The Open notebook: Rory McIlroy’s major prep, Jon Rahm’s photobombing, Shane Lowry’s return and more stories from Royal Portrush | Golf News

Sky SPORTS News’ JAMIE WeIR chooses six stories through the preceding open training days, including Rurey Mcilroy Preparatory for the main victory at home, Jon Rahm Grans Frashing in a Portrush Bar and players who already come to the headlines of the Royal Portrush …

Saeed Mcilroy embraces the love of home fans

Many people expected Ruri McLeri’s victory that professors in Augusta is a weight that was raised from his shoulders, including I think the man himself.

It is without the burden of chasing this next pioneer, to chase that profession Grand Slam, he will be able to the free wheel – and with his own words – plays with home money. Instead, we saw something on the contrary.

In the last two major companies, he seemed not excited at times and wondered what his next dream was. Winning Clarit Second University – in his homeland, in front of his beloved fans – will definitely be the dream.

I think Mcilroy is tired of grinding the week to the week in the PGA tour and life in the United States, but his return to this side of the blessing has renewed it. He got a smile on his face and bounced in his step this week.

In 2019, he tried to prevent the enormity of playing in an open tournament just one hour away from the place he belongs, but it seems that he embraces him this year and embraces the love he will feel from the opponent when he was burning at 3.10 pm on Thursday afternoon.

MCKIBBIN is ready to persuade home soil

Although there will be a lot of eye eyebrows on Mcilroy, and it is understood, and a member of the royal Portrush Darren Clark is to be encouraged by fans from him, this may be the third North Irish – and the most exciting of the three – who may imagine his chances of doing a wonderful thing.

Tom Mcipin played a training tour with Mcilroy and Clalarke on Tuesday, and they chose their brains about Dunluce links and what I saw in the few holes with them, was beautifully colliding with the ball.

He was coming after he launched the lowest tour of the week at Valderrama on LIV GOLF, and is full of confidence, and his campaign begins decisively in the first group on Thursday morning when the conditions are in the most benign.

MCKIBIN can go out at the Golf Eurgical stadium and may get a low degree on the card before entering, eat a second breakfast, put his feet and watch the circumstances exacerbate the subsequent beginners. It may be worth a Pont to a place, or certainly as a potential leader in the first round.

Relax Ram to challenge the great victory?

John Ram is my advice, and there are many reasons that make me imagine him to get his hands that Clarit comes on Sunday evening and completed the third station of the quantity of the profession.

Firstly, the fact that it achieved success in this part of the world, just next to the house when it was an Irish -open championship in Portoert. He also won an Irish championship in Lahinch, so he showed that he could master golf links on the island of emerald.

He reached a very decent form, as he finished the runner -up in Valgama in Lev last week. You cannot get many training courses that are more than the polar opposites from Valderrarama and Royal Portrush, but nevertheless it was placed in this practice this week and I think it wanders a little to get there.

A fire was retracted in Ram in the PGA championship just two months ago. Although some of the shots that were dropped in his closing holes and Scotti Chefler won his victory in one of the factors, you can see in his eyes when he spoke to the media after that he liked to return at the heat of the major battle.

Last night, I was enjoying some drinks with colleagues at Harbour Bar. While taking a picture of them, they were suddenly photographed by whom? Well, by 2021 Open Open and 2023 Masters Champion, Rahm, holds his head on the side of the shot and created a wonderful moment.

That image has now become viral on social media. It comes in relaxation and in great condition this week – a kind of important position to go out to the links. I imagine John the Great to go better than he did when he ended the runner -up to Brian Harman in Hilik.

Lowry “Sharp As it” for the return of Portrush

2019 was really great. Who can forget those amazing pictures of Laurie while walking in the 72nd hole, in dirty rain, when it seemed as if the entire island all descended on the coast of the North Atlantic Ocean to ventilate him home.

I spoke to him at the beginning of the week and said that he did not feel as if the defending hero was in any shape, shape or shape. Xander Schauffle is of course the defender hero. Six years is a long time, and it has changed as a person and as a golf player since 2019.

On Monday, he was keen to emphasize that one of the things he had in his favor six years ago was that all the eyes were in Ruri, and he was able to come somewhat under the radar. This year, certainly not under the radar.

He plays some sparkling golf, and although it does not reach the greatest shape, I think this comes out of the window when it comes to an open hero and golf, especially about a training course where it has already been successful.

On training days, it looks sharp as I ever seen. He got a smile on his face, bounced in his step wandering in a little to go on Thursday.

Jordan directed to the top 10 Threepeat?!

Any of the squares that imagine a little value at a time, what about Varver on Matthew Jordan? I must say, that one of my favorite stories in both the last two holes may revolve around it.

In 2023 in Hilik, where he was a member, he hit the opening point shot – and after three days – part of the birds in the 72th hole sank to finish the first ten positions and qualified for the next year in Royal Tron.

After that, last year in Royal Tron, he was the only player on the stadium that had no single tour of equality – his tours of 71, 71 and 71. And 71.

Will it not be a great thing if he will get the top 10 of the 10 best people and reserve his place in Royal Birkdale, only over the coast from where is the next year?!

ACE ACE and other special stories

What is very special and unique about the open is some of the most exotic stories, more exotic and more prominent that they are throwing. Being an open championship, literally supposed to enter anyone and some stories of the qualifiers this week.

Richard Tider from Estonia from the corridor in the first corridor of the first match in the final qualifiers to reach the open, becomes the first man from his country – which includes only seven golf courses in total – to play in a major championship.

Filip Jakubik is an amateur who plays in the open championship this year and I was in the sixth hole just two days ago when he was during a training round he had a hole in one. Unfortunately, there was no one around him unlike the box to give five to.

What about the story of Ryan Beck, New Zealand’s open champion earlier this year? The 32 -year -old from Perth, Australia, was a contemporary of Cameroon Smith, but she fell out of love with the game and instead she fell with the gang of motorcycle passengers.

He was arrested on charges of assault, accused him and convicted him for five years in one of the most difficult prisons in Australia. He was while he was on the feast of the diver and decided that he needed to turn his life. His coach helped him start planning life after prison and here he plays in an open.

A really great story.

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