2024 Arnold Palmer Cup: Kennedy leads Lahinch-bound Irish pack 

Irish Girl Sara Byrne of Douglas anjd the International team has a go at driving from her knees pictured during the 1st days pracice ahead of this weekends Arnold Palmer Cup in Lahinch Golf Club, Clare. Pic: Brian Arthur

Irish golf supporters are being urged to come out in force and support the homegrown quartet on the International team to face the USA in the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup, which gets underway at Lahinch on Friday.

The three-day team matchplay event, founded in 1997 by the game’s first superstar Palmer for the best collegiate golfers in American university programmes, has grown exponentially in size and status broadening from a US v GB and Ireland men’s event to a mixed USA v Internationals tournament, with 24 golfers on each side doing battle over the historic Irish links this weekend.