A mural of Shane Lowry holding aloft the claret jug adorns the side wall of a house just across the road from Royal Portrush.

Royal Portrush is hosting the final major of the year, welcoming the world's top players to Northern Ireland for the 2025 Open Championship. The first round begins on Thursday morning with the new champion golfer of the year being crowned on Sunday afternoon.

Rory McIlroy was there for the most consequential moment of Shane Lowry’s career, kneeling greenside when his best friend secured t

If we have any quarrel with the mural, it's that Lowry stands alone. Portrush proper is home to barely 6,000 souls, yet the R&A expects over a quarter-million pilgrims this week. The mathematics should spell chaos, but when an entire community vibrates at the same frequency—when everyone wants to be here—logistics become footnotes. It just works.

Missing the cut at the past two majors hasn't dimmed Shane Lowry's confidence as the Irishman returns to the scene of his greatest triumph this week.

Lowry feels “rejuvenated” and as prepared as he could be in his bid to become the first player to win consecutive British Opens at the same course since Tiger Woods at St. Andrews in 2000 and ’05.

Shane Lowry knows that if he can just channel a little bit of the ruthlessness and nervousness from his win at The Open in 2019, then he will take some stopping - but he's not won a major nor a tour title,

Open Championship win at Royal Portrush was a rollercoaster of emotion, with the Irishman admitting he was close to tears on the 18th hole.