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The Open to return to Royal Portrush
The Open is set to make a triumphant return to Royal Portrush in 2025, marking an exciting new chapter in the history of golf’s original championship and providing another outstanding showcase for golf in Northern Ireland.
9 Sep 2021
Claret Jug calling for local Fleetwood
Tommy Fleetwood is hoping to go one better than the England football team and bring the Claret Jug 'home' after a 29-year absence.
14 Jul 2021
GALLERY: 25 golf courses with views to die for
Location, location, location! It’s not just real estate that benefits from offering a view. Here are some of the best views to be found during a round of golf anywhere on the planet.
27 Apr 2020
My favourite moment: Jake McLeod
All golfers have one. A moment in their golf career, be it major champion or weekend warrior, that sits above all others as favourite.
6 Apr 2020
Profile: Meet “Bob from Oban”
Robert MacIntyre is not a name you might readily recognise. But this down-to-earth greenkeeper’s son might just be Scotland’s next golfing superstar.
20 Nov 2019
Big Dolphin aims for bigger splash in Malaysia
Thailand’s Prom Meesawat is planning to make another strong impact when he tees up for the first time at the US$300,000 Sarawak Championship, which will take place at the Damai Golf and Country Club in Kuching next week.
9 Aug 2019
Leishman turns to WGC after Open flop
Having been mistaken for Open champion Shane Lowry for years, Marc Leishman hopes the Irishman's Claret Jug victory is enough for casual golf fans to start telling them apart.
25 Jul 2019
McIlroy's emotional thanks to Irish fans
Rory McIlroy has issued an emotional thank you to Northern Ireland golf fans after his heartbreaking missed cut at the Open Championship, but hopes Royal Portrush is added to the UK major's rota of regular venues.
25 Jul 2019
Day takes lessons from his Open meltdown
Jason Day says he and accomplished caddie Steve Williams learned valuable lessons about their partnership under major championship pressure during his Open meltdown.
24 Jul 2019
THE OPEN GALLERY: 50 Best images
The first Open Championship held at Royal Portrush in nearly 70 years was certainly one to remember, especially for new Champion Golfer of the Year Shane Lowry. Here are the best images from the week captured by Matthew Harris as well as the team of Getty Images photographers in Northern Ireland.
22 Jul 2019
Smith's hairy final round at The Open
Cameron Smith walked off windswept Royal Portrush and asked "how's my hair?" after almost being blown away during The Open's brutal final round.
22 Jul 2019
Irish eyes smiling as Lowry claims the Claret Jug
The 148th Open Championship lasted for the usual four days. But the after-match party might take a bit longer.
22 Jul 2019
Schauffele lets fly at R&A over failed driver test
Xander Schauffele was still running hot on Saturday at The Open, and it had nothing to do with a round of 69 that left him 11 shots off the lead at Royal Portrush.
21 Jul 2019
Shane Lowry takes commanding lead at Royal Portrush
The third round of the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush belonged to one man. Maybe two.
21 Jul 2019
Smith the last Aussie still standing at Royal Portrush
In keeping with the ever-erratic Northern Irish weather, the Australians amidst the 156-strong field at Royal Portrush had mixed fortunes on day two of 148th Open Championship. Which is not to say many of the stories had happy endings.
20 Jul 2019
Royal Portrush bares its teeth as McIlroy cards “inexcusable” 79
It was quite a day at Royal Portrush in the opening round of the 148th Open Championship. Much that hardly ever happens actually did. And much that was expected to occur eventually didn’t.
19 Jul 2019
Gary Player’s Open memories and 2019 predictions
This week’s Open Championship marks 60 years since Gary Player claimed the Claret Jug and his first major title at Muirfield. The 83-year-old sat down recently to reminisce on that life changing week, and discuss this week’s staging of the event.
18 Jul 2019
Gunn awakens to new reality at The 148th Open
Thailand’s Gunn Charoenkul is ecstatic to find himself in company of many of the world’s best players after fulfilling his life-long dream of playing in a major.
18 Jul 2019
Baker-Finch explains tiny Aus tilt at Open
Open champion Ian Baker-Finch is adamant that Australia's smallest contingent in almost half a century at the UK major is no cause for concern.
18 Jul 2019
Aussie rookie living it up at The Open
Jokes with Tiger Woods, rounds with Justin Thomas and Padraig Harrington and now a dream Open Championship start for starry-eyed young gun Jake McLeod.
18 Jul 2019
Royal Portrush: A Beautiful Beast
Exactly 1,367 days after the formal announcement was made to the world on October 20 2015, the Open Championship is finally returning to Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
18 Jul 2019
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