Lowry leads, Trump arrives, Saturday scoreboard/tee times/weather Amgen Irish Open

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BBC WEATHER : 19*/14*c Light rain showers with a fresh breeze 11-17mph WSW

Shane Lowry has a 3 shot as play begins this Saturday morning, after delighting the home crowds on day two of the Amgen Irish Open with a course record 62.

As you can see from the BBC weather, a damp, blustery day is in the forecast on this Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg on the wild west coast of Ireland.

Three players Haotong Li. Jacob Skov Olesen, Niklas Norgaard a nearest at -8

Rory with 69 69 -2 is T20, nine shots behind his close friend Lowry. The putts have not been falling so far for the defending champion

Play is now under way with the cut falling at +1 Friday night.

US President Trump who owns the course, arrived from Dublin where he was meeting with the US Ambassador, landing by helicopter in a field near the 3rd hole. He will likely hang around to present the trophy on Sunday.

His arrival with all the security that goes with it has snarled traffic for spectators trying to attend 

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Day 2 Solheim Cup..Europe lead 7-5 after Morning Foursomes, Live scoreboard

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After 4 foursomes and 4 fourballs the matches were all square 4-4 after a full Friday in Holland.

Carlota Ciganda of Europe reacts after holing a putt on the 18th green during the Solheim Cup in Den Bosch, Netherlands, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Saturday Foursomes  USA 5  Europe 7

USA  1                          Europe 3

Corpuz/Korda   3&2   Stark/Grant

Kupcho/ Zhang   1up  Maguire / Henseleit

A.Lee/ Kim   4&3  Rhodes / Nadaud

Al. Lee / Coughlin  6&5   Woad / Hull

Saturday Fourballs  USA 5  Europe 7

USA                          Europe

Khang/ Coughlin   vs  Stark/ Grant

Noh/ Andrea Lee  vs  Woad/ Hull

Zhang /Auston Kim  vs  Maguire/ Nadaud

Kupcho/ Duncan  vs  Ciganda/ Boutier

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Shane Lowry leads the Friday wrap Amgen Irish Open....36 hole results/ Saturday leaderboard

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Shane Lowry will take a three stroke lead into the weekend after delighting the home crowds on day two of the Amgen Irish Open with a course record 62.

The Irishman made nine birdies and one bogey at Trump International Golf Links & Hotel, Ireland, Doonbeg to set the target at -11 as he leads Haotong Li, Jacob Skov Olesen and Niklas Nørgaard.

The 39‑year‑old, who famously won this event as an amateur in 2009 and has played every edition since, followed up an opening 67 on Thursday by taking advantage of the easier conditions and setting the tone for the early groups on Friday.

“It was nice. It was real fun out there,” he said of his fourth ever 62 on the DP World Tour.

“I got off to a nice start and then I just kept going. I felt great out there. Just kept my foot on the gas and tried to keep hitting good shots and keep holing putts.

“I liked the little birdie I made on 15 after the mistake I made on 13. Also, I think my par putt on 10 was probably my highlight of the day. After getting pretty unlucky with my second shot, I think I did a great job making par there.”

“The crowds were amazing out there today,” he said. “They support me along the way and it was nice to give them something to shout about."

Leading the chasing pack for much of the morning was Haotong Li, whose eagle-birdie-birdie run from the 10th helped him into contention on his way to a -7 63

Alongside Li are Danish pair Jacob Skov Olesen and Niklas Nørgaard, who both finished in a T2 at the Husqvarna British Masters a couple of weeks ago, and carded a pair of 64s. 

While Olesen put together a burst of birdies on his back nine from the 14th to 16th holes, it was Nørgaard  who got late cheers from the crowds after scaring the hole at the 18th and capping off his round with a closing birdie to join the chasing pack.

Rasmus Højgaard, who posted an impressive 63 on Friday, enters the weekend as part of group a shot further back on -7 alongside first round leader Joaquin Niemann, Tom McKibbin, Ewen Ferguson and Kazuma Kobori.

