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Rory McIlroy makes Royal Portrush plea as he leaves with everything 'bar the Claret Jug'
Rory McIlroy says he hopes he has "one or two Opens left" at Royal Portrush as he refected on an "awesome week" which saw him leave with everything apart from a Claret Jug. Rory fever hit the Dunluce Links as thousands cheered on their golfing hero willing him to add to his major tally on home soil. In the end it just wasn't to be for McIlroy as he came up short to the greatness of Scottie Scheffler, who stormed to victory in the Open for the very first time. READ MORE: Rory McIlroy forces Sky Sports commentator to apologise after behaviour at The Open READ MORE: Rory McIlroy's behaviour behind the scenes brought up as Open star speaks out For the world no.2 though it was a special week, full of emotion for all the right reasons, and he is hoping it won't be the last on these shores. "I tried as best as I could to keep my emotions in check, especially walking up the last there and that reception," said McIlroy after finishing on -10. "Yeah, look, it's been an awesome week. I've gotten everything I wanted out of this week apart from a Claret Jug, and that's just because one person was just a little bit better than the rest of us. "It's been an amazing week, just the -- I feel so thankful and just so lucky that I get to do this, I get to do this in front of this crowd. "Hopefully I'll have one or two Opens left here, if the R&A decide to keep coming back, probably one while I'm still competitive and another one while I'm more grey than I already am. "It's just been incredible to come back here and to play and at least feel like I had a chance today going out there. Just an awesome week." McIlroy says he is not alone in loving Royal Portrush and he praised everyone involved for making it happen. "Honestly, I think Portrush has quickly turned into one of the best two or three venues that The Open goes to," he said. "Talk to every player this week, and they won't say one single bad thing about the golf course. "Then I just think the way it sets up, from a logistical standpoint, I think the R&A have worked so well with the local government to make sure everything runs smoothly. "Yeah, I hope so. It's only been six years since 2019. I'm not sure Portrush is going to have The Open every six years, that would be nice, but I would obviously love it to keep coming back."
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Open 2025 prize money as Rory McIlroy payday dwarfed by Scottie Scheffler purse
Scottie Scheffler got his hands on the Claret Jug for the first time as he put in a relentless display to win the 153rd Open. Spectators at Royal Portrush were treated to a real spectacle of golf over the last four days with Scheffler showing his class over the weekend. He only dropped one shot over the last two rounds to secure victory by four shots in the end over fellow American Harris English. READ MORE: Open fans hail 'amazing' time in Northern Ireland READ MORE: How NI drivers could face huge fines this summer over these little-known road rules It marked a fourth major win for the world no.1 and he walked away with the lion's share of the $17 million prize money up for grabs. Scheffler's performance over the week on the Dunluce Links earned him a cheque for $3,100,000. Harris, who finished on -13, picked up a cheque for $1,759,000, while Chris Gotterup, who won the Scottish Open last weekend, earned $1,128,000 for finishing third. Rory McIlroy finished tied for seventh on -10 alongside Robert MacIntyre and Xander Schauffele with the trio all taking away $451,833. Fellow Irish golfer and former winner around Royal Portrush back in 2019, Shane Lowry finished in a five-way tie for 40th with Jordan Spieth, Jason Kokrak, Takumi Kanaya and Nathan Kimsey, earning $68,340 in the process. 153rd Open Prize Money 1st: $3,100,000 -- Scottie Scheffler 2nd: $1,759,000 -- Harris English 3rd: $1,128,000 -- Chris Gotterup 4th: $876,000 -- Matt Fitzpatrick, Haotong Li, Wyndham Clark ($730,667) Tied 7th: $451,833 -- Rory McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre, Xander Schauffele Tied 10th: $304,650 -- Russell Henley, Brian Harman, Corey Conners, Bryