PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — The British 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 ...

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.

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My visit to the seaside town of Portrush in County Antrim coincided with a rare heatwave, casting the coastline in vivid colour. The sunlit cliffs could easily have been mistaken for those in Positano ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland, July 15 (Reuters) - When Rory McIlroy arrived at Royal Portrush six years ago it was meant to be a glorious homecoming for Northern Ireland's most famous sportsman but his ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland -- It was not quite the glorious homecoming Rory McIlroy had dared to dream of on his return to Royal Portrush, but it felt like redemption for Northern Ireland's favorite ...

It took only six years for the British Open to return to Royal Portrush after its successful staging in 2019. An estimated crowd of 278,000 was expected at Royal Portrush last week, which would have ...

A Portrush drama group left homeless by the closure of Coleraine’s Riverside Theatre is proving that “the show must go on”.

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Monday was a more important day this week than at most professional golf tournaments. In a typical week, players roll into town, get their bearings and maybe hit a few ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Aldrich Potgieter and Brian Campbell won PGA Tour events the last two weeks, and it wound up getting them into the British Open next week at Royal Portrush. The Open has a ...