{"id":11344,"date":"2026-09-08T17:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/pros\/11344\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T17:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:45:19","slug":"us-and-europe-square-off-in-20th-solheim-cup-and-rory-mcilroy-returns-at-the-irish-open-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/pros\/11344\/","title":{"rendered":"US and Europe square off in 20th Solheim Cup and Rory McIlroy returns at the Irish Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">SOLHEIM CUP<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Site: Den Bosch, Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Course: Bernardus Golf. Yardage: 6,557. Par: 72.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Television: Friday-Saturday, 1:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 5 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Defending champion: Team USA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Last time: The Americans never trailed after the opening session and built a 10-6 advantage going into singles on their way to a 15\u00bd-12\u00bd victory at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Captains: Anna Nordqvist (Europe) and Angela Stanford (United States).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Notes: This is the 20th edition of the Solheim Cup and the first time the matches are held in the Netherlands. &#8230; Europe has captured the cup five of the last eight times and has not lost on home soil since 2015 in Germany. &#8230; Only five of the 12 Americans have won an LPGA tournament since the last Solheim Cup. &#8230; Angela Stanford (United States) and Anna Nordqvist (Europe) are the captains. Nordqvist has announced her retirement from the LPGA Tour. &#8230; Nelly Korda has 23 victories worldwide. The rest of the U.S. team has combined for 18 wins. &#8230; Nordqvist&#8217;s four rookies include Lottie Woad, who is No. 8 in the women&#8217;s world ranking. &#8230; The Americans return nine players from the 2024 team that won in Virginia. &#8230; Charley Hull and Carlota Ciganda are playing in their eighth Solheim Cup, the most of any player. Korda and Megan Khang are the most experienced Americans. This is their fifth time playing in the matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Next time: Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Online: https:\/\/www.solheimcup.com\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p>European tour<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">AMGEN IRISH OPEN<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Site: Doonbeg, Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Course: Trump International GL. Yardage: 6,838. Par: 70.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Prize money: $6 million. Winner&#8217;s share: $1 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Television: Thursday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Golf Channel); Friday, 4:30-10 a.m. (Golf Channel mobile), 1-2 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (CNBC); Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (CNBC).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Defending champion: Rory McIlroy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Race to Dubai leader: Patrick Reed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Last week: Thriston Lawrence won the Omega European Masters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Notes: Rory McIlroy begins a fall schedule of six tournaments on three continents, starting with his home open where he is defending champion. &#8230; This is the first year for the Irish Open to be played at Trump International, and President Donald Trump is expected to visit on the weekend. &#8230; Jon Rahm is in the field, making his first European tour start since the Scottish Open. Rahm won the Irish Open in 2017 and 2019. &#8230; Other LIV Golf players in the field include Joaquin Niemann, Sergio Garcia, Tyrrell Hatton, Thomas Petry, Adrian Meronk and Thomas Detry. Garcia and Niemann received sponsor invitations. &#8230; Brooks Koepka is playing on a sponsor exemption, his first appearance since he failed to qualify for the PGA Tour postseason. &#8230; Eugenio Chacarra is up to No. 3 in the Race to Dubai as he tries to secure one of 10 PGA Tour cards at the end of the season. &#8230; Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald is in the field. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Next week: BMW PGA Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Online: https:\/\/www.europeantour.com\/dpworld-tour\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p>PGA Tour Champions<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">SANFORD INTERNATIONAL<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Site: Sioux City, South Dakota.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Course: Minnehaha CC. Yardage: 6,747. Par: 70.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Prize money: $2.2 million. Winner&#8217;s share: $330,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Television: Friday, 2-5 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 2-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel mobile), 2:30-5 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 1:30-5 p.m. (Golf Channel).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Defending champion: Retief Goosen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stewart Cink.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Last tournament: Steven Alker won The Ally Challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Notes: Steve Stricker, a four-time winner of the Sanford International, is playing for the second week in a row. He tied for 55th last week in Michigan. &#8230; Steven Alker won on the Legends Tour last week in Northern Ireland, after having won the previous two events on the PGA Tour Champions. He is not in the field this week. &#8230; The two sponsor exemptions went to Mario Tiziani and Jamie Donaldson, who won the clinching point for Europe in the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. &#8230; Stewart Cink, the four-time winner this year who leads the Charles Schwab Cup, is not playing this week. &#8230; Zach Johnson has three wins in his rookie season on the Champions and is playing this week, though he is nearly $1 million behind Cink in the Schwab Cup standings. &#8230; George McNeil, Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez are the only players in the top 10 of the Schwab Cup who have yet to win this year. Each has gone over $1 million in season earnings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Next week: Pure Insurance Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Online: https:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/pgatour-champions<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">SIMMONS BANK OPEN<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Site: Franklin, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Course: Vanderbilt Legends Club. Yardage: 7,197. Par: 70.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Prize money: $1.5 million. Winner&#8217;s share: $270,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Television: Thursday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Friday-Sunday, 4-5 p.m. (Golf Channel mobile), 5-7 p.m. (Golf Channel).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Previous winner: Zach Bauchou.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Points leader: Ross Steelman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Last tournament: Yuta Sugiura won the AdventHealth Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Next week: Nationwide Children&#8217;s Hospital Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Online: https:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/korn-ferry-tour<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p>PGA Tour<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Last tournament: Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Next week: Biltmore Championship Asheville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">FedEx Cup champion: Scottie Scheffler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Online: https:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p>Other tours<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Epson Tour: Guardian Championship, RTJ Golf Trail at Capitol Hill (Senator), Prattville, Alabama. Previous winner: Melanie Green. Online: https:\/\/www.epsontour.com\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Japan Golf Tour: Shinhan Donghae Open, Jack Nicklaus GC, Incheon, South Korea. Defending champion: Kazuki Higa. Online: https:\/\/www.jgto.org\/en\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Challenge Tour: English Trophy, The Caversham, Reading, England. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: https:\/\/www.europeantour.com\/hotelplanner-tour\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">PGA Tour Americas: Digital Commerce Group Open, Uplands GC, Victoria, British Columbia. Previous winner: Drew Nesbitt. Online: https:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/americas<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Sunshine Tour: SunBet Challenge, The Woods at Mount Edgecombe, Durban, South Africa. Defending champion: Louis Albertse. Online: https:\/\/sunshinetour.com\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Japan LPGA: Sony JLPGA Championship, Katayamazu GC (Hakusan), Ishikawa, Japan. Defending champion: Shina Kanazawa. Online: https:\/\/www.lpga.or.jp\/en\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">Korea LPGA: KB Financial Group Golden Life Championship, Blackstone Icheon GC, Icheon, South Korea. Defending champion: Hyunjo Yoo. Online: https:\/\/klpga.co.kr\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-0a453225=\"\">See AP\u2019s full golf coverage here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOLHEIM CUP Site: Den Bosch, Netherlands. Course: Bernardus Golf. Yardage: 6,557. Par: 72. 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