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It is a real shame to see an event as significant as the Irish Open on the DP World Tour played on the same weekend as the 2026 Solheim Cup.
This week’s Irish Open arguably marks the start of the business end of the DP World Tour season, with many of the tour’s biggest names beginning to ramp up the number of appearances they make.
Many fans will be keeping a close eye on how Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm fare at Doonbeg.
Who will be each team’s leading points scorer at the Solheim Cup?
Will there be any big surprises in the Netherlands?
Of course, the Spaniard’s name has been included in several headlines this week due to LIV Golf officially filing for bankruptcy. Rahm is expected to leave LIV this winter.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is planning to visit, with this year’s event played on one of his courses.
So it is certainly a big week for the DP World Tour, which makes the timing of the event somewhat disappointing.
The Irish Open should not be played the same week as the Solheim Cup
On Friday morning in the Netherlands, the 2026 Solheim Cup will get underway at Bernardus.
The Solheim Cup is arguably more reliable when it comes to delivering drama than both the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup.
In 2015, Team USA came from 10-6 down heading into the Sunday singles to win in what was an extremely tense atmosphere in Germany.
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Four years later, Suzann Pettersen holed the final putt out on the course to give Europe victory at Gleneagles.
And in 2023 at Finca Cortesin, Europe won three of the final four points of the day to earn a 14-14 tie and retain the cup.
With Team USA waiting 11 years for an away victory, and Europe not winning outright since 2021, there is so much at stake. It certainly has the potential to be a phenomenal event.
And yet, some of the attention will be divided, with some fans choosing to watch what is happening in Ireland.
The DP World Tour had space in the schedule to avoid this problem
The Walker Cup seemed to benefit from having no competition on the PGA Tour, while also going up against a DP World Tour event in Switzerland that did not have the same star power as the Irish Open.
And those who decided to watch the events from Lahinch were treated to an incredible spectacle, with Great Britain and Ireland securing the winning point in the final match to be decided.
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Obviously, the DP World Tour have to consider all sorts of decisions when putting together their schedule. Perhaps there was not an opportunity to put the Open de France in this window.
However, the European Tour took several weeks off following The Open Championship. That could have been the time to hold another event and leave the path clear for the Solheim Cup to be the only show in town this week.
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