A raucous reception will greet Rory McIlroy as the British Open returns to Royal Portrush and Northern Ireland on Thursday for the first time since Shane Lowry's 2019 triumph. McIlroy will be heralded ...

It is a strong test for elite golfers, and a very difficult one for amateurs and the average golfer. It was found as the County Club in 1888 and became the Royal County Club in 1892. In 1895 it became ...

It’s been a month since the US Open, but Tyrrell Hatton still cannot help but chuckle when asked to reflect upon the hellish ...

The year was 2019. After a 68-year gap, the R&A took the Open back to Royal Portrush. The influence of major winners from ...

A bogey at the last forced McIlroy to replay the 18th against Justin Rose - who earned his play-off spot with a stunning final-round 66 - where he fired a terrific approach to within three feet of the ...

It is hard to judge precisely what the benefit might have been to Rory McIlroy of a ­second near-dawn circumnavigation of Royal Portrush, save for the joy it brought early risers on the Antrim coast.

If we have any quarrel with the mural, it’s that Lowry stands alone. Portrush proper is home to barely 6,000 souls, yet the R ...

A raucous reception will greet Rory McIlroy as the British Open returns to Royal Portrush and Northern Ireland on Thursday ...

Like with every major, in the days leading up to the first round, everyone's scrambling to find the next J.J. Spaun or Shane ...

The British Open tees off on Thursday with not just the glory of lifting the Claret Jug on offer for the field at Royal Portrush but places in the Ryder ...

The Open Championship returns to Royal Portrush after last visiting in 2019 this week. While Shane Lowry won the event with a ...

Renowned golf putting coach Phil Kenyon has criticised the comments Rory McIlroy's former manager Andrew 'Chubby' Chandler ...