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It’s been a good few weeks for Irish golf, highlighted by Shane Lowry’s win at The Open last week. The good times continued Monday with the announcement of 2026 Ryder Cup venue.
While players try to get accustomed to the time zone change between Northern Ireland and Memphis, one thing is for sure — Jet lag is real.
Jon Rahm ended his week last week at The Open with a closing 75 in tough windy and rainy conditions. He began his week this week in Memphis with a sizzling hot putter that helped him take the early lead.
Bubba Watson has never been one to keep his emotions bottled up on the golf course, and Thursday at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational he was just as open about his emotions off the course.
Even after his emotional missed cut at The Open last week Rory McIlroy said he did watch the final round at Royal Portrush and that he traded test messages with champion Shane Lowry.
The last time Rory McIlroy teed it up was last week, when he missed the cut at The Open Championship, but there were lessons to be learned.
The FedExCup playoffs are still two weeks away but there is one season-long race that will be wrapping up next week at the Wyndham Championship.
Justin Rose didn’t have the finish he would have liked at last week’s Open Championship, but that didn’t alter his opinion of Royal Portrush.
Now that the dust has settled on the major championship season, Brooks Koepka can reflect on what was by nearly every measure a dominant campaign.
Having an event’s defending champion return the following year is always a highlight for both the player and the tournament. This week in Memphis there are two defending champions.
Xander Schauffele’s driver was found to be non-conforming at The Open, and he was forced to find a hasty replacement. The bigger issue for Schauffele was the inequality of the R&A’s testing and how quickly word spread.
The Open at Royal Portrush won’t be the final solution for peace in Northern Ireland, but it was a week when the world viewed the country as united behind Shane Lowry’s breakthrough major victory.
The 148th Open at Royal Portrush transcended a golf tournament, a truly emotional spectacle and an outlet for the delicate soul.
A year ago this week, Shane Lowry slumped into a chair following a first-round 74 at Carnoustie and cried.
The forecast that called for wind gusts to 35 mph and “outbreaks of heavy rain” arrived on schedule to turn the final round of The Open into a wind-whipped test of wills. Shane Lowry didn’t flinch.
It’s no secret that J.B. Holmes is not among the PGA Tour’s fastest players and his measured pace drew criticism again Sunday at The Open.
Despite a driving rain on Sunday 77, Graeme McDowell wasted no time starting the call for The Open’s return to Royal Portrush.
Brooks Koepka didn’t sound like a man who was seven strokes off the pace through three rounds of The Open.
Late Saturday featured an ominous foreshadowing of what was to come Sunday. A calm before a storm that won’t have a colorful name, but will undoubtedly have a role to play in the 148th Open.
Traditional symbols are important in Northern Ireland, and it prompted some to ask Rickie Fowler if he planned to wear his traditional Sunday orange outfit for the final round at Royal Portrush.
Xander Schauffele’s frustration with the R&A’s individual driver testing boiled over again Saturday at The Open. He revealed he wasn’t the only player to have his club fail the CT (characteristic time) test.
Xander Schauffele became the first player to publicly have his driver deemed non-conforming since the R&A began testing individual player’s drivers at last year’s Open Championship.
Just days after announcing he’d lost 15 pounds Phil Mickelson conceded on Friday at The Open that he continues to search for his lost game.
Tiger Woods missed the cut at The Open, bringing an end to a major decade that was defined by injury and uncertainty.