Who won the 2024 Irish Open? Final leaderboard explored

The 2024 Irish Open concluded on Sunday, September 15th at Royal County Down Golf Club in Northern Ireland. The course proved to be an excellent test of golf as only 16 players managed to complete 72 holes under par.

Rasmus Hojgaard won the Irish Open with a score of nine-under. Local hero Rory McIlroy was unable to win on home soil, and finished runner-up, one stroke behind the winner.

2024 Irish Open Final Leaderboard

Below is the final leaderboard for the 2024 Irish Open:

1 HØJGAARD, Rasmus -9
2 MCILROY, Rory -8
3 MANASSERO, Matteo -7
4 BROWN, Daniel -6
T5 MACINTYRE, Robert -4
T5 FORREST, Grant -4
T7 SMITH, Jordan -3
T7 WALKER, Jimmy -3
T9 COCKERILL, Aaron -2
T9 VÄLIMÄKI, Sami -2
T9 FITZPATRICK, Alex -2
T12 VAN ROOYEN, Erik -1
T12 OLESEN, Thorbjørn -1
T12 LOWRY, Shane -1
T12 PENGE, Marco -1
T12 WARING, Paul -1
T17 OTAEGUI, Adrian PAR
T17 CANTER, Laurie PAR
T17 SCHOTT, Freddy PAR
T17 CATLIN, John PAR
T17 ELVIRA, Nacho PAR
T17 ARMITAGE, Marcus PAR
T17 SYME, Connor PAR
T17 ENEFER, Will PAR
T17 LACROIX, Frederic PAR
T26 JARVIS, Casey +1
T26 POWER, Seamus +1
T26 STONE, Brandon +1
T26 LAWRENCE, Thriston +1
T30 HILL, Calum +2
T30 CELLI, Filippo +2
T30 HOSHINO, Rikuya +2
T30 BALDWIN, Matthew +2
T30 MCKIBBIN, Tom +2
T30 PRINSLOO, Jaco +2
T36 DEL REY, Alejandro +3
T36 SADDIER, Adrien +3
T36 FERGUSON, Ewen +3
T36 VAN DRIEL, Darius +3
T36 AIKEN, Thomas +3
T36 NORGAARD, Niklas +3
T42 RAI, Aaron +4
T42 PAVAN, Andrea +4
T42 SHARMA, Shubhankar +4
T45 LUITEN, Joost +5
T45 PARATORE, Renato +5
T45 KIEFFER, Maximilian +5
T45 MANSELL, Richard +5
T45 DANTORP, Jens +5
T45 DONALD, Luke +5
T45 CLEMENTS, Todd +5
T52 MORRISON, James +6
T52 KNAPPE, Alexander +6
T52 WILSON, Oliver +6
T52 SCRIVENER, Jason +6
T52 KO, Jeong weon +6
T57 DE BRUYN, Jannik +7
T57 TARRIO, Santiago +7
T57 KJELDSEN, Søren +7
T57 ROZNER, Antoine +7
T57 LAW, David +7
T57 GUERRIER, Julien +7
T63 WIESBERGER, Bernd +8
T63 GREEN, Gavin +8
65 DEAN, Joe +10
66 JONES, Sam +11
67 KEELING, Seán (AM) +13
68 WU, Ashun +15

Rasmus Hojgaard surprised everyone by shooting the second-best final round of the Irish Open to climb to the top of the leaderboard. His performance included eight birdies and two bogeys (six-under).

Rory McIlroy led the Irish Open at the start of the final round and looked to be consolidating his position with consecutive birdies on the 1st and 2nd holes. But from there, he carded just three birdies and three bogeys to finish at two-under.

McIlroy needed to eagle the 18th to force a playoff and he almost did, reaching the green in two. But he missed his 10-foot, eight-inch putt and could only hope for second place. He eventually birdied the hole to give Hojgaard his fifth career DP World Tour victory.

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Edited by Tushar Bahl