Lahinch switches focus to Walker Cup after Palmer Cup

Work on a magnificent new clubhouse area is due to start this September at the famed Clare links

Team USA's Brendan Valdes plays from the heavy rough into the 12th green overlooking Lahinch beach during the Palmer Cup Am-Am. Pic: Brian Arthur

The traces of a hugely successful staging of the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup were still being removed when Lahinch Golf Club turned the page to the next chapter: a clubhouse extension and the 2026 Walker Cup matches.

Sunday’s 32.5-27.5 victory by the USA over the Internationals following three days of intense matchplay golf between the world’s best collegiate amateurs had picked up where the 2019 Irish Open had left off.