The gallery gathers at the 18th green

Fota Island Resort in East Cork was host to the Irish Open Golf Tournament between 18th and 22nd June 2014. Over the five days, nearly 105,000 patrons,10,000 more than the European Tour’s flagship BMW PGA at Wentworth, saw some of the world’s best golfers ply their trade on the magnificently manicured course which was resplendent in the beautiful summer sunshine.

The good news story that was the Irish Open 2014, was evident in the happy atmosphere, good weather, ease of access and egress and the good showing by some of the home-grown golfing talent even though they could not break the hold of winner, Finland’s Mikko Ilonen who lead from start to finish. Ilonen, who had a course record round of 64 on Thursday, won by one shot from Italy’s Edoardo Molaniri with Graeme McDowell the best of the Irish at joint sixth and three shots behind the leader.

Mikko Ilonen accepts the winner’s trophy at the Irish Open 2014

ECCG members, Denis O’Flynn, Anthony O’Connor and Finbarr O’Shea were in attendance to capture the atmosphere at the event. Mouse over the image below to activate the slideshow controls. Enjoy!

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