While Rory McIlroy’s Masters triumph earned him a long-awaited career grand slam, a home Open Championship win at Royal Portrush could be even more emotion for the North Irishman.

Rory McIlroy attended the Association of Golf Writers dinner on Tuesday evening and was decked out in green — Masters green.

Rory McIlroy was in a relaxed mood during final practice on Wednesday at the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush, as the Masters champion looks to win his home major

Rory McIlroy entered the 2025 Scottish Open needing to regain the top-tier form he flashed earlier in the year when he won three tournaments, including the Masters, which secured his career grand slam.

The first time that Royal Portrush hosted the Open Championship since 1951, there was heaps of pressure on McIlroy, the biggest sporting star from Northern Ireland since George Best played for Manchester United in the 1960s and 70s, to win. He shot a 79 on Thursday.

Two-time major winner Tony Jacklin CBE has predicted Scottie Scheffler will win The 2025 Open, which starts today. Groupings and tee times for the 153rd Open were announced on Tuesday, and the defending champion Xander Schauffele will be grouped with th former world No.

Rory McIlroy is setting his sights on redemption at this week's Open Championship, aiming to erase the memories of his harrowing 2019 experience at Royal Portrush. Since his disastrous collapse under intense local expectation — which saw him miss the cut after kicking off with a quadruple-bogey on the initial hole — it's his first time back at the famed Northern Ireland course.

A lot of time has been spent analyzing Rory McIlroy’s post-Masters funk ... He won one ho-hum tournament (the 2020 Sanderson Farms) after his Masters victory, and a few times in Europe, but in 27 majors since that 2017 Masters, there have been zero ...

Rory McIlroy celebrated his sixth AGW Golfer of the Year award in his iconic green jacket ahead of his Open Championship fight.