Follow live text updates and radio commentary of the 153rd Open Championship from Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.

Padraig Harrington struck the first tee shot as the 153rd British Open started in cloudy conditions at Royal Portrush on ...

Two-time champion Padraig Harrington says he will be "very nervous" hitting the opening tee shot at the 153rd Open ...

P ÁDRAIG HARRINGTON ADMITTED to being surprised by the wave of emotion that rose within him as he hit the first tee shot of ...

The two-time championship winner was blown away by the occasion as he hit the first shot of the 153rd Open, although the rest ...

Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington has suggested that The Open could be played in countries outside of the UK, but ...

The Irishman is a two-time winner of The Open - and believes it is bigger and better than ever after matching the U.S. majors ...

What he wasn’t ready for was the well of emotion as he approached that first tee, not least because he had spotted an empty ...

Pádraig Harrington had a tear in his eye as he was greeted by rapturous applause and rated the experience of hitting the opening tee shot at Royal Portrush as one of the highlights of his 28-year ...

Such a sustained gloriously golden period was barely imaginable when Harrington was bogeying Muirfield's last hole to miss ...

Two-time major winner Padraig Harrington will have the honour of striking the first tee shot when the 153rd Open Championship ...

Padraig Harrington called for The Open to be hosted in different countries earlier this year, but his comments have not gone ...