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Portstewart, Northern Ireland …. Tournament host Rory McIlroy found easily upstaged by his guests Jon Rahm and Hideki Matsuyama on day one of the Irish Open at Portstewart. Rahm grabbed an eagle and six birdies in a seven under 65 to join the Essex duo of Ollie Fisher and Matthew Southgate in second place and just one adrift of American Daniel Im who had raced to six under through just eight holes but then managing just two further birdies in his next ten holes in a new course record 64. The ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland …  Paul Lawrie is not yet shaking like a pill bottle but he is learning do deal with his latest ahead of this week’s Irish Open at Portstewart in Northern Ireland. Lawrie is contesting just his seventh event this season of his 26th year in the play-for-play ranks since making his debut 596 Tour events ago early in 1992 at the Johnnie Walker Asian Classic. However, in recent years the now 48-year old has struggled with injury. A year ago, the Scot indicated ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland …. Rory McIlroy joked he now likens himself to Beatle drummer  Ringo Starr having fallen to World No. 4 ahead of this week’s Irish Open at Portstewart. The defending champion and Irish Open host dropped to No. 3 in the world in missing the U.S. Open cut but then was bumped back to No. 4 by Jordan Spieth when the Texas brilliantly won the recent Travelers Championship. And this was after McIlroy had rebounded in suburban Cromwell with a closing 64 and using ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland … Rory McIlroy has taken himself off social media and publicly revealing his distaste over “tweets” mid last month by Australian-born and fellow pro golfer, Steve Elkington. Elkington tweeted on June 17th that he felt McIlroy was “so bored playing golf…without Tiger the threshold is prolly 4 majors with 100mill in bank” A Twitter spat then followed with McIlroy quickly responding to the 54-year old Houston-based Elkington:  “@elkpga More like ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland …. Rory McIlroy has singled out World No. 2 Hideki Matsuyama for special praise ahead of this week’s Irish Open at Portstewart in Northern Irealnd. Matsuyama is the highest ranked player in this Irish field and two spots higher than McIlroy, the tournament host and after McIlroy found himself bumped back to No. 3 by the Japanese star after the U.S. Open and then to No. 4 by Jordan Spieth who replaced McIlroy at No. 3 on the back of his dramatic play-off victory ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland …. Padraig Harrington insists Shane Lowry should not fall into the trap of being baited on social media. Lowry has been trying to laugh off the critics but clearly there has been many getting under his bearded exterior. “There are a lot of geniuses out there who tell you what you should and shouldn’t be doing, like people telling me I should work harder,” said Lowry. “That is the era we live in. I laugh it off. It definitely does not bother me. “I think ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland … Graeme McDowell’s won a U.S. Open along with 13 other victories and played in four Ryder Cups in his pro career but it doesn’t stop being brought back to earth when revisiting his beloved Rathmore Golf Club at Portrush. The clubhouse sports one of just two U.S. Open replicas he ordered after his Pebble Beach success. McDowell spent his childhood days, including no doubt skipping school sometimes, in honing his game on both courses at the famed Royal Portrush ...