Local hope Rory McIlroy, who finished tied for seventh, did his best to try to run world No.1 Scottie Scheffler down after posting a final two-under round of 69, but the American was far too good for ...

The roar from the packed grandstands around Royal Portrush's 12th green was deafening. Rory McIlroy had just rolled in a long eagle putt, and 30,000 Northern Ireland faithful erupted as one. It was, ...