The Irish Open will be held at Mount Juliet in Kilkenny for the second year in a row next year.
The tournament will be staged between June 30th and July 3rd, in advance of the JP McManus Pro Am.
The newly-named DP World Tour will include an Irish Open date at Mount Juliet Estate from June 30 to July 3, 2022 #europeantour #dpworldtour
https://t.co/zosWXlRvVG— Irish Golfer (@IrishGolferMag) November 9, 2021
The European Tour is to rebrand as the DP World Tour with a minimum prize fund of 2 million dollars for each tournament soley sanctioned by the DP World Tour.
Sponsor DP World, which is based in Dubai, is described by the European Tour as 'the leading provider of global smart end-to-end supply chain and logistics solutions'.
The Tour will feature a minimum of 47 tournaments across 27 countries, including events in the United Arab Emirates, Japan, and South Africa.
The news may be a blow to proposed plans for a global Tour backed by Saudi Arabia.
