A two-story mural depicting a precocious Rory McIlroy in 2012 has seen such better days that you can barely tell it is the ...

The year was 2019. After a 68-year gap, the R&A took the Open back to Royal Portrush. The influence of major winners from ...

McIlroy ejected on the first hole and ultimately missed the cut when The Open was last played in his home country of Northern ...

Open Championship returns to Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, the site of Shane Lowry's triumph in 2019. As has been the ...

McIlroy said Monday that he was overwhelmed by the reception he received six years ago in his home of Northern Ireland. Now a ...

Despite being last off Sunday at the Genesis Scottish Open, Rory McIlroy made sure he was first off Monday at Royal Portrush.

There very well could be one more — golf's oldest trophy on McIlroy's home soil. The 153rd edition of the British Open ...

The Northern Ireland links is hosting an Open for the second time in six years, but before that there was a 68-year drought. Bob Harig explores its evolution.

Rory McIlroy missed the cut when The Open was last played at Royal Portrush in 2019; McIlroy plays in Northern Ireland for ...

"It's nice to be able to accept adulation, even though I struggle with it at times," Rory McIlroy said of his return to Royal ...

Hands clasped to his head, knees pinned to the emerald turf, chest convulsing in frenetic, ragged breaths, Rory McIlroy looked like a man subjugated by the weight of the world. Then, he propped ...

The original version of this story was published on July 16, 2019, ahead of The Open Championship’s return to Royal Portrush in 2019. With The Open back at Portrush this year, the article was updated ...