Live video coverage of the news conferences in the build-up to the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush golf course.

A young golf star who hit the headlines for his antics on the course at the Masters after a 'disrespectful act' earlier this year has now been 'banned' from playing at the Open.

Players and spectators will want to keep an umbrella or poncho handy as golf's final major gets underway later this week in ...

Two-time winner Ernie Els has been forced to withdraw from The Open at Royal Portrush as the South African gives way to South ...