The British Open returns to Royal Portrush and it should be quite the homecoming for Rory McIlroy. He'd love nothing more than to win golf's oldest championship on his home soil of Northern Ireland.

IF RORY MCILROY’S CAREER has been a long battle between his ethereal talent and the unworldly pressure and expectation that talent necessarily breeds, then Royal Portrush has been a theatre of this war.

Bryson DeChambeau has begun the mind games with Rory McIlroy early ahead of The Open Championship next week. A fierce rivalry has emerged between DeChambeau and McIlroy as two of the best in the

Lowry lifted the Claret Jug with a winning score of 15-under, 12 shots lower than the 72-hole total of England’s Max Faulkner in 1951. Several low scores were recorded at the 148th Open that week but who went lowest on the par 71?

Rory McIlroy announced himself to the golfing world on July 12, 2005 as a fresh-faced teenager after shooting a new course record at Royal Portrush – and now returning to the iconic Dunluce links almost exactly 20 years later chasing Open Championship glory,

Open Championship is shaping up to be one of the greatest ever as Grand Slam hero Rory McIlroy returns to Royal Portrush. McIlroy secured his place in golfing history in April by finally

Rory McIlroy blitzed Royal Portrush’s Dunluce Links with a course-record 11-under 61 in 2005. For many, it confirmed all the hype about McIlroy.

Rory McIlroy battled to regain top form at the Scottish Open, tying for the lead with Chris Gotterup after a strong round. McIlroy's strategic shots and past wins foreshadow a promising finish. The tournament sets the stage for his return to Royal Portrush.

When did the Northern Irishman last play Royal Portrush?"Friday the whatever of July 2019," he said, dismissively referring to his second round the last time the event was on the Antrim coast. An event that started with an appalling tee shot and ended with McIlroy missing the cut.

Six years after Shane Lowry's famous victory, the best players in the world will return to the County Antrim coast for the final major of the year next week at the Open Championship.