what is Irish open the Irish open Irish comrad is oskel na a hyan comma one currently titled as the Amgen Irish open for sponsorship reasons is a professional golf tournament on the European tour the Irish open was first played in 1927 and was played annually except for the War years until 1950 there was a tournament in 1953 but the event was then not played again until revived in 197 5 it has been contested annually since then from 1963 to 1974 carols sponsored a tournament generally called the carols International and in 1975 they became the sponsor of the Irish open which became known as the carols Irish open