Starting today with the Irish Open presented by the Rory Foundation at the famous K Club and followed next week at the BMW Players Championship at Wentworth, the focus on golf shifts to Europe for the next two weeks, or as they say in Ireland, the next fortnight...
Today Rory McIlroy will have defending champion Søren Kjeldsen and Andy Sullivan for company over the first two days at the County Kildare venue at 13:25, then ten minutes after the world #3 has teed off it will be the turn of Masters Champion Danny Willett who leads the Race to Dubai rankings by more than a million points and he has been paired with Rafa Cabrera Bello, who sits third in the season rankings and finished tied fourth at this event last year, and European Tour legend Lee Westwood, for the first two days.
The crowds will also be out in force for the 8.35 tee time, which sees home favourite Shane Lowry head off from the tenth tee alongside Bernd Wiesberger and man of the moment Jeunghun Wang the 20 year old Korean sensation who has won for the last two consecutive weeks.
Rory has convinced a very strong field including fellow Irishmen Paddy Harrington and Graeme McDowell to come and play here and of course next week is the European Tour's flagship event.
Bryan Angus
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