One of Ireland’s best golf courses is launching a bid to host the Ryder Cup

This would be fantastic.

The Ryder Cup may be coming back to Ireland. After the brilliant success of the 2006 edition of biennial golf competition at The K Club, Adare Manor is throwing its hat into the ring. Adare Manor owner JP McManus confirmed the news today at the launch of the 2020 JP McManus Pro-Am. "If we get the Ryder Cup it would be great for Adare, it would be great for Limerick and it would be great for Ireland," McManus said via RTE.

"When you get an event like the Ryder Cup it attracts an awful lot of visitors to the country and the whole economy gets an enormous boost from it. "We’ve put our name in the hat and we’d love to have it. I think we have the facilities to host it. "Every golf course owner would love to get the Ryder Cup. I’m sure it would cost plenty but as I said, I’d like to bring it to Ireland."

Rory McIlroy, speaking at the launch, threw his support behind an Adare Manor bid. “I have played and competed at much worse venues in the Ryder Cup," the four-time major winner said via the Limerick Leader. "I would be very confident that this would be very successful.

“It would be incredible to have the Ryder Cup back in Ireland. I wasn’t part of the team in 2006 (K Club), but I was there, went along on the Sunday and watched. Even thinking about it hairs stand up on the back of your neck. “To play a Ryder Cup at home in front of all your home fans would be a dream come true, so hopefully one day that will happen.

https://twitter.com/ericgclarke/status/987275470990344192 The 2006 event at The K Club in Kildare was the only time the Ryder Cup has been staged in Ireland. This year's competition will take place at Le Golf National in Paris. The 2020 Ryder Cup is set for Whistling Straits in Wisconsin, Italy will host in 2022 while Bethpage Black in New York will be the setting in 2024. Adare Manor also hosted the Irish Open in 2006 and 2007. It reopened to public in November 2017 after an 18-hole refurbishment forced an 18-month closure.