PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — If anybody stepped to the first tee at Portrush with a powerful memory, it was Shane Lowry. He is, after all, the last player to win a British Open at Portrush, in 2019, ...

There is a five-way tie for the lead at 4-under among English, Bezuidenhout, Li, Olesen and Fitzpatrick. Scheffler is 3-under; Rickie Fowler, Brian Harman and Justin Rose 2-under; and McIlroy, Shane ...

Shane Lowry was almost doing cartwheels after he opened with a one-under 70 and his pal Rory McIlroy was equally relieved to overcome a wayward driver to match him and lie just three shots off the ...