The home favourite endured a rollercoaster day as The Open returned to Portrush for the first time since he missed the cut in ...

Shocked by the strength of the reception that greeted the returning hero at the start of the 2019 Open, McIlroy famously ...

Through the first round of The Open 2025, there is a five-way tie for the lead at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland ...

That was set by McIlroy’s Ryder Cup team-mate Matt Fitzpatrick, whose 67 was the lowest opening round of his major career, ...

The first handful of groups are off in Country Antrim and it is two Danes that are leading the way: Nicolai Hojgaard and ...

Rain lashed from above, North Atlantic winds pummeled from the side, and thousands of excited, umbrella-wielding shapes ...

Rory McIlroy looked like delivering the show the thousands who had flocked to Royal Portrush to cheer their returning hero ...

The hometown hero is back at Royal Portrush, but Rory McIlroy was poor off the tee again as the Open Championship rolls on.

Shoulders tightened further when his next drive landed closer to the green at the first than the fairway at the second; an ...

Rory McIlroy is grouped with Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Thomas for first two rounds at Royal Portrush. McIlroy has late-early ...

Former US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, China's Li Haotong and Dane Jacob Skov Olesen hold the clubhouse lead at four under ...

Defending champion Xander Schauffele said his level-par 71 "wasn't a very exciting round", while 55-year-old Phil Mickelson ...