The Open

  1. When did McIlroy last play Portrush..?

    Richard Winton
    BBC Sport Scotland

    Rory McIlroyGetty Images

    It would be easy to think an Open Championship at his home course would have dominated Rory Mcllroy's thoughts these past while.

    But it would be an inaccurate assumpion to make. When did the Northern Irishman last play Royal Portrush?

    "Friday the whatever of July 2019," he said, dismissively referring to his second round the last time the event was on the Antrim coast. An event that started with an appalling tee shot and ended with McIlroy missing the cut.

    "Harry was there last week," he added, referring to caddy Harry Diamond.

    "They've added a little bit of length to a couple of holes - four and seven - and they've changed the seventh green but everything else is the same."

  2. Rory McIlroy smiles past the camera as he holds a golf putter. He is wearing a grey sweatshirt and a white cap.

  3. Rory McIlroy wears a white cap and grey polo shirt. He wears a white glove in his left hand. He looks like he has just finished a swing and is holding a driver in his hands. He is looking up into the air like he is following the ball. There is blurred greenery behind him.

  4. Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy

  5. Nathan Kimsey poses with a pin flag after qualifying for the Open during final qualifying

  6. Harry Hall watches on after teeing off

  7. Peter Finch

  8. Ian Poulter at a LIV Golf event

  9. Sian is wearing glasses and smiling while looking directly at the camera. She is standing in front of the beach in Ballycastle with Fairhead cliff in the background. Sian is wearing a burgundy cardigan and dark top.

  10. A girl wearing glasses and a yellow polo shirt looks in the camera. In the background is a grassy lawn, like the fairway of a golf course, and a white wooden fence.

  11. A young girl wears a yellow Hi-Viz vest. Underneath she wears a blue jumper and yellow polo shirt. Behind her is the back of a large navy stand. There is a green grass putting green over her right shoulder.

  12. A white jet with a blue stripe photographed from the ground against a blue sky with a few small fluffy clouds

  13. Rob Wheeler holds a pose after playing his tee shot

  14. Tom McKibbin