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The Irish Dunlop Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in Ireland until 1980. It was one of the top events on the professional circuit in Ireland.

Prior to World War II, it was a 72-hole stroke play event known as the Dunlop-Irish Tournament and was one of several regional tournaments sponsored by Dunlop in which the winners were sometimes invited to play in the Dunlop-Metropolitan Tournament. After the war Dunlop revived the tournament in 1946, switching to match play in 1947. After a break of two years, the Irish Dunlop returned as a 72-hole stroke play event in 1950, after which it was staged annually until its cancellation in 1981. It also provided a qualification route for the prestigious Dunlop Masters on the British PGA circuit.

In its final year, Des Smyth broke all records for the tournament as he finished 16 strokes ahead of the field with a 261 (27 under par) aggregate. He also set a new course record for Headfort Golf Club with a 64 in the final round, having already recorded 65 in both the first and third rounds.

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Score	Ref
1980	Headfort	Des Smyth	261
1979	Tramore	David Jones	284
1978	Hermitage	David Jones	279
1977	Douglas	Peter Townsend	276
1976	Hermitage	Eamonn Darcy	275
1975	Bundoran	Eddie Polland	277
1974	Hermitage	Christy O'Connor Jnr	284
1973	Headfort	Eddie Polland	283
1972	Kilkenny	John O'Leary	280
1971	Douglas	Jimmy Kinsella	279
1970	Tullamore	Hugh Boyle	277
1969	Bundorran	Michael Murphy	284
1968	Limerick	Hugh Jackson	279
1967	Tramore	Christy O'Connor Snr	275
1966	Bettystown	Christy O'Connor Snr	265
1965	Carlow	Christy O'Connor Snr	288
1964	Galway	Christy Greene	276
1963	Douglas	Nicky Lynch	279
1962	Elm Park	Christy O'Connor Snr	276
1961	Clontarf	Nicky Lynch	278
1960	Dun Laoghaire	Christy O'Connor Snr Jimmy Kinsella	271
1959	Hermitage	Norman Drew	284
1958	Elm Park	Harry Bradshaw Norman Drew	288
1957	Dun Laoghaire	Jimmy Henderson Willie Gaffney	283
1956	Dun Laoghaire	Fred Daly	276
1955	Dun Laoghaire	Christy O'Connor Snr	268
1954	Woodbrook	Fred Daly	270
1953	Newlands	Christy O'Connor Snr	278
1952	Castle	Fred Daly	273
1951	Milltown	Harry Bradshaw	274
1950	Castle	Harry Bradshaw	282
1949
1948
1947	Portmarnock	John McKenna	6 and 5
1946	Castle	Fred Daly	288
Dunlop-Irish Tournament
1937	Newlands	John McKenna	288
1936	Royal Belfast	Paddy Mahon	298
1935	Royal Dublin	Pat O'Connor	290
1934	Knock	Willie Nolan	283
1933	Milltown	Willie Nolan Pat O'Connor	291

1. ^ Incorporating the Willie Nolan Cup.
2. Originally scheduled at Elm Park.
3. The Willie Nolan Cup was won by Bradshaw after a playoff.

See also

• Dunlop-Metropolitan Tournament

References

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