The ISPS Handa World Invitational was a professional golf tournament that featured on the

European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fi ...

, the

Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe. History T ...

, the

LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week ...

and the Ladies European Tour.

History

The event was created in 2019 and involved separate events for both men and women, both having the same prize money. The men's event featured on the

schedule. Jack Senior won the men's event in a playoff over

Matthew Baldwin Matthew David Baldwin (born 26 February 1986) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. Baldwin was captain of the England Boys side before turning professional in 2008. In 2009 he played on the third-tier Alps Tour and ...

. Stephanie Meadow won the women's event, beating Charley Hull by one shot. No tournament was played in 2020. In 2021, the event returned and was elevated to

status for the men's event. The women's event gained co-sanctioning by the

and the Ladies European Tour.

Daniel Gavins Daniel Thomas Gavins (born 20 March 1991) is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour. He won his first European Tour event at the 2021 ISPS Handa World Invitational. Professional career Gavins turned professiona ...

won the men's tournament for his first European Tour victory.

Pajaree Anannarukarn Pajaree Anannarukarn ( th, ปาจรีย์ อนันต์นฤการ; ; born 30 May 1999) is a Thai professional golfer who has played on the LPGA Tour since 2019. She won her first LPGA event at the 2021 ISPS Handa World Invitation ...

won the women's tournament in a playoff over

Emma Talley Emma Ruth Talley (born March 23, 1994) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. While playing as an amateur at the University of Alabama, she won the 2013 U.S. Women's Amateur by defeating Yueer Cindy Feng in the 36-hole f ...

for her first LPGA Tour victory. Similarly to 2021, the 2022 event again featured 132 men and 132 women for each championship. A cut to top 60 and ties after 36 holes (two rounds), then a second cut to top 35 and ties after 54 holes (three rounds). For the first two rounds, all players played one round on each course. In 2023 Castlerock Golf Club was added as a co-host to

Galgorm Castle 'Galgorm' is a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, about 1 km west of Ballymena. It is part of the civil parish of Ahoghill. Administratively, it is in the Borough of Ballymena. The townland encompasses the village of Galgorm an ...

, replacing Massereene, which had previously been used as a second venue. In August, after the release of the 2024 European Tour schedule, it was confirmed that the 2023 event would be the final edition.

Winners

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References

External links

ISPS Handa World Invitational official websiteCoverage on the European Tour's official site
{{Former European Tour Events Former Challenge Tour events Former European Tour events Golf tournaments in Northern Ireland Sport in Ballymena Recurring sporting events established in 2019 Mixed sports competitions

History

Winners

See also

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