The first round of The Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland takes place Thursday, where the world's top players will compete for the year's f ...

New is relative in this case, because Royal Portrush was founded 137 years ago. The R&A is expecting 278,000 spectators for ...

Rory McIlroy grew up in Holywood, Northern Ireland, and learned to play golf at Holywood Golf Club. I visited and took the "McIlroy Tour." ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The moment that surprised Rory McIlroy the most when he played the 2019 Open Championship at ...

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It will be the second time that Northern Ireland's McIlroy has competed in his own country in the British Open after the ...

After attempting - and failing - to shut out the noise on his emotional return to Portrush six years ago, the newest member ...

P ORTRUSH, Northern Ireland -- Twelve hours after Rory McIlroy wrapped up a second-place finish at the Scottish Open near Edinburgh, the five-time major winner walked up to the first tee at 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 ...

Rory McIlroy wants to embrace the expectations which come with The Open in his native Northern Ireland after admitting he was ill-prepared for the outpouring of emotion which accompanied his ...

Rory McIlroy says he learned plenty from his dismal experience the last time The Open Championship was held in Northern ...