Eoghan Corry: Ticket prices for Adare's Ryder Cup could leave golf fans and hoteliers in the rough

As Adare prepares for the 2027 Ryder Cup, concerns grow over soaring hotel prices, infrastructure delays, and economic impacts

The Ryder Cup is a sizeable circus with many rings. It will deliver 9,000 staff and 1,500 volunteers to Adare, one and a half times the size of Apple’s workforce in Cork.

A lot of birdies have flown over River Maigue since Adare was first announced as host of the 2027 Ryder Cup.

The announcement was made six years ago, before the world of hospitality and the world as we knew it landed in a bunker. Yet, it is surprising how much of the 2019 narrative still hums in the background. An odd-shaped tournament, a matchplay battle between artificially concocted European and American selections in the otherwise self-absorbed sport of golf, creates odd-shaped problems.