The Open Championship returns to Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, the epic site of Irishman Shane Lowry’s dominant win in 2019.

Rory McIlroy’s third-round charge at the British Open was derailed in bizarre fashion on Saturday when he unwittingly performed a trick shot at the 11th hole.

The look on McIlroy's face summed up what a strange sensation it is to go for a golf swing, only to have another random golf ball pop up into the air.

While it was not the storybook finish that Rory and his adoring fans in Northern Ireland hoped to see, it was a week he will never forget, and it certainly stung less than it would have otherwise had...

As the latest inductee into one of sport’s most exclusive clubs, there is little that grand slam champion Rory McIlroy has not seen in the game of golf. Then, just past the halfway mark of his Open Championship third round on Saturday,

Major championship season concludes Sunday morning with 18 holes standing between a loaded field at Royal Portrush and the crowning of Champion Golfer of the Year at the 2025 Open Championship.

Following his round, McIlroy gave the putt a significant distinction, telling Golf Channel's Cara Banks (h/t Golf Channel's Brentley Romine ): "This could be one of the coolest moments I've ever had ...