Race to Dubai leader Patrick Reed is currently T10 on -6 with Andy Sullivan, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and Jens Dantorp.

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All square 4-4 after Day1 at Solheim Cup 2026...live scoreboard

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Five of Europe's seven Solheim Cup victories have arrived on home soil

Its time for one of the golfing world's most exciting events, the Solheim Cup this week in (Holland) the Netherlands at Bernardus GC. Click on my Leaderboard for live scoring

FORMAT/ RESULTS Friday Foursomes 

Leaderboard

USA    2                       Europe 2

Corpuz/ Korda  4&3  Hull / Woad

Lee/ Coughlin  3&2  Madsen/ Boutier

Zang / Kupcho  3&2  Stark / Grant

Lee / Duncan    2up   Henseleit/ Maguire 

Friday Fourballs Final 4-4

Noh/ Yin   vs Tied   Hull/ Woad

Khang/Lee 5&3   vs  Madsen / Boutier

Corpuz/Kim  vs 2&1  Rhodes / Nadaud

Korda/ Coughlin  Tied  Ciganda/ Ramirez

SUMMARY

After 4 foursomes and 4 fourballs we are all square 4-4 after a full Friday in Holland.

Europe

Anna Nordqvist captain,  Caroline Hedwall, Mel Reid, Ann Van Dam Vice Captains

Top 2 players LET,  Top 6 players owgr, 4 players Captain's picks

Charley Hull (Eng) Esther Henseleit (Ger) Lottie Woad (Eng) Maja Stark (Swe) 

Celine Boutier (Fr) Carlota Ciganda (Sp), Linn Grant (Swe) Nanna Koerstz Marsden (Den)

Leona MaGuire (Ire)  Julia Lopez Ramirez (Sp)  Nastasia Nadaud (Fr)  Mimi Rhodes (Eng)

USA

Angela Stanford captain,  Kristy McPherson, Paula Creamer, Brittany Lang Vice Captains

7 players LPGA points list, 2 players owgr, 3 players Captain's picks

Nelly Korda, Angel Yin, Jennifer Kupcho, Yealimi Noh 

Auston Kim, Lauren Coughlin, Allisen Corpuz, Andrea Lee

Alison Lee, Lindy Duncan. Megan Khang, Rose Zhang

Played with the same format as the Ryder Cup, 2 matches, 8 foursomes, 8 fourballs then 12 singles on Sunday, its Europe vs USA for the 20th time, first staged in Florida in 1990 named after club manufacturer Karl Solheim along with his wife Louise, the founder and driving force behind the event.

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Friday under way Amgen Irish Open...Live scoreboard

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Joaquin Niemann begins Friday in the lead after he produced a late birdie burst to card a -5 65 after day one of the Amgen Irish Open.  He is in the late wave at 13.35hrs today.

The Chilean playing on a sponsors exemption, made four birdies in a row from the 14th to -5 and set the target at Trump International Golf Links & Hotel, Ireland, Doonbeg on a day when the wind made scoring difficult.

FRIDAY

BBC WEATHER : Sunny intervals 18*/14* and a gentle breeze, 8km/h -11km/h WSW.

** Rory -2, Shane Lowry -4, Patrick Reed -2, Jon Rahm -1 are all out early after getting the worst of the wind late on Thursday.

** Scoring is easier, early Richard Mansell is -6 thru 11 so far for example.

** The front nine were the easiest on Thursday, downwind on several holes with this WSW wind, the back nine is into the wind

** Tides, 1st high tide 5.18am (5 meters)  1st low tide 11.15am (0.8 meters)

               2nd high tide 17.30 hrs (5.24 meters)  2nd low tide 23.43hrs (0.39 meters)

Generally the wind gets up as the tide comes in, so the early round catch the tide going out this morning when its calmer.

You can see the late round has the tide coming in during the afternoon.

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Chilean LIV star Niemann leads very windy Amgen Irish Open...18 hole results..

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Joaquin Niemann produced a late birdie burst to card a -5 65 and lead the way after day one of the Amgen Irish Open.

The Chilean playing on a sponsors exemption, made four birdies in a row from the 14th to -5 and set the target at Trump International Golf Links & Hotel, Ireland, Doonbeg on a day when the wind made scoring difficult.

The conditions also led to unavoidable delays and some players will have to return early on day two to complete their opening rounds.

Home hero and 2009 champion Shane Lowry was in the clubhouse after completing his -3 67 in the fading light and he sat two shots back alongside South African Shaun Norris.

Polish star, Adrian Meronk - the 2022 champion - Austrian Maximilian Steinlechner and Italian Renato Paratore were also at -3  with holes still to play.

Niemann who plays LIV,  has played a limited DP World Tour schedule in 2026 but has three top tens in his last four DP World Tour starts, including a best Major finish of a T7 at the U.S. Open. 

Since 2024 he has 9 wins on LIV...

And he revealed he was relishing the conditions on the County Clare coast as he looks for a second DP World Tour title after his win at the ISPS HANDA Australian pen in the 2024 season.

"It was a lot of fun out there," he said. "It's a really tricky course and a really fun golf course to play with. Especially with the Irish weather. Yeah, getting used to this weather and the rain so yeah, it was fun.

"It's definitely a good challenge. You've got to hit those tee shots and keep it under the wind, left-to-right wind, right-to-left wind.

"I was talking with my caddie, like every shot into the wind just times a hundred probably. So if it's a bad shot, it's a really bad shot. But if it's a good shot, it was so nice to see it. You know, it's just sexy, you know, hitting eight iron, seven iron from 120, 130 yards is fun."

He added: "I feel like there's so much I need to learn about my game and so much I need to improve. But I am just on that highway. I'm committed to get better and better every time. And I know I can. I know that there's a lot of room for improvement so, yeah, I'm happy where it is right now, but there's a lot to work on." 

Meronk made six birdies and three bogeys in his first 15 holes, Steinlechner had an eagle, three birdies and two bogeys through 13 and Paratore had six holes to complete having made four birdies with a single dropped shot.

Race to Dubai Rankings leader Patrick Reed carded a -2 68 to sit alongside home hero Tom McKibbin, Spaniard Rafa Cabrera Bello, Kiwi Kazuma Kobori, Frenchman Frederic Lacroix, Dane Niklas Nørgaard and Scot Connor Syme.

Defending champion Rory McIlroy was then in the group at -1 69 having completed his first round.

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Play under way at Amgen Irish Open....Live scoreboard

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" Irish sport is amazing, we're a small country, I feel like we punch above our weight in many sports, and we're certainly great people at getting behind or Sports people" Shane Lowry, 2009 Irish Open Champion.

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Katie Taylor won Olympic gold in 2012

82,000 Irish men and women packed Croke Park to watch their legendary boxer Katie Taylor, now 40 beat Flora Pili to retire as an all time two weight world boxing champion on September 6.

This weekend not far from Doonbeg GC at a sold out Lahinch GC GB&Ire staged the greatest comeback in Walker Cup history, winning the Sunday afternoon singles 7-3 to beat heavily favoured USA 13.5 to 12.5 led by Ireland's 33 year old Stuart Grehan who beat the world #1 amateur Preston Stout twice in the matches.

Former Champion, Padraig Harrington is playing his 31st Irish Open, "It's the first won I circle to play every year, I think they'll love me still, even if I play rubbish"

Rory is here defending his title, his eagle at the 72nd hole last year to force the playoff which he won, brought Ireland to it's collective knees.

This is the setting this morning as one of the European Tour's best tournaments got under way,  the Amgen Irish Open, on this difficult modern links style Trump International Golf Links formerly Doonbeg GC

Rory is playing it for the first time, "Tough opening holes with the water on the left, and the wind, tough closing holes as well" , he is in the late wave.

His Ryder Cup colleague Sepp Straka leads -4 through 9 holes with 6 players at -3.

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