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Thursday: Tee Times – Round 1; 148th Open Championship 1 – 6:35 a.m. Darren Clarke, James Sugrue (a), Charley Hoffman 2 – 6:46 a.m. Emiliano Grillo, Sung Kang, Thomas Thurloway (a) 3 – 6:57 a.m. Andy Sullivan, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Alexander Levy 4 – 7:08 a.m. Chan Kim, Zander Lombard, Brandon Wu (a) 5 – 7:19 a.m. Richard Sterne, Romain Langasque, Matthias Schmid (a) 6 – 7:30 a.m. Padraig Harrington, Matthew Fitzpatrick Andrew Putnam 7 – 7:41 a.m. ...

Darren Clarke will have the honour of teeing off first on Thursday at the start of the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush. It has been 68 years since golf’s oldest major was held in Northern Ireland and at Royal Portrush and it seems only appropriate a Northern Irish golfer should have the honour of hitting the first tee shot. Clarke captured the 2011 Open Championship amid emotional scenes at Royal St. George’s and in what was a first Open victory for a Northern Irish born golfer. The ...

Tiger Woods clearly has plenty of homework to do ahead of teeing-off Thursday in the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush. Woods was joined by fellow American Patrick Reed and with the duo taking to the Northern Ireland course around 9.30am local time. It wasn’t long before those spectators on the course flocked to the Mastesrs-winning pairing and while it was warm sunshine, Woods was bizarrely wrapped-up under three layers and then once he made his way up the first the now 43-year old ...

Padraig Harrington had a photographer to thank after finding a lost ball within seconds of the new 3-minute time limit on day one of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at the Renaissance Open. Harrington was out from the 10th and starting with a birdie but after birding the par-3 15th, the Dubliner was way left off the 16th tee, and with the three-minute ‘search’ clock ticking Harrington was getting anxious. “The three minutes now to find your golf ball is very short and it goes ...

Rory McIlroy made it look easy in posting a four-under par 67 on day one of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open near Gullane. McIlroy grabbed six birdies to end the round trailing four shots from the front on the Renaissance course to the east of Edinburgh. The foursome of the Italian duo of Edoardo Molinari and Nino Bertasio plus Frenchman Romain Wattel and visiting American Matt Kuchar head the field thanks to eight-under par 63s. McIlroy was at his best over the opening nine grabbing ...

Fellow former Open champ, Henrik Stenson would gladly trade places next week with overwhelming Royal Portrush crowd favourite Rory McIlroy. Unlike McIlroy, Stenson’s not previously competed at the 148th Open Championship host venue and having not entered the Irish Open when staged in 2012 at Royal Portrush. In very stark contrast, McIlroy was just 16-years old when he posted a remarkable 11-under par 61 during the 2005 North of Ireland championship and he’s been back to the Co. Antrim links ...

Eleven years ago, Graeme McDowell holed an eight-foot birdie putt to capture the 2008 Scottish Open at Loch Lomond and secure his place in a maiden European Ryder Cup team. McDowell tees-up in this week’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open on the Renaissance course looking not only to capture a second Scottish title but remind new European Team captain, Padraig Harrington there is Ryder Cup life in the ‘old golfing dog’. G Mac arrived on the very private course to east of Edinburgh ...