PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The Open at Royal Portrush started Thursday the way the last one ended: A packed grandstand and throaty cheers for an Irish golfer. Padraig Harrington, a two-time Open ...

Royal Portrush Golf Club has 156 of the best players in the world this week on its true championship course, Dunluce Links, for the British Open (or Open Championship, whichever you prefer). This is ...

Royal Portrush has long been admired as a great links course. That’s why it earned the honor of hosting the 1951 Open Championship. But since the Open returned in 2019, the club’s profile has surged.

The 2025 British Open at Royal Portrush Golf Club is just the third in the club’s storied history, but the Northern Ireland classic is more than worthy of the honor and the praise. The 137-year-old ...

Perched on Northern Ireland’s rugged North Antrim coast, Royal Portrush Golf Club blends dramatic links terrain, centuries-old heritage, and championship pedigree. First established in 1800s, it’s ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Rory McIlroy experienced that sinking feeling again on the first hole at Royal Portrush. OK, the returning hometown hero hadn’t hit his drive out-of-bounds this time.

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — On a loud, boisterous, at times punch-drunk Thursday at the Open Championship, Matthew Jordan arrived at the 18th green at Royal Portrush bathed in an eerie silence. That ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Possibly the only time Sadom Kaewkanjana’s heart rate spiked over the first round at the Open Championship on Thursday was when he drove the green at the eye-catching ...

Six years after his crushing missed cut at Royal Portrush broke his heart and that of his homeland, the Northern Ireland native delivered the magical weekend he and his fans had long been denied. The ...

On Thursday, the Open Championship began with classic Portrush drizzle, making the green slower than usual. But that didn't stop the world's top golfers from putting on a show. Among them was the No.

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The Open at Royal Portrush started Thursday the way the last one ended: A packed grandstand and throaty cheers for an Irish golfer. Padraig Harrington, a two-time Open ...