Irish Open (golf)
Winners
(a) indicates an amateur golfer. In 2009 the winner's share was awarded to leading professional, Robert Rock.

Irish Open (golf)

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: (a) indicates an amateur golfer. In 2009 the winner's share was awarded to leading professional, Robert Rock.

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share (£)	Ref

Irish Open

1954–74: No tournament

1953	Eric Brown	Scotland	Belvoir Park	272	1 stroke	England Harry Weetman	700

1951–52: No tournament

1950	Ossie Pickworth	Australia	Royal Dublin	287	2 strokes	Scotland John Panton Australia Norman Von Nida	400

1949	Harry Bradshaw (2)	Ireland	Belvoir Park	286	1 stroke	South Africa Bobby Locke	400

1948	Dai Rees	Wales	Portmarnock	295	2 strokes	Australia Norman Von Nida	400

1947	Harry Bradshaw	Ireland	Royal Portrush	290	2 strokes	Belgium Flory Van Donck

1946	Fred Daly	Northern Ireland	Portmarnock	288	4 strokes	South Africa Bobby Locke

1940–45: No tournament due to World War II

1939	Arthur Lees	England	Royal County Down	287	2 strokes	England Reg Whitcombe

1938	Bobby Locke	South Africa	Portmarnock	292	1 stroke	England Henry Cotton

1937	Bert Gadd	England	Royal Portrush	284	1 stroke	Scotland Jimmy Adams

1936	Reg Whitcombe	England	Royal Dublin	281	2 strokes	England Bill Davies

1935	Ernest Whitcombe (2)	England	Royal County Down	292	Playoff (36 holes)	England Reg Whitcombe

1934	Syd Easterbrook	England	Portmarnock	284	7 strokes	Republic of Ireland Joe Brown (a)

1933	Bob Kenyon (2)	England	Malone Golf Club	286	2 strokes	England Alf Padgham

1932	Alf Padgham	England	Cork Golf Club	283	1 stroke	England Bill Davies

1931	Bob Kenyon	England	Royal Dublin	291	2 strokes	England Bill Davies Wales Bert Hodson England Abe Mitchell England Mark Seymour England Ernest Whitcombe

1930	Charles Whitcombe	England	Royal Portrush	289	8 strokes	England Abe Mitchell

1929	Abe Mitchell	England	Portmarnock	309	Playoff (36 holes)	England Archie Compston England Len Holland

1928	Ernest Whitcombe	England	Royal County Down	288	4 strokes	England Archie Compston	150

1927	George Duncan	Scotland	Portmarnock	312	1 stroke	England Henry Cotton	150

Sentence(s)

George Duncan, finished with 312, beating Cotton.

final_sentence: George Duncan, finished with 312, beating Cotton.