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Career Grand Slam winner and five-time Major Champion Rory McIlroy is looking to harness home advantage this week as he targets a second Amgen Irish Open title at The K Club.
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The Northern Irishman secured victory on Irish soil for the first time as a professional at the County Kildare venue in 2016 after producing a stunning birdie-par-eagle finish to win the island of Ireland’s national open by three strokes, and he is hoping to double his tally as the event returns to the iconic Palmer North Course.
“It’s lovely to be back,” said McIlroy. “I’ve got some great memories of the K Club. I came here to watch the Ryder Cup in 2006 with my dad and to win my only Irish Open here nine years ago. It’s got a lot of great memories for me, and hopefully I can add to them this week.
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The World Number Two became the first European to win the career grand slam earlier this year when he added the Masters Tournament to his four previous Major victories at the 2011 U.S. Open, the US PGA Championship in 2012 and 2014 and The Open in 2014. The 36-year-old sits in pole position on the Race to Dubai Rankings and is looking to finish the season as European Number One for a seventh time.
McIlroy joins home favourites Shane Lowry, Pádraig Harrington and Séamus Power as a star-studded field assembles at the K Club, the host venue for the 2006 Ryder Cup, for the third of nine tournaments of the Back 9 phase of the 2025 Race to Dubai, as the end of the season comes into focus and it’s All to Play For.
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Former Open Champion Lowry will also bid to win his national open for the second time after he claimed a memorable victory 16 years ago as an amateur on home soil at Baltray, and to date he is still the most recent amateur winner on Tour.
“I’m very excited,” said the Offaly man. “It’s good to be back here at a place I know pretty well. I get to stay in my own bed for a few days, which is nice. Things have been going pretty well and the week has been going very nice so far.”
Three-time Major winner Harrington will make his 30th consecutive appearance in the Irish Open, having not missed an edition since his debut in 1996, while Ryder Cup Captain Luke Donald will also tee it up this week.
The Englishman made his Captain’s Picks at the start of the week, and will be joined by three of the 12 players who will make up his team in New York later this month – McIlroy, Lowry and Tyrrell Hatton.
Title Sponsor Amgen have once again partnered with the DP World Tour for the Birdies for Wishes campaign, with Amgen and the DP World Tour donating €300 combined to Make a Wish Ireland for every birdie or better carded by the field on the first hole during the four tournament rounds. The three Amgen ambassadors – Harrington, Lowry and Power – have also committed to the fundraising effort, pledging to donate €500 for every birdie and €1000 for every eagle they card during the week.
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