The Open Championship

Team Europe captain relishing next year’s contest as she continues to recover from husband’s death, while Lottie Woad leads British charge despite triple bogey at Royal Porthcawl

World No1 may avoid the kind of slump that stalled Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy, but while he is as dominant as Tiger Woods, he is a different type of superstar

World No1 Scheffler cards three-under 68 in final round at Royal Portrush to finish 17 under par and claim Claret Jug for first time

Two-shot penalty and stomach bug drive 2019 Portrush champion to distraction, leaving him unable to enjoy home major and well adrift of contenders

American’s bogey-free round of 67 puts him four shots clear of Haotong Li while Rory McIlroy’s round of 66 keeps him in contention

As the sun came out and the eagles flowed, Ulsterman was entertaining a rapt audience with his own special kind of magic but the American world No1 remains out in front

Scottie Scheffler holes eight birdies to take clubhouse lead with Matt Fitzpatrick one shot back and Tyrrell Hatton, Bob MacIntyre and Rory McIlroy all in pursuit

Matt Fitzpatrick finishes in five-way tie for lead with Scottie Scheffler lurking behind as Rory McIlroy finishes one under despite three bogeys in back nine

Yorkshireman had to borrow his dad’s credit card and applied to work at Tesco in the pandemic but stunned fans at last year’s Open and is now looking to go one better after breakthrough title on DP World Tour

Donald Trump’s course held 100,000 spectators when it last hosted event in 2009, half the number expected at Portrush, where Saturday tee times have been adjusted because of a loyalist parade