Tour round up: Week 8 review; Week 9 scene set
Sara Byrne at Dromoland Castle
Leona Maguire returns in action in the HSBC Women's World Championship in Singapore looking for her third LPGA win as Sara Byrne begins her bid for an LPGA Tour card on the second tier Epson Tour in Florida.
Ronan Mullarney spearheads a five-strong Irish challenge on the Alps Tour in Egypt while Shane Lowry and Seamus Power return to action on the PGA Tour in the Cognizant Classic (formerly the Honda Classic) in Palm Beach Gardens.
This week - Week 9
PGA Tour
Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, PGA National Resort (The Champion Course)
Irish in action - Shane Lowry and Seamus Power will fly the flag for Irish golf in West Palm Beach.
Lowry has an excellent record in the event, finishing in the top five in his last three starts. Power is making his first appearance since 2019, hoping to put in a good performance after missing out the cut in his three previous appearances.
Max Kennedy is trying to win one of four places on offer in a PGA Tour qualifier in Port St Lucie:
https://sflpga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/sflpga25/event/sflpga2521/contest/1/leaderboard.htm
Past performances
Shane Lowry - 7 Starts; 7 Cuts made; Best finish 2nd
2024 T4 (-13)
2023 T5 (-9)
2022 2 (-9)
2021 T36 (+1)
2020 T21 (+1)
2018 T49 (+7)
2016 T53 (+6)
Seamus Power - 3 Starts; 0 Cuts made.
2019 Cut +11
2018 Cut +11
2017 Cut +1
DP World Tour
Investec South African Open Championship, Durban CC USD 1,500,000
There are no Irish entered this week.
LPGA
HSBC Women's World Championship, Sentosa, Tanjong Course, Singapore $2.40 M
Irish in action — Leona Maguire will be seeking her third LPGA win in Singapore.
Leona Maguire - 3 Starts; 3 Cuts made; 0 Top 10s; Rounds 12, Scoring average 70.75
2024 T34 +1
2023 T20 -7
2022 T13 -9
EPSON Tour
Central Florida Championship, Winter Haven, FL | Country Club of Winter Haven $250,000
Irish in action — Sara Byrne
The Douglas golfer makes her debut on the second-tier LPGA Tour at the Central Florida Championship which is the first of three events in the Florida Swing. Her goal is to win on tour and finish in the top 10 in the rankings, who earn automatic promotion to the LPGA Tour.
Alps Tour
Red Sea Little Venice Open, Sokhna GC
Irish in action - Marc Boucher, Hugh Foley, Ronan Mullarney, Robert Moran and John Murphy. The goal is to finish in the top five in the Alps Tour Order of Merit who will win a promotion to the HotelPlanner Tour.
Sunshine Ladies Tour
Jabra Ladies Classic - Westlake Golf Club
Irish in action - Olivia Mehaffey, Abigail O’Riordan.
Last week - Week 8
It was a modest week for Irish golf around the world with Ronan Mullarney on the Alps Tour and Leona Maguire in the Honda LPGA Thailand the big Irish winners.
PGA Tour
MEXICO OPEN AT VIDANTAWORLD — Winner BRIAN CAMPBELL
Journeyman Brian Campbell (31) won the Mexico Open at Vidanta, beating South African rookie Aldrich Potgieter with a birdie at the second playoff hole to move to 12th in the FedExCup standings.
He is now fully exempt through the 2027 PGA TOUR season and earns spots in all five remaining Signature Events this season, plus THE PLAYERS Championship, Masters Tournament, PGA Championship, and 2026 Sentry 2026.
Padraig Harrington had a poor week on the greens and missed the cut by four strokes.
6. Rory McIlroy;
16. Shane Lowry;
80 Seamus Power.
DP World Tour
MAGICAL KENYA OPEN Winner JACQUES KRUYSWIJK
South African Jacques Kruyswijk claimed his maiden DP World Tour title after an impressive display of frontrunning to win the 2025 Magical Kenya Open presented by absa by two shots.
Rookie Conor Purcell (27) shot rounds of 74 and 70 to miss the level cut by two shots. Purcell has made two of his first six cuts since winning twice on the HitePlanner Tour last year to earn his DP World Tour card.
Ballymena’s Dermot McElroy missed the cut by four strokes after rounds of 76 and 74.
21. Rory McIlroy;
27. Tom McKibbin;
162. Pádraig Harrington;
167. Conor Purcell;
184. Gary Hurley;
Alps Tour
Former Alps Tour number one Ronan Mullarney got 2025 off to a strong start when he finished tied for second in the season-opening Ein Bay Open in Egypt.
The Galway man (29) closed with a five-under 67 at Sokhna Golf Club to finish a shot behind winner Luca Galliano of Switzerland on 12-under-par (€3,443).
Hugh Foley was T10 with Robert Moran T17 and John Murphy T20.
T2. Ronan Mullarney
T10. Hugh Foley
T17. Robert Moran
EIN BAY OPEN - Winner LUCA GALLIANO
LPGA and women’s tours
LPGA Honda Thailand — Winner Angel Yin -28
T33 Leona Maguire 74 68 7070 -6
19 Leona Maguire (9th, T19, T33)
Standard Bank Ladies Open - Winner Lucie Malchirand -12
MC Olivia Mehaffey 76 72 148
