World number one Scottie Scheffler is the favourite on golf betting sites, with local hero Rory McIlroy next on the market. McIlroy is aiming to follow in the footsteps of his good friend Shane Lowry, who was the champion golfer in 2019 - the last time Portrush hosted the tournament.

We’re somehow already at the final(!) men’s major of the golf calendar, the British Open upon us, which means we’re about to see some dynamite last-ditch efforts to add to major tallies or perhaps another J.

Mike Tirico takes you through the front nine of Royal Portrush, 2025 site of The Open Championship, the final men's major of the golf season.

Nine players as well as officials from the R&A will take part in formal press conferences ahead of the Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

Credit Northern Ireland. Links golf here is not like links golf in Scotland and England. It’s lusher and denser, full of emerald and gold. The dunes are bigger and the grasses longer. The ball bounces as much up and down as forward, and the greens, at least at Portrush, bob and weave in a way that would make most British courses seasick.

Golfers from all over the world played more than 711,000 nine-hole qualifying rounds in hope of making it to Portrush.

Six years after Shane Lowry's famous victory, the best players in the world will return to the County Antrim coast for the final major of the year next week at the Open Championship.

The Co Antrim seaside town hosted its first Open 74 years ago, when you could sneak in for free and send a postcard from the course