In 2019, it was the first-ever sold-out Open. It was a hugely significant moment for Northern Ireland after a troubled past.

Rain showers can be expected at times for the 153rd Open Championship, which is being hosted on the coast of Northern Ireland.

From on the ground at Portrush, our three "experts" pick winners (and cut-missers) and dish on course conditions, observations and predictions.

Northern Irishman Darren Clarke, the 2012 Open champion who is a longtime Portrush member, was speaking generally of the course but he might as well have been speaking specifically of Calamity Corner when he said, “There’s no place like it. It’s brutal and beautiful – often at the same time.”

The British Open will offer a $17 million purse this season at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, which matches the record-setting purse that was offered last year. While that’s the highest in the event’s history, it’s the lowest among the four major championships.

This is about the Open, a championship in its 153rd year. And it’s about Portrush, a seasonal town of 6,000 or so, one with a Ferris wheel and a long swath of beach, and dogs off leashes, and a gem of a links course that’s carved its place in the Open rota. And it’s about Irish golf.

McIlroy claimed his first Masters title, and the career Grand Slam, in the most dramatic of circumstances and ultimately needed a playoff to get past his Ryder Cup teammate having built what appeared

The Portrush Sons of Ulster are holding an event in the Northern Irish town which is currently hosting The Open. Some 77 marching bands and 2,000 people are expected to attend the parade from 8.30pm to 11pm around Portrush town centre on Saturday night.