“We’re completely thrilled to host the inaugural South of Eire Ladies’s Novice Open Championship. Whereas we take immense delight within the nice historical past of the Lahinch Scratch Cup, this new construction marks an thrilling new chapter for the Vaughan Trophy and ladies’s golf in Eire. This new format will additional elevate the stature of the competitors and supply a beautiful stage for the easiest in ladies’s novice golf,” mentioned Lahinch Woman Captain, Marjorie Ahern.
The June Financial institution Vacation will then see the West of Eire Ladies’s Championship on the spectacular Darren Clarke design in Fortress Dargan in Sligo (31 Could-1 June).
From there the circuit strikes to Woodbrook, the place the East of Eire Ladies’s Championship might be performed along with the Woodbrook Scratch Cup on 12 and 13 June. Lastly, the North of Eire Championship will happen on 28 and 29 June on the prestigious Nick Faldo-designed Lough Erne.
“It’s going to be an absolute pleasure for us to host this in its opening 12 months. The Faldo Course goes to show a stern take a look at for them, with water in play on 11 holes. It’s going to provide them heaps to consider and put all of their abilities to the take a look at,” mentioned Lough Erne Director of Golf, Barry McCauley.
All 4 occasions might be depend on the World Novice Golf Rankings, and can encompass 54 holes of stroke play, with two rounds performed on the primary day, following which there might be a lower and a ultimate spherical performed on the second day.
These occasions may even change into cornerstones of the Bridgestone Ladies’s Order of Advantage, in addition to a brand new Golf Eire Ladies’s Rating system, an initiative that won’t solely underscore the worth of those occasions but in addition of the broader sequence of Ladies’s Scratch Cups that happen annually.
Golf Eire Fixtures 2026
March
21-Mar, Carlow Scratch Cup (Ladies’s), Carlow
26-Mar, Munster 9-Gap Faculties Occasion, Doneraile & Cahir Park
29-Mar, Royal County Down Girls Scratch Cup (Ladies’s), Royal Co. Down Girls
30-Mar, Leinster U16 Boys Novice Open Championship, Bunclody
April
1-Apr, West of Eire Males’s Novice Open Qualifier, Co. Sligo
3-7 Apr, West of Eire Males’s Novice Open Championship, Co. Sligo
6-7 Apr, G4D @ The West, Co. Sligo
8-9 Apr, Munster Ladies’s O18 Junior Novice Open Championship, Nenagh
9-Apr, Ulster U18 Boys & Ladies’ Shut, Castlerock
12-Apr, Royal Portrush Zara Bolton & Ian Bamford Scratch Cup (Males’s &Ladies’s), Royal Portrush
17-19 Apr, Flogas Irish Boys’ Novice Open Championship, Malone
18-Apr, Cork Scratch Cup (Ladies’s), Cork
20-Apr, Leinster 9 Gap Faculties Remaining, Castlewarden
25-26 Apr, South of Eire Ladies’s Novice Open Championship, TBC
27-Apr, All-Eire Irish Faculties Finals, Lucan
Could
1-3 Could, Flogas Irish Ladies’ Novice Open Championship, Corrstown
2-3 Could, Munster Males’s Novice Open Strokeplay Championship, Cork
5-Could, Connacht Boys & Ladies U15 Faculties 9 Gap Stableford Occasion, TBC
6-7 Could, Leinster Senior Males’s Novice Open Championship, Royal Tara
6-Could, Munster O50’s Senior Ladies’s Shut, Bandon
7-Could, Ulster Junior Faculties Boys and Ladies Stableford, Carrickfergus
7-10 Could, Flogas Irish Males’s Novice Open Championship, Seapoint
11-Could, North of Eire Males’s Novice Open Qualifying Match, Galgorm Fortress
12-Could, Connacht Boys & Ladies U16-19yrs Faculties 9 Gap Stableford Occasion, TBC
13-15 Could, North of Eire Males’s Novice Open Championship, Royal Portrush
15-17 Could, Flogas Irish Ladies’s Novice Open Championship, Newlands
16-17 Could, Kilkenny Scratch Cup 54 Gap (Males’s), Kilkenny
18-19 Could, Leinster Ladies’s Duggan Cup, County Meath
20-22 Could, Irish Senior Males’s Novice Open Championship, Castlerock
23-Could, Castletroy Scratch Cup (Ladies’s), Castletroy
26-27 Could, ISPS Handa Irish Shut for Golfers with a Incapacity, Co. Meath
29 Could – 31 Could, East of Eire Males’s Novice Open Championship, Co. Louth
31 Could – 1 June, West of Eire Ladies’s Novice Open Championship, Fortress Dargan
June
4-5 Jun, Ulster Males’s Mid-Novice Championship, Portsalon
5-Jun, Munster R&A 9-Gap Problem Regional Qualifier, Ross
5-6 Jun, Connacht Males’s Novice Open Stroke Play Championship, Galway
9-10 Jun, ISPS Handa Irish Open for Golfers with a Incapacity, Roganstown
12-13 Jun, East of Eire Ladies’s Novice Open Championship, Woodbrook
15-Jun, Ulster R&A 9-Gap Problem Regional Qualifier, Cushendall
15-Jun, Leinster R&A 9-Gap Problem Regional Qualifier, Borris
