Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: “Rory McIlroy came within a whisker of his second Scottish Open title and while golf fans ... just ahead of McIlroy (6.8%) and Ludvig Aberg (6.4%). But ...

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

The sentimental angle is also in play with McIlroy because The Open is being played in his home country of Northern Ireland.

Justin Rose said that he has hit the winning putt for The Open in his mind "more than 1,000 times" during the early stages of ...