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Irish winners on the DP World Tour
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Irish winners on the DP World Tour

With his victory at the Amgen Irish Open, Shane Lowry became a two-time winner of his national open and took the number of victories by players from Ireland to 70 across the history of the DP World Tour.

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Of the 15-strong players to have represented Ireland and won since the inception of the DP World Tour in 1972, Pádraig Harrington tops the list with 15 victories.

Lowry is third with seven to his name, one behind eight-time winner Des Smyth.

Across all countries, England has the most wins by nationality with 392 across 118 players, with Ireland remaining ninth, three adrift of drawing alongside Germany on 73.

Here, we take a look at every winner from Ireland since the DP World Tour's inception in 1972.

PlayerNumber of WinsFirst WinLast Win
Pádraig Harrington15Peugeot Spanish Open 1996Portugal Masters 2016
Des Smyth8Sun Alliance Match Play ChampionshipMadeira Island Open 2001
Shane Lowry73 Irish Open 2009Amgen Irish Open
Eamonn Darcy4Greater Manchester Open 1977Benson and Hedges Spanish Open 1983
Paul McGinley4Hohe Brucke Open 1996Volvo Masters 2005
Christy O'Connor Jnr3Carroll's Irish Open 1975Dunhill British Masters 1992
Philip Walton3Peugeot Open de France 1990Murphy's English Open 1995
John O'Leary2Greater Manchester Open 1976Carroll's Irish Open 1982
Christy O'Connor1Carroll's International 1972 
Liam Higgins1Kerrygold International 1977 
Paddy McGuirk1Carroll's International 1973 
Jimmy Kinsella1Madrid Open 1972 
Damien McGrane1Volvo China Open 2008 
Peter Lawrie1Open de Espana 2008 
Simon Thornton1Najeti Hotels et Golfs Open presented by Neuflize OBC 2013 
Paul Dunne1British Masters supported by Sky Sports 

*Mark McNulty won 16 DP World Tour titles and represented Ireland from 2003 but none of his victories came under the Irish flag.

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