Here's what to know about McIlroy's roots, from his hometown and upbringing, to his young golf career before he emerged as ...

Rory McIlroy said he got everything he could out of his week at home at Royal Portrush for the 2025 British Open Championship ...

Rory McIlroy’s walk up the 18th hole at Royal Portrush six years ago was the cruelest of sneak previews. A chance to see what it might look like, what it might feel like. The crowd surrounding the ...

In 2005, when he was 16 years old and playing in the North of Ireland Championship, Rory McIlroy set the course record at Royal Portrush by shooting a bogey-free 61 in the second round of the ...

Rory McIlroy found redemption at Royal Portrush six years after his nightmare 2019 missed cut, delivering the magical weekend ...

McIlroy has used two caddies during his professional golf career. His first was named J.P. Fitzgerald, who he had on his bag ...

PORTRUSH—Rory McIlroy said he had enjoyed an “awesome week” back in Northern Ireland, even if his charge to win the British ...

Rory McIlroy had a singular pursuit. Visit his hometown of Holywood, in Northern Ireland, and you leave knowing the truth of ...

Rory McIlroy shot 1-under 70 in the first round of the British Open at Royal Portrush that is also serving as a homecoming ...

Rory McIlroy may not win this Open Championship in his homeland. But on Saturday, he still gave his compatriots something special.

Harris English arrived in Britain two weeks ago without his caddie. Chris Gotterup flew over without a plane ticket for ...

Don’t know about you, but I spent most of Thursday — from well before dawn until mid-afternoon — watching The Open, played this week in Northern Ireland at a golf course known as Royal Portrush.