The Open enforced stricter drop zones to end old tactics, challenging players with tougher relief options at Royal Portrush.

At the time, they could not have known, but they were about to create what would become the only golf course outside Great Britain to host The Open Championship not once, but three times. As we approach the 153rd Open Championship,

Scottie Scheffler made the most of the second round and enters Day 3 of the 153rd Open Championship in the lead. The World No. 1 and tournament favorite shot a 7-under par 64 in the second round at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland as he zoomed to the top of the leaderboard.

Adding to the many cool sights at Royal Portrush’s historic links this week was the British Open leaderboard showing Danish twins Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard in the top 10.

Scottie Scheffler is living up to his status as the top favorite to win the Open Championship by taking the lead after the second round.

The top two golfers in the world are firmly in contention at The Open with Scheffler out in front entering another major championship weekend

Golf's oldest championship returns to Royal Portrush. It's the third time the British Open has gone to the Northern Ireland links. Shane Lowry won in 2019.

When the Royal Portrush Golf Club was founded, it was called simply “the Country Club.” Starting in 1892, the club was renamed “the Royal Country Club,” and in 1895, it became the “Royal Portrush Country Club.” The changing names have to do with the British royal family, and the history of royal golf clubs.

Royal Portrush is not only open to visitors, but its yearly membership dues are what the average American golfer spends on public tee times.

Golf nourishes itself with low-hanging narratives, those saccharine, feel-good tales about lives redeemed or neighborhoods rejuvenated thanks to the royal and ancient game.