Open Championship

Lowry hungry but McIlroy’s famine goes on

Shane Lowry drank in the roars as he walked down the 72nd hole in his final moments as reigning Open champion and admitted it made him "hungry" to win the Claret Jug again.

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'It's hard to really take it in' - Collin Morikawa delights in Open victory as Shane Lowry finishes 12th

New Open champion Collin Morikawa intends to take a breather and drink in the history of his achievement - but he will let his caddie choose what gets put in the Claret Jug.

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Paul Kimmage Opinion Form comes and goes, but for Ireland’s Open Championship challengers, family remains a comforting constant

It started here, 18 years ago, in the final round of the Open. I had been assigned to ‘ghost’ a column for Nick Faldo in The Sunday Times and had spent the week at Royal St George’s following the six-time Major winner around.

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Stark contrast in opening day 64s hit by Louis Oosthuizen and Christy O'Connor Jnr back in 1985

For all its quirky provocations, Royal St George’s has shown us graphically the huge change that has taken place in Open Championship golf in a generation.

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Rory McIlroy battles to make Open cut but still searching for spark after second frustrating round

Rory McIlroy was still searching for the spark to ignite a challenge at the British Open as the four-time major winner carded a second successive level-par 70 on Friday.

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Rory McIlroy: ‘I’m really happy with that finish, it was a pretty tricky afternoon’

Rory McIlroy produced a fighting finish to keep his Open hopes alive and lead the Irish challenge at Sandwich.

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DeChambeau puts blame on driver for wayward shooting

The voice crackled through the marshal’s walkie-talkie beside the first tee.

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'I didn't play my best golf' - Nervous Shane Lowry playing catch-up in Open title defence

Shane Lowry headed straight for the range after he struggled with his driver and failed to complete a gutsy fightback in the marquee threeball at Sandwich.

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Fighting Rory McIlroy just about keeps his championship hopes alive at the Open

Rory McIlroy spent most of the day looking to the heavens in frustration, but his prayers were answered when he birdied the last to open with a level par 70 that kept his Open hopes alive at Royal St George’s.

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Jordan Spieth makes strong start to his Open Championship bid

Former champions Louis Oosthuizen and Jordan Spieth made brilliant starts as the delayed 149th Open proved well worth the wait at Royal St George’s.

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'I'd say I played pretty average' - Defending champion Shane Lowry steadies ship after poor start to card 71 at the Open

Shane Lowry was left to rue a stroke of misfortune after finally getting the defence of his Open title under way at Royal St George’s.

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Brian Harman sets early Open pace with sizzling front nine at Sandwich

American Brian Harman enjoyed a morning to remember at the 149th Open Championship after covering the front nine in four under to take the early lead at Royal St George’s.

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O’Neill makes it two from two to seal Connacht U18 Boys’ Open Championship

Malahide’s Gavin O’Neill made it two wins in as many weeks when he raced to an emphatic eight-shot victory at the Connacht U18 Boys’ Open Championship in Castle Dargan last week.

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The Open Day One: As it happened

Darren Clarke teed off at 8.25 with Shane Lowry out at 9.58, Padriag Harrington at 12.42 and Rory McIlroy at 15.21.

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Andy Sullivan takes early lead at British Open

A year later than scheduled, the 149th Open Championship got under way at Royal St George's in glorious sunshine.

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‘Spooky’ curse looms for winner on Sunday

The only curses in which Darren Clarke has complete conviction are those that invariably emerge through his larynx after a skewed drive or a yanked tiddler. But even he has to admit that the fate which befell him and the last four players who won the Open Championship in years ending in ‘1’ is, at the very least, a strange coincidence.

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Big hitters warned Sandwich will ‘eat them alive’

To Bryson DeChambeau and all the other power merchants who believe they can gobble up the Major courses with their insatiable driving, the guardians of this year’s Open Championship layout have a warning: “Here is a Sandwich that can actually eat you alive.”

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Brian Keogh Opinion Rahm is the man but Irish guile can pay at Sandwich

Patience is a virtue, and it will be this week as Ireland’s quartet of Open champions bid to make it six Irish wins in the last 14 years.

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‘If the Open went to Portmarnock that would be awesome’ – Rory McIlroy backs calls to bring major south of Irish border

Rory McIlroy has backed calls for The Open to be taken to the Portmarnock Golf Club, with a recent vote that finally allows women to become members of the north county Dublin club paving the way for a possible push to have the British major played south of the border in Ireland.

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‘That was the best round of my life’ – Shane Lowry reflects on 2019 triumph as Open defence finally arrives

Shane Lowry has been reflecting on his memorable 2019 Open Championship win, as he prepares to finally get a chance to defend the Claret Jug.

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Koepka keen to relight fire with ‘fair game’ Bryson

Forget about Brooks Koepka dousing the fire of his strange, childish feud with Bryson DeChambeau. Instead, ahead of a potentially memorable duel at this week’s Open, the four-time Major champion has thrown on some extra kerosene, claiming he regards his nemesis as “fair game”.

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Upbeat McIlroy banking on the power of positive thinking

He didn't mention Dr Bob Rotella, but Rory McIlroy emphasised nothing but the positives.

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Open favourite Jon Rahm talks of his ‘physical limitations’ – ‘I was born with a club foot on my right leg’

US Open champion Jon Rahm has revealed how being born with a club foot resulted in his distinctive short backswing.