Our Picks to Win at Royal Portrush
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Royal Portrush is hosting the final major of the year, welcoming the world's top players to Northern Ireland for the 2025 Open Championship. The first round begins on Thursday morning with the new champion golfer of the year being crowned on Sunday afternoon.
Scottie Scheffler is the pre-tournament favourite at The Open, where Rory McIlroy looks to impress on home soil and claim a sixth major title; Jon Rahm and 2019 champion Shane Lowry among the other contenders at Royal Portrush;
A mural of Shane Lowry holding aloft the claret jug adorns the side wall of a house just across the road from Royal Portrush.
Rory McIlroy was there for the most consequential moment of Shane Lowry’s career, kneeling greenside when his best friend secured t
Missing the cut at the past two majors hasn't dimmed Shane Lowry's confidence as the Irishman returns to the scene of his greatest triumph this week.
Lowry feels “rejuvenated” and as prepared as he could be in his bid to become the first player to win consecutive British Opens at the same course since Tiger Woods at St. Andrews in 2000 and ’05.
Scottie Scheffler is the favorite to win The Open. Jon Rahm is right behind him. Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Shane Lowry... Yes, we know, we know.
BBC Sport NI's Stephen Watson speaks to 2019 Open champion Shane Lowry ahead of the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush.