Ahead of this week's Irish Open, europeantour.com takes a closer look at the field competing at Fota Island Resort for the first time since 2002...
156 players
74 European Tour winners with 254 European Tour victories between them
6 Major Champions who have 10 Major victories between them
Darren Clarke
Padraig Harrington
Paul Lawrie
Rory McIlroy
Graeme McDowell
José María Olazábal
3 European Tour Number Ones
Padraig Harrington (2006)
Robert Karlsson (2008)
Rory McIlroy (2012)
14 Ryder Cup players
2 Ryder Cup Captains
José Maria Olazábal (2012)
Paul McGinley (2014)
1 WGC winner with 2 WGC titles
Darren Clarke
11 former Irish Open winners competing
José Maria Olazábal (1990)
Patrik Sjöland (2000)
Søren Hansen (2002 last time at Fota Island)
Brett Rumford (2004)
Stephen Dodd (2005)
Padraig Harrington (2007)
Richard Finch (2008)
Shane Lowry (2009)
Ross Fisher (2010)
Simon Dyson (2011)
Paul Casey (2013)
11 of the 2014 European Tour winners competing
2 former US Amateur Champions competing
Edoardo Molinari (2005)
Matthew Fitazpatrick (2013)
19 players competing who were in last week's US Open Championship
31 players who competed in the Irish Open the last time it was played at Fota Island in 2002
Richard Bland
Paul Casey
Darren Clarke
Stephen Dodd
David Drysdale
Simon Dyson
Darren Fichardt
Alastair Forsyth
Mark Foster
Stephen Gallacher
Ricardo Gonzalez
Richard Green
Anders Hansen
Soren Hansen
Padraig Harrington
Grégory Havret
David Higgins
Michael Hoey
David Howell
Søren Kjeldsen
Paul Lawrie
Thomas Levet
Mikael Lundberg
Graeme McDowell
Damian Mooney
Brett Rumford
Marcel Siem
Patrik Sjöland
Sam Walker
Anthony Wall
Steve Webster
