US EditionMcIlroy Falls Short in Bid to Crown British Open Homecoming with the Claret Jug
COLERAINE, NORTHERN IRELAND, JUL 19 – McIlroy tied for seventh at the 2025 Open, reflecting on his family history and the emotional significance of competing in his home country without winning the Claret Jug.
- On Sunday at Royal Portrush Golf Club, Rory McIlroy started six strokes back with a 66 third-round, played all four days but finished behind Scottie Scheffler.
- Born in 1989 during the Troubles in Holywood, Rory McIlroy grew up amid sectarian conflict, lost his uncle Joseph McIlroy to loyalist paramilitaries in 1972, and said in 2013 `I feel Northern Irish and obviously being from Northern Ireland you have a connection to Ireland and a connection to the UK`.
- Fans at Dunluce Links erupted Sunday, supporters cheered loudly, and McIlroy said it was `just as emotional` as his Masters victory.
- After the final putt, Scottie Scheffler apologized for spoiling the McIlroy party, and McIlroy admitted `I tried as best as I could to keep my emotions in check`.
- Hopefully I'll have one or two Opens left here, Rory McIlroy said, and he added `Hopefully I'll have one or two Opens left here` and he said he'd love Portrush to host The Open every six years.
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McIlroy falls short in bid to crown British Open homecoming with the claret jug
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Scottie Scheffler was walking down the first fairway at Royal Portrush when a shout came from outside the ropes: “Go Rory!” They were all over the Dunluce Links again Sunday, those passionate supporters of Rory McIlroy cheering on their favorite son in the final act of his homecoming — whether they were watching him or not. The big disappointment for McIlroy was that he couldn’t deliver what they craved. “It’s b…
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