Rory McIlroy avoids LIV Golf stars as he begins his bid for major glory at The Open alongside Jon Rahm and Justin Rose at Royal Liverpool on Thursday

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Rory McIlroy avoids LIV Golf stars as he begins his bid for major glory at The Open alongside Jon Rahm and Justin Rose at Royal Liverpool on Thursday McIlroy is hoping to end his nine-year major drought at Hoylake this weekend He arrives on form after claiming the Scottish Open with a brilliant performance  McIlroy … Read more

Rory McIlroy wants lightning to strike twice at Hoylake as he bids to end a nine-year wait for a major at the scene of his 2014 Open triumph

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Rory McIlroy wants lightning to strike twice at Hoylake as he bids to end a nine-year wait for a major at the scene of his 2014 Open triumph Rory McIlroy will start as favourite to win the Open Championship on Thursday  The Northern Irishman won the Scottish Open and was the US Open runner-up  McIlroy … Read more

IAN LADYMAN: Matt Fitzpatrick is chuffed his younger brother has qualified for the Open this week

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Amid the calm of a Sunday morning on the Wirral, Matt Fitzpatrick embarked on a Hoylake practice round that was to only last two holes. ‘I had something I needed to work on,’ the 2022 US Open champion said on Monday. That something was his driving, two push fades and one hook off the first … Read more

Cameron Smith is staying optimistic on chances of defending his Open Championship title

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Cameron Smith is staying optimistic over his chances of defending his Open Championship title after emotionally returning the Claret Jug Cameron Smith has returned the Claret Jug in what was an emotional farewell  The Australian is though staying optimistic on his chances of winning again Smith also admitted that he would ‘love to see Greg … Read more

Golf: Steph Curry wins American Century Championship to be fifth active athlete to win in Lake Tahoe

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NBA star Steph Curry wins American Century Championship golf tournament in Lake Tahoe – and he’ll donate $125k prizemoney to charity Curry finished with 75 points, two ahead of runner-up Mardy Fish, a ex-tennis pro The Golden State Warriors guard is the tournament’s first black winner in history  DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports … Read more

Legendary caddie (and raconteur) Billy Foster relives his most riotous tales from 40 years in golf

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The year is 2002 and the place is the locker room toilets at the Belfry. We’ve been led back to the Ryder Cup and golf’s greatest orator is veering like a snaking putt between taste and indecency as he recalls one of his classics. It’s about Tiger Woods and our speaker is Billy Foster. Of … Read more

Rory McIlroy produces a classic performance to triumph at the Scottish Open

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Rory McIlroy produces a classic performance at the Scottish Open as the World No 3 finishes 15 under to narrowly best Robert MacIntyre and triumph at the Renaissance Club Rory McIlroy narrowly triumphed over Robert MacIntyre at the Scottish Open 34-year-old birdied four of his last eight holes to finish 15 under in North Berwick … Read more

Fleetwood relishing chance to chase down leader McIlroy in the final round of the Scottish Open

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Tommy Fleetwood relishing chance to chase down leader Rory McIlroy in the final round of the Scottish Open… with Ryder Cup star Shane Lowry also in the hunt at The Renaissance Rory McIlroy leads on 13-under par after carding a 67 at The Renaissance Tommy Fleetwood propelled himself into contention with a scintillating 63 Shane Lowry in … Read more