Six of last year’s 12 Irish Masters Open title winners have registered for the 2025 edition, which will take place in Dublin on October 17th-19th.
Five champions from Ireland – Nigel Peyton (MO35/40+), Kevin Knox (M45+), Seamus Daly (M75/80+), Jennifer Dillon (WO55+) and Rosie Barry (WO60/65+) – and one from overseas – Maud Bailly (WO45/50+) of France – will be back at the Fitzwilliam looking to achieve repeat success.
Registration closed on September 28th and a late surge resulted in 145 players signing up, an increase of 19 on last year’s participation figure of 126.
The two most popular registration events were the MO50, which has 29 players booked, and the MO60, which has 19.
As was the case last year, there is a strong overseas take-up with players from France, South Africa, Spain, England, Portugal, Austria, Pakistan, Greece, the USA, Germany and India set for an event where the next preparatory step will be the release of the various draws.
The Irish entry list includes Peter Stephens, last Sunday’s M70+ title winner at the German Masters Open in Hamburg.
Also listed to play are three medal winners from the recent European Masters Championships in Wroclaw, Michael Conlon (3rd M70+), Maureen Duke (3rd W65+) and Rob Staunton (3rd M50+).
