Royal Portrush, the Open Championship
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Royal Portrush is playing host to the final major of the year, the 2025 Open Championship in Northern Ireland. Here are the best prop bets to make.
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The jug goes to the winner of the Open Championship, who is otherwise known as the champion golfer of the year. The face belongs to Shane Lowry, who won the Open in 2019, the last time it was played in Portrush, a seaside town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Golf365 on MSNEverything you need to know about Royal PortrushIt is a strong test for elite golfers, and a very difficult one for amateurs and the average golfer. It was found as the County Club in 1888 and became the Royal County Club in 1892. In 1895 it became Royal Portrush.
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Independent.ie on MSNRory McIlroy and Shane Lowry ready to lead home charge for Open gloryPast performance is no guarantee of future results and Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry are prepared to turn the clock back to zero as they chase home glory in The Open at Royal Portrush.McIlroy infamously quadruple-bogeyed the first and triple-bogeyed the 18th en route to a title-wrecking opening 79 when Portrush last hosted the event in 2019.
Scottie Scheffler is the favorite to win The Open. Jon Rahm is right behind him. Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Shane Lowry... Yes, we know, we know.
BBC Sport NI's Stephen Watson speaks to 2019 Open champion Shane Lowry ahead of the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush.
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The42 on MSNShane Lowry learning to embrace the struggle that paved the way to his first Open triumphShane Lowry’s travails before his first win at Portrush have been forgotten – he hopes the turbulence of 2025 will be similarly lost to history.