Erskine, the club’s then-secretary of 35 years—who many credit with bringing the Open to Portrush—was waiting for a defining ...

McIlroy, who hails from just over 60 miles away in Holywood, County Down, endured a torrid time when The Open was last held ...

Jordan Black, 35, received a favourable reaction from Spain’s Jon Rahm when they spoke about his golfing body art challenge at an Open practice day.