As the best players in the world prepare for this 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush, it’s important to note just how different Irish golf – and particularly this one – is from those classic Scottish or English rota courses.

The Open begins Thursday morning at Royal Portrush as the best golfers in the world vie for the final major of the season in Northern Ireland. This 2025 Open Championship will result in some early mornings -- or late nights, depending on your vantage point -- for fans stateside if they hope to keep up with their favorite players.

Collin Morikawa can take solace in not being the only person to refer to golf's oldest championship by its unofficial name. As he held the precious claret jug, he paid tribute to the spectators and said,

The GOLF.com staff looks at picks to win and sleepers for the Open Championship at Royal Portrush after Xander Schauffele’s win last year.

Royal Portrush is not only open to visitors, but its yearly membership dues are what the average American golfer spends on public tee times.

By the time Rory McIlroy finished his first practice round for the British Open at Royal Portrush, a big crowd that weathered rain and sunshine was waiting to see him finish.

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — A hole-by-hole look at Royal Portrush Golf Club, site of the 153rd Open Championship to be played July 17-20.

Royal Portrush, in Northern Ireland, is the Open Championship site this week. It might also be home to the best golf bench in the world. The post Best golf bench in the world? This Royal Portrush perch ranks high appeared first on Golf.

Two-time winner Ernie Els has been forced to withdraw from The Open at Royal Portrush as the South African gives way to South Korean star Si-woo Kim in the 156-man field in Northern Ireland

Players and spectators will want to keep an umbrella or poncho handy as golf's final major gets underway later this week in Northern Ireland.Fast FactsThe 153rd edition of The Open Championship is being hosted at Royal Portrush Golf Club on the Northern Ireland coast,

A mural of Shane Lowry holding aloft the claret jug adorns the side wall of a house just across the road from Royal Portrush.

McIlroy said Monday that he was overwhelmed by the reception he received six years ago in his home of Northern Ireland. Now a Grand Slam winner, he's ready for this week's championship.