A mural of Shane Lowry holding aloft the claret jug adorns the side wall of a house just across the road from Royal Portrush.

Rory McIlroy may have finally completed the career Grand Slam with his Masters victory, but he has a greater desire to win ...

Shane Lowry’s travails before his first win at Portrush have been forgotten – he hopes the turbulence of 2025 will be ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Rory McIlroy practically had Royal Portrush all to himself Monday morning, but not for long. By ...

The Open is ready for its return to Portrush, and our panel of writers, editors and betting experts have every angle covered.

The sense of theatre, tradition and pure unpredictability never fades and few venues encapsulate all that quite like Royal ...

The major winner from Offaly, who won the Claret Jug when the Open was last played at the country Antrim course, says "the ...

Shane Lowry didn’t know what to make of the mural at first. He doesn’t look at himself as someone worthy of being celebrated ...

While most of golf's stars will tee it up in Northern Ireland at the Open Championship, a few notable names won't be in attendance.

Rory McIlroy addressed the media on Monday at his home Open at Royal Portrush. Here's what he said — and why this time sounded different.

"It's nice to be able to accept adulation, even though I struggle with it at times," Rory McIlroy said of his return to Royal ...

The original version of this story was published on July 16, 2019, ahead of The Open Championship’s return to Royal Portrush in 2019. With The Open back at Portrush this year, the article was updated ...