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Portstewart, Northern Ireland … Rory McIlroy’s Open Championship preparations would seem to be some disarray after the tournament host missed the cut for the second time in three years at the Irish Open in Portstewart. The World No. 4 was one under for his round with two holes to play but a double 6 on the 17th ended any quest of playing all four days in an eventual round of 73 for a one over par tally. It left McIlroy four shots shy of the projected three under cut-off mark in the $US ...

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Portstewart, Northern Ireland …. Borders David Drysdale led a very timely Scottish revival with four Tartan flags flying high inside the top-2o on day one of the Irish Open at Portstewart. Drysdale, and again with wife, Bev happily carrying the clubs, capped his round holing a 2o-footputt for eagle at the par five, seventh hole along with three birdies in succession from the 13th, in a six under par 66. The effort handed the 41-year old a share of sixth place and just two shots behind the ...

Wade Ormsby showed a fondness for links golf at its finest with a bogey free five-under par 67 on day one of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Portstewart. The Adelaide-born golfer had warmed-up the afternoon before in arranging for his father, Peter ​and himself to ​tack​e the famed and close-by Royal Portrush course venue for the 2o12 Irish Open but host course for the 2o19 Open Championship​, and where ​P​eter Thomson had made his ​Open​ debut in 1951 and when The Open was ...

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 ...