Irish Open Golf Betting Guide 14-17 May 2009
The Irish Open played their first tournament in 1927 and it has a rich and colourful Irish Open Golf history. The Irish Open is played at a different venue most years these days and is one of the main dates on the European Tour it is played in the month of May and just before the PGA at Wentworth ensuring a quality field turns up to play in Ireland each year. In 2009 the Irish Golf Open will be played between the 14-17 May 2009 at the Baltray Golf Club, which is located equi-distant between Dublin and Belfast. See 2009 Irish Open Venue
As always there will be a strong contingent of Irish golfers looking to win a major European event on a course that they are most familar with and a crowd that is behind them.
2009 Irish Golf Open - Amateur Lowry Wins For Ireland
Irish amateur, Shane Lowry showed the professionals the way to play links courses after he won the 2009 Irish Open after playing three extra holes with Englishman, Robert Rock. Lowry had been at the helm of the tournament for most of the week, but few thought that as an amateur he would win this great event. His opening round of 62 set him up perfetcly for his asult on the title and he never once wavered over the four days.
As an amateur Lowry cannot claim the first prize of a half million Euros, that, despite losing the play off will go to Rock.
- LOWRY, Shane -17
- ROCK, Robert -17
- EDFORS, Johan -15
- FORSYTHE, Alistair -13
- WARREN, Mark -13
- LEVET, Thomas -11
- DOUGHERTY, Nick -11
Paddy Power £30 Free Irish Golf Open Bet
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Paddy Power are an excellent supporter of Irish sport and they will be offering punters on this event a £30 free bet offer on a cash match basis. This offer is open to all new customers using their betting site coming from this site.
Players
Many Irish Players such as Paidraig Harrington or Darren Clarke will turn up and there will be great support for them as they are the heros of the Irish Golfing public. This year there will no doubt be a huge welcome for top Northern Irish golfer and new wonder kid on the block, Rory McIlroy.
As usual for European Tour events, the tournament will tee off on a Thursday morning and you will be able to keep in touch with all the play by way of our Irish Open live scores which shall be updated every few minutes. There are bound to be tickets available for all the days of this years event. For those that are unable to get to county Louth to watch the event at the Baltray Links course, they will be able to watch it live on TV.
The Irish will be hoping that there will be another Irish winner to follow Harrington's victory in 2007. They were disappointed last year when it was won by Englishman, Richard Finch. In 2007 it was reported that the Irish Golf punters cleaned up with the online bookmakers on bets placed on Harrington.
Perhaps Darren Clarke who is getting back to his old form could make an impact as he will have plenty of support from the Irish faithful. Perhaps however the biggest hope will be for new Irish golfing sensation, Rory McIlroy, already a winner on tour this year and in the world's top 20 after only turning Pro 2 years ago. This young man will be playing the tournament for the first time
Betting
Please look over our Irish Open betting page, this gives you the latest odds of each player on a round by round basis. Obviously in-play betting is a big feature for golf punters as the odds can fluctuate on every shot made and every shot missed. Please note this year we have combined our golfing knowledge to the betting knowledge of Paddy Power bookmakers who are offering new customers an Irish Open Free Bet..
It might also be advisable for readers to look over our player profiles in the Irish Open Form Guide. This gives details of past form in the event and 2009 form of some of the leading contenders.
