Matt Gault
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Rory McIlroy: Defending champion expecting 'different' Irish Open with President Trump visit (opens the original)
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Rory McIlroy admits this year's Irish Open will feel like a "different" spectacle given US President Donald Trump's anticipated visit during the tournament's latter stages. Trump is expected to attend the event - which is being held at his resort in the County Clare village of Doonbeg - this weekend as part of a two-day visit to Ireland. McIlroy has previously played golf with Trump, who earlier this year praised the Northern Irishman's accomplishments on the course after winning back-to-back Ma
The Open: R&A 'getting pretty close' to staging major at Portmarnock (opens the original)
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Chief executive Mark Darbon says the R&A is "getting pretty close" to staging an Open Championship outside of the United Kingdom for the first time, at Portmarnock Golf Club in Dublin. The R&A - the governing body which organises and runs the Open - first revealed the possibility of Portmarnock hosting golf's oldest championship in 2023, with the Irish government announcing its support of up to 40 million euro (£34m) in 2024. Portmarnock has previously hosted the men's and women's amateur champi
The Open: Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler on tackling sun-baked Royal Birkdale (opens the original)
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The Open Championship has, so often down the years, been as much a battle with the elements as it has the swing for the world's top golfers. Recent Royal Birkdale Opens have been no different. When the Southport venue last staged the game's oldest championship in 2017, play was briefly suspended during the second round because of heavy wind and rain. In 2008, at the end of a week largely dominated by horrendous weather, Padraig Harrington prevailed with a winning score of three over par, four sh
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