9:01 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Twenty years after playing Royal Portrush for the first time as a 10th birthday present from his father, Rory McIlroy is trying to fully grasp the reality of a tiny country hosting a major championship so near his boyhood home, while also figuring out how to win it.
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11:01 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers defended the sizable gap between purses for The Open Championship and the Women’s British Open, even as reporters peppered him with questions about the disparity during a news conference on Wednesday. The purse for the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club
8:14 AM ET The Open can be unpredictable. The weather can change — sunny one minute, sideways rain the next. Add in the unknown with this Open: The oldest major is at Royal Portrush for the first time in 68 years. So, aside from a few locals who grew up around these links — Rory
1:42 PM ET Associated Press For the second straight year, Dustin Johnson received a trophy at The Open Championship. Johnson won the Mark H. McCormack Award again for spending the most weeks at No. 1 in the world in 2018 (35 weeks). He joins Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy as the only player to win
1:39 PM ET Associated Press PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Phil Mickelson received a crystal award Tuesday at The Open Championship. One of the hallmarks of Mickelson’s career is playing for so long at a consistently high level, and the Official World Golf Ranking board honored him for a feat that might be as remarkable as
7:06 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Tiger Woods doesn’t sound confident. Brooks Koepka is always confident. Rory McIlroy is at home, which should make him confident. On a venue few have seen before — Royal Portrush last hosted The Open 68 years ago — there are plenty of intriguing subplots as the year’s last
8:46 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Island — U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland said he decided to play in this week’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush only after his wife, Gabby, pushed him to go. Gabby Woodland is pregnant with twin girls and on bedrest. The twins are due to be born later this month. “She’s
7:52 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Three months removed from one of his most remarkable victories at the Masters, Tiger Woods is still enjoying the immensity of that triumph — and struggling to return to that form. As the year’s fourth major is about to unfold this week, Woods admitted Tuesday that his win
7:18 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Brooks Koepka is the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world and has won four of the previous 10 majors championships. This season, he won a second straight PGA Championship, tied for second in the Masters and was solo second at the U.S. Open. At the 148th Open Championship
12:37 PM ET The 2019 Open Championship heads to Northern Ireland for the first time in 68 years, as countryman and favorite Rory McIlroy looks for his fifth major title. Who else offers some betting value? ESPN’s Chris Fallica and Will Courchene from Data Golf give their value bets to win the title, tournament matchups