LIVE UPDATES: The Open at Royal Portrush – day four
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Russell Knox wants Robert MacIntyre to keep everyone smiling
Russell Knox thinks that the new influx of Scottish talent on the major golf tours will lift the country – and put smiles on everyone’s faces.
Robert MacIntyre smashes the €1 million barrier with Open performance
Robert MacIntyre has had to turn down a PGA Tour debut because of logisitics but the young Scot is happier at home in Oban as he celebrated cracking the €1 million barrier for his brief European Tour career.
The Open 2019: Open could be back at Royal Portrush in just five years
Royal Portrush could get the Open again within five years after the huge financial success of the first championship in Northern Ireland for nearly 70 years.
The Open 2019: Robert MacIntyre secures a top ten place and an invitation to Sandwich
Robert MacIntyre played well enough and carried himself even better in his Open Championship debut - enough to get asked back next year, no questions asked.
The Open 2019: Francesco Molinari makes a stalwart defence in the storm
Francesco Molinari’s last day as reigning Open champion - for now - got better as everyone else’s got worse.
The Open 2019: Russell Knox gets caught up in familiar bad weather
Russell Knox isn’t exactly unaccustomed to the kind of weather that swept into Portrush as the final round of the Open reached its climax. But it’s been a while…
The Open 2019: Coffee, chat and steadfast resolve lift Shane Lowry to Open title
Shane Lowry’s Open Championship victory was constructed on a quiet coffee with his Scottish coach Neil Manchip at a nearby hotel, and then executed in steadfast style in front of thousands of his euphoric countrymen at Royal Portrush.
LIVE UPDATES: The Open at Royal Portrush – day four
The Courier’s Steve Scott is at Royal Portrush to provide live updates of the fourth and final day of the 148th Open Championship.
The Open 2019: Lowry and Holmes lead out the field for the weekend at Portrush
Shane Lowry and JB Holmes look a bit alike – well-built, not gym rats for sure, both bearded and not the sort to be seen in the ubiquitous Ultramarine blues or designer splatter shirts being worn by their contemporaries at the 148th Open at Royal Portrush.
The Open 2019: Rory’s heroic effort to stay in the 2019 Open falls just short
He quite properly got a heroes’ welcome for a heroic effort when he came up the 18th as the clock ticked past 8pm. But there was to be no happy ending to the saga for Rory McIlroy at Royal Portrush.
