Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland chosen to host 2026 Walker Cup
- Planet Sport writer
- 10 July 2023
The Links course at Lahinch Golf Club will host the Walker Cup for the first time in 2026.
Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland will host the Walker Cup for the first time after being awarded the event for 2026.
The links course on the north-west coast of County Clare, where Jon Rahm won the Irish Open four years ago, is next in line after St Andrews this year and Cypress Point in 2025 and will host the biennial competition a year early to avoid the World Amateur Team Championships in 2027.
"Lahinch is widely regarded as being one of the finest links courses in Ireland and so there will be great excitement at the prospect of the Walker Cup being played there for the very first time," said Phil Anderton, chief development officer at The R&A.
