McGeady defends PGA title

Adare Manor will host this year’s Irish PGA Championship from October 2-5.

Not to be confused with the Adare Manor Golf Resort, the venue for the 2007 and ’08 Irish Open Championships and which also hosted the IPGA event in 2003 won by Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley, Adare Manor was founded in 1900 and was regarded as one of the finest nine-hole courses in the country until being extended to 18 by architect Eddie Hackett in 1922.

It now follows in the footsteps of some of the game’s most famous venues in staging the national closed professional championship since it was first instituted in 1907. In that time, legends like Christy O’Connor and Harry Bradshaw each captured the title on 10 occasions and are followed on the honours list on six by Pádraig Harrington and Des Smyth.