carlow | 275 |
| 1974 | Eddie Polland | Portstewart | 277 |
| 1973 | Jimmy Kinsella (2) | Limerick | 284 |
| 1972 | Jimmy Kinsella | Bundoran | 289 |
| 1971 | Christy O'Connor Snr (8) | Galway | 278 |
| 1970 | Hugh Jackson | Massereene | 283 |
| 1969 | Jimmy Martin | Dundalk | 268 |
| 1968 | Christy Greene (2) | Knock | 282 |
| 1967 | Hugh Boyle | Tullamore | 214** |
| 1966 | Christy O'Connor Snr (7) | Warrenpoint | 269 |
| 1965 | Christy O'Connor Snr (6) | Mullingar | 283 |
| 1964 | Ernie Jones (2) | Knock | 279 |
| 1963 | Christy O'Connor Snr (5) | Cork | 271 |
| 1962 | Christy O'Connor Snr (4) | Bangor | 264 |
| 1961 | Christy O'Connor Snr (3) | Lahinch | 280 |
| 1960 | Christy O'Connor Snr (2) | Warrenpoint | 271 |
| 1959 | Norman Drew | Mullingar | 282 |
| 1958 | Christy O'Connor Snr | Royal Belfast | 279 |
| 1957 | Harry Bradshaw (10) | Ballybunion | 286 |
| 1956 | Christy Greene | Clandeboye | 281 |
| 1955 | Ernie Jones | Castletroy | 276 |
| 1954 | Harry Bradshaw (9) | Royal Co Down | 300 |
| 1953 | Harry Bradshaw (8) | Dundalk | 272 |
| 1952 | Fred Daly (3) | Mullingar | 284 |
| 1951 | Harry Bradshaw (7) | Balmoral | 280 |
| 1950 | Harry Bradshaw (6) | Grange | 277 |
| 1949 | Christy Kane | Royal Portrush | 301 |
| 1948 | John McKenna (2) | Galway | 285 |
| 1947 | Harry Bradshaw (5) | County Louth | 291 |
| 1946 | Fred Daly (2) | Clandeboye | 285 |
| 1945 | John McKenna | Newlands | 283 |
| 1944 | Harry Bradshaw (4) | Hermitage | 291 |
| 1943 | Harry Bradshaw (3) | Dun Laoghaire | 277 |
| 1942 | Harry Bradshaw (2) | Hermitage | 285 |
| 1941 | Harry Bradshaw | County Sligo | 293 |
| 1940 | Fred Daly | Cork | 305 |
| 1939 | Paddy Mahon (3) | Bundoran | 290 |
| 1938 | Paddy Mahon (2) | Royal Portrush | 291 |
| 1937 | Paddy Mahon | Portmarnock | 298 |
| 1936 | J McCartney | Galway | 281 |
| 1935 | S Fairweather | Belvoir Park | 293 |
| 1934 | W Nolan | Dun Laoghaire | 282 |
| 1933 | Jimmy Adams | Castlerock | 291 |
| 1932 | H McNeill (2) | Royal Dublin | 304 |
| 1931 | J McCartney (2) | Portstewart | 273 |
| 1930 | J McCartney | Castle | 291 |
| 1929 | H McNeill | Royal Co Down | 317 |
| 1928 | L Wallace | County Sligo | 315 |
| 1927 | Peter O'Hare (2) | Royal Dublin | 310 |
| 1926 | S Fairweather | Malone | 299 |
| 1925 | M O'Neill (3) | Portmarnock | 315 |
| 1924 | M O'Neill (2) | Malone | 305 |
| 1923 | M O'Neill | Milltown | 309 |
| 1922 | J Martin | Royal Portrush | 328 |
| 1921 | J Cromwell | Portmarnock | 313 |
| 1920 | J O'Hare | Castlerock | 315 |
| 1919 | Peter O'Hare | Portmarnock | 326 |
| 1915-18 | Cancelled due to World War I | ||
| 1914 | C Hope | Royal Co Down | 305 |
| 1913 | Michael Moran (5) | Portmarnock | 324 |
| 1912 | Michael Moran (4) | Castlerock | 305 |
| 1911 | Michael Moran (3) | Royal Portrush | 310 |
| 1910 | Michael Moran (2) | Royal Dublin | 296* |
| 1909 | Michael Moran def. H Kidd | Royal Co Down | 9 & 7 |
| 1908 | James Edmundson (2) def. B Snowball | Portmarnock | 5 & 3 |
| 1907 | James Edmundson def. B Snowball | Royal Portrush | 2 & 1 |
* format changed to stroke play in 1910
** reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather
*** reduced to 36 holes due to bad weather
Most wins
Up to and including 2010.
| Rank | Player | # Wins | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Christy O'Connor Snr | 10 | 1978 |
| Harry Bradshaw | 10 | 1957 | |
| T3 | Pádraig Harrington | 6 | 2009 |
| Des Smyth | 6 | 2001 | |
| 5 | Michael Moran | 5 | 1913 |
| T6 | Paul McGinley | 4 | 2003 |
| Philip Walton | 4 | 1995 |