PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — In sport the greatest of dreams can instantly become the stuff of nightmares. For Rory McIlroy, Thursday's Royal Portrush homecoming for the first round of the British ...

Rory McIlroy already has everything he wanted from golf. His dream was to be the best player in the game, which he fulfilled long ago by reaching No. 1 in the world nine times. The tallest mountain ...

Sunlight streaked through a few low-hanging clouds when Padraig Harrington opened the British Open with a piercing 3-iron into the wind. Darkness began covering Royal Portrush nearly 16 hours later ...

FILE - This combo of file photos shows professional golfers, top row from left, Bryson DeChambeau, Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy, bottom row from left, Morikawa, Jon ...

Tiger Woods tied a personal record in the British Open on Friday, one he could have done without but perhaps should come to expect. Woods matched his highest 36-hole score as a professional, 156, to ...