Just four rounds separate the start of The Open Championship and the hosting of the Claret Jug signifying the crowning of Champion Golfer of the Year. Across 72 holes at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, the best golfers in the world will conclude the 2025 major championship season competing not only against one another but a difficult links course and …
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MATT VINCENZI, SENIOR WRITER Your favorite to win? Jon Rahm is a fantastic links player who’s won two Irish Opens: 2017 at Portstewart and 2019 at Lahinch. The Legion XIII captain said last week after charging up the leaderboard at Valderrama on Sunday that he hit the ball “better than I have in the last year and a half.” Rahm …
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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Those slate gray skies, the ones tiptoing by in the west, sure seemed like they were going to skirt past. So as players left Royal Portrush after practice was suspended Monday, many of us remained on the course, confident in our decisions. Ten minutes later, what was blue above gave way to gray. There would be …
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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland – He thought he was prepared. Rory McIlroy had played before as a pro back home in Northern Ireland, and so he thought he knew what to expect. The reception was warm and pleasant and grateful. But he quickly came to understand that those were regular tour events, not majors. And so when he walked to the …
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The 2025 Open Championship marks the final major of the year, with Royal Portrush hosting the event for the first time since 2019. Rory McIlroy completed his career grand slam at the Masters, while World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler won the PGA Championship and journeyman J.J. Spaun won the U.S. Open. All three of them are in the 2025 Open …
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