16-17 Jun, Munster Senior Males’s Open Championship (Over 50), Bandon
21-Jun, Ulster Males’s Scratch Foursomes, Malone
22-Jun, Leinster Ladies Trophy & Ria Kenny Trophy, Elm Park
22-Jun, Munster U16 Boys’ Novice Open Championship, West Waterford
24-26 Jun, Ulster U18 Boys’ Novice Open Championships, Kilkeel
28-29 Jun, North of Eire Ladies’s Novice Open Championship, Lough Erne
29 Jun-1 Jul, Leinster Boys’ U18 Open Championship, New Forest
July
1-Jul, Ulster U14 Boys’ Open Championship, Portadown
1-2 Jul, Leinster Ladies’ U18 Open Championship – Garryhinch Cup, Black Bush
1-3 Jul, Irish Senior/Veterans’ Males’s Shut & Senior Ladies’s Open Novice Championships, Dun Laoghaire
3-5 Jul, Arnold Palmer Cup, Tralee
6-Jul, Connacht U14 Boys’ Open Championship, Athlone
6-7 Jul, Ulster Ladies’s Peggy Nelson Trophy, Dunmurry
7-Jul, Ulster U16 Boys’ Novice Open Championship, Banbridge
7-11 Jul, European Ladies’s Novice Group Championships, Slieve Russell
8-10 Jul, Interprovincial Matches – Males’s & Ladies’s, Knightsbrook
8-10 Jul, Connacht U18 Boys’ Open Championship, Carrick-on-Shannon
9-10 Jul, Connacht U18 Ladies’ Open Championship, Galway
10-Jul, R&A 9 Gap Problem Nationwide Remaining, Royal Birkdale
13-14 Jul, Ulster Males’s Novice Open Stroke Play Championship, Hilton Templepatrick
15-16 Jul, Connacht O18 Ladies’s Open Championships (6.5-20.0 HI), Ballinasloe
15-17 Jul, Munster U18 Boys’ & Ladies’ Open Championship, Fermoy
18-Jul, Hermitage Scratch Cup (Males’s and Ladies’s), Hermitage
22-Jul, Connacht U18 Ladies Web Stableford Open, Tuam
22-26 Jul, South of Eire Novice Open Championship, Lahinch (Previous Course)
27-28 Jul, Connacht Veteran Males’s Novice Open Championship (Over 60), TBC
28-31 Jul, AIG Irish Ladies’s & Ladies’ Novice Shut Championship, Enniscrone
29-31 Jul, Irish U14 & U16 Boys’ Novice Open Championships, Holywood
August
2-Aug, Ulster O18 Ladies’s Handicap Competitors, Ballyclare
2-3 Aug, Mullingar Scratch Trophy 54 Gap (Males’s), Mullingar
4-Aug, Connacht U16 Boys’ Open Championship, TBC
4-6 Aug, House Worldwide Matches – Males’s and Ladies’s, Woodbrook
6-Aug, Munster U16 Ladies Ryan Cup, Tipperary
6-7 Aug, Interprovincial Matches – U18 Boys & Ladies, Skerries
7-8 Aug, Connacht Males’s Mid-Novice Open Championship, Bearna
9-Aug, Ulster Ladies’s O18 Senior & Junior Novice Open Championship, TBC
10-Aug, Ulster U18 Boys & U18 Ladies Junior Captains Trophy, Rockmount
10-11 Aug, Ulster Veteran Males’s Novice Open Championship (Over 60), Portstewart (Riverside)
11-14 Aug, Irish Senior Males’s & Ladies’s Novice Shut Championships, Enniscorthy
11-Aug, Connacht Boys & Ladies Underage CLOSE Medals (U14, U16 & U18), Athenry
12-Aug, Munster Eileen Roughan Ladies, Lahinch (Fortress)
13-15 Aug, AIG Irish Males’s Novice Shut Championship, Portumna
21-Aug, Munster U14/16/18 Boys and Ladies Shut, Cahir Park
21-23 Aug, Irish Males’s Mid-Novice Open Championship, Fortress Dargan
September
5-6 Sep, The Walker Cup, Lahinch
5-6 Sep, Dun Laoghaire Scratch Cup 54 Gap (Males’s and Ladies’s), Dun Laoghaire
8-Sep, Connacht Senior Ladies’s Shut Competitors (Over 50s), Connemara
12-Sep, Ballybunion Scratch Cup (Ladies’s), Ballybunion
15-Sep, Ulster Boys and Ladies Put up Major Faculties Nett Qualifier (North), Ballycastle
15-Sep, Ulster Boys and Ladies Put up Major Faculties Nett Qualifier (South), Carnalea
24-Sep, Ulster Boys and Ladies Put up Major Faculties Scratch Qualifier (North), Gracehill
24-Sep, Ulster Boys and Ladies Put up Major Faculties Scratch Qualifier (South), Spa
24-Sep, Connacht Boys Put up Major Faculties NET Qualifier 2026/27 (Zone 1), TBC
24-Sep, Connacht Boys Put up Major Faculties NET Qualifier 2026/27 (Zone 2), TBC
30-Sep, Munster Put up Major Boys and Ladies Faculties Scratch Qualifier 2026/27, Thurles
October
1-Oct, Connacht Boys Put up Major Faculties Scratch Qualifier 2026/27, TBC
1-Oct, Connacht Ladies Put up Major Faculties Scratch & Web Qualifiers 2026/27, TBC
1-Oct, Munster Put up Major Boys and Ladies Faculties Scratch Qualifier 2026/27, Limerick
7-Oct, Munster Put up Major Boys and Ladies Faculties Scratch Qualifier 2026/27, Cahir Park
7-9 Oct, Irish Intervarsity Championship, Belmullet (Carne Hyperlinks)
9-Oct, Munster Put up Major Boys and Ladies Faculties Scratch Qualifier 2026/27, Charleville
13-Oct, Leinster Senior Ladies’s Shut Competitors (Over 50s), Woodenbridge
13-Oct, Munster O50’s Senior Ladies’s Shut, Dooks
14-Oct, Munster Put up Major Boys and Ladies Faculties Scratch Qualifier 2026/27, Maine Valley
22-Oct, Ulster U19 Boys’ and Ladies’ Scratch Faculties, Kirkistown Fortress
