Preview - Irish Open 2007

Hole-By-Hole:	1 - Par 4 444 Yds	10 - Par 4 437 Yds
	2 - Par 4 480 Yds	11 - Par 3 230 Yds
	3 - Par 4 442 Yds	12 - Par 5 551 Yds
	4 - Par 3 178 Yds	13 - Par 4 433 Yds
	5 - Par 4 421 Yds	14 - Par 4 444 Yds
	6 - Par 3 203 Yds	15 - Par 4 378 Yds
	7 - Par 5 528 Yds	16 - Par 3 167 Yds
	8 - Par 4 481 Yds	17 - Par 4 457 Yds
	9 - Par 5 631 Yds	18 - Par 5 548 Yds
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	36 3,808 Yds	36 3,645 Yds

Annual:	52nd
Defending Champion:	Thomas Bjorn
Runner-Up:	Paul Casey
Tournament Record:	266 (Colin Montgomerie, 2001)
54-Hole Record:	198 (Rolf Muntz, 2000)
36-Hole Record:	129 (Patrik Sjoland, 2000)
18-Hole Record:	62 (Colin Montgomerie, 1997; Barry Lane 1998; Miguel Angel Martin, 1999)
Total Purse:	$3,401,007
Shares:	1st - $566,825; 2nd - $377,879; 3rd - $212,890

2006 Finish
Player	Score	Player	Score
Thomas Bjorn	283	Maarten Lafeber	287
Paul Casey	284	Anthony Wall	287
Darren Clarke	285	Bradley Dredge	287
Peter Hedblom	286	Robert Rock	287
Robert Karlsson	287	Ross Fisher	287

Past Irish Open Winners
Year	Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2006	Thomas Bjorn (283) -- Paul Casey
2005	*Stephen Dodd (279) -- David Howell
2004	Brett Rumford (274) -- Padraig Harrington, Raphael Jacquelin
2003	*Michael Campbell (277) -- Peter Hedblom, Thomas Bjorn
2002	*Soren Hansen (270) -- Darren Fichardt, Richard Bland, Niclas Fasth
2001	Colin Montgomerie (266) -- Padraig Harrington, Darren Clarke, Niclas Fasth
2000	Patrick Sjoland (270) -- Fredrik Jacobson
1999	Sergio Garcia (268) -- Angel Cabrera
1998	*David Carter (278) -- Colin Montgomerie
1997	Colin Montgomerie (269) -- Lee Westwood
1996	Colin Montgomerie (279) -- Andrew Oldcorn, Wayne Riley
1995	*Sam Torrance (277) -- Howard Clark, Stuart Cage
1994	Bernhard Langer (275) -- Robert Allenby, John Daly
1993	*Nick Faldo (276) -- Jose Maria Olazabal
1992	*Nick Faldo (274) -- Wayne Westner
1991	Nick Faldo (283) -- Colin Montgomerie
1990	Jose Maria Olazabal (282) -- Frank Nobilo, Mark Calcavecchia
1989	*Ian Woosnam (278) -- Philip Walton
1988	Ian Woosnam (278) -- Nick Faldo, Manuel Pinero, Des Smyth, Jose Maria Olazabal
1987	Bernhard Langer (269) -- Sandy Lyle
1986	Seve Ballesteros (285) -- Rodger Davis, Mark McNulty
1985	*Seve Ballesteros (278) -- Bernhard Langer
1984	Bernhard Langer (267) -- Mark James
1983	Seve Ballesteros (271) -- Brian Barnes
1982	John O'Leary (287) -- Maurice Bembridge
1981	Sam Torrance (276) -- Nick Faldo
1980	Mark James (284) -- Brian Barnes
1979	Mark James (282) -- Ed Sneed
1978	Ken Brown (281) -- Seve Ballesteros, John O'Leary
1977	Hubert Green (283) -- Ben Crenshaw
1976	Ben Crenshaw (284) -- Brian Barnes, Martin Foster, Billy Casper
1975	Christy O'Connor, Jr. (275) -- Harry Bannerman
1974	Not Held
1973	Not Held
1972	Not Held
1971	Not Held
1970	Not Held
1969	Not Held
1968	Not Held
1967	Not Held
1966	Not Held
1965	Not Held
1964	Not Held
1963	Not Held
1962	Not Held
1961	Not Held
1960	Not Held
1959	Not Held
1958	Not Held
1957	Not Held
1956	Not Held
1955	Not Held
1954	Not Held
1953	E.Brown (272)
1952	Not Held
1951	Not Held
1950	H.Pickworth (287)
1949	H.Bradshaw (286)
1948	D.Rees (295)
1947	H.Bradshaw (290)
1946	F.Daly (288)
1945	Not Held
1944	Not Held
1943	Not Held
1942	Not Held
1941	Not Held
1940	Not Held
1939	A.Lees (287)
1938	A.Locke (292)
1937	B.Gadd (284)
1936	R.Whitcombe (281)
1935	E.Whitcombe (292)
1934	S.Easterbrook (284)
1933	E.Kenyon (286)
1932	A.Padgham (283)
1931	E.Kenyon (291)
1930	C.Whitcombe (289)
1929	Abe Mitchell (309)
1928	E.Whitcombe (288)
1927	George Duncan (312)