Golf elite jet in for private tournament; McIlroy and Nicklaus to play at Royal Dublin

HNA Group bought Domhnal Slattery’s Dublin-based aviation leasing firm Avolon last year

Rory McIlroy in action Picture: Getty

Some of the world’s best known golfers, including Rory McIlroy, Jack Nicklaus and US Masters champion Danny Willett, are due to jet in for a private invitation-only competition at the Royal Dublin Golf Club tomorrow morning.

Chinese company HNA Group, which bought Domhnal Slattery’s Dublin-based aviation leasing firm Avolon last year for $2.6 billion, has invited about 70 guests and company officials, including Slattery, to travel to Dublin.

Nicklaus, known as The Golden ...