Japan’s Shiho Kuwaki claimed the AIG Women’s Open at the second play-off hole

Pádraig Harrington believes he can retain the ISPS HANDA Senior Open if he can “free up” and banish fear of the heavy rough that makes him “cautious and intimidated”.

Pádraig Harrington has made not losing a golf ball at Gleneagles' King's Course one of his big goals as he bids to become the first player since Christy O'Connor Jnr to retain the ISPS HANDA Senior Open title.

Humility is the mark of a true champion, and if we learned anything from The 154th Open Championship, it’s that golf still has a soul.

Edmund Hilary conquered Everest, but Ryan Fox climbed golf’s summit in extraordinary fashion when he birdied the 18th at Royal Birkdale to claim the154th Open Championship.

Shane Lowry is one of a host of players looking to card “the round of their lives” and chase down Sam Burns for The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.

Bryson DeChambeau’s presence in the third round of The Open is far from certain after the American reacted angrily to being slapped with a two-shot penalty for inadvertently improving the area of his intended swing on the fifth hole.

Stuart Grehan rebounded from a crushing 77 with a 69 and admitted he needs to become a better putter ahead of the Masters and the US Open next year.

Rory McIlroy endured a rollercoaster day on the greens, but he produced a piece of magic at the 18th to scramble a 72 that leaves his Open Championship hopes intact — just — at testing Royal Birkdale.

The R&A admits “we're getting pretty close” to bringing The Open to Portmarnock and Pádraig Harrington is just hoping it happens before he’s done.

An announcement on Portmarnock staging the AIG Women’s Open and eventually, The Open, remains a moveable feast as the R&A wrestles with considerable transportation challenges in the vicinity of the north Dublin links.

Rory McIlroy sounded like a man who’d had coaching from Scottie Scheffler when he insisted he’s not chasing golfing mortality but the buzz of the chase.

Scottie Scheffler trumped last year’s existential “what’s the point” press conference at Royal Portrush with a self-deprecating jab at himself.

Irish golf has a special relationship with Royal Birkdale and seven hopefuls looking to make their mark in the history books this week.

Rory McIlroy looked like a man on a mission ahead of The Open after he raced into a share of the halfway lead at the Genesis Scottish Open.