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The K Club's South Course to host 2026 KPMG Women's Irish Open
The course hosted three editions of the European Open on the DP World Tour and organisers believe a return to a late August date in 2026 will help attract a stronger field.
The event takes place two weeks before the Solheim Cup in the Netherlands, which may help attract some big names after Charley Hull, Madelene Sagstrom, Georgia Hall and Anna Nordqvist joined Leona Maguire and Lottie Woad at Carton House this year.
MJ Fetherston, Director of The K Club said: 'This is a tournament we want to support and elevate. There is so much brilliant talent in women's golf.
'We have been supporting Leona Maguire for the past few years and this is a terrific development on that.
'The Palmer South course has been given a lot of love and energy over the past few years. We are excited to bring tournament golf back to this challenging course.'
After a 10-year hiatus, the tournament was played at Dromoland Castle in 2022 and 2023 before being hosted on the O'Meara Course at Carton House for the last two years.
Cian Branagan, CEO of promoters ForeFront Group, believes The K Club will help them build on the success of the last four years.
'We've been incredibly fortunate to host the tournament at some fantastic venues throughout its journey over the last four years, and each year we've aimed to raise the standard,' he said.
'The K Club represents another major step forward and will undoubtedly set the bar even higher.'
The event had a prize fund of €450,000 this year with runner-up Sagstrom winning the top prize of €67,500 after Woad, who turned professional this week, claimed the title by six shots as an amateur.
