Just as a certain Northern Irishman’s golf ball flew left, but not too far left, and safely settled in the rough, the sun ...

Harris English has had to scramble to find caddies, but despite that, he still grabbed the Open Championship co-lead on ...

The 153rd Open is up and running even though proceedings seemed to move along with all the surging impetus of Grandpa Broon when his bunions were playing up. It ...

Forget its affectionate ‘Hughie’ nickname, formidable par-four is shaping up to be toughest start to an Open in a decade ...

That was set by McIlroy’s Ryder Cup team-mate Matt Fitzpatrick, whose 67 was the lowest opening round of his major career, world number 354 Jacob Skov Olesen, China’s Li Haotong, South African Chris ...

The British Open on Thursday at Royal Portrush ended with a five-way tie atop the leaderboard. Here are highlights and scores from the first round.

McIlroy didn't play his best Thursday at Royal Portrush but shot 1-under 70 and is three shots off the 18-hole lead.

At the Scottish Open, English had Jon Etter as his caddie, but Etter returned to caddy Davis Thompson for the Open ...

The British Open at Royal Portrush had a little bit of everything in the opening round. There was sunlight, rain, a breeze ...

Rory McIlroy put on a show for the thousands of fans who cheered his every move at his home Open at Royal Portrush as the Masters champion moved himself into contention on the first day.

It was fun on the fairways in Portrush as tens of thousands flocked to the north coast to see the world’s top golfers tee off on the first day of The Open. The crowds included actor James Nesbitt, US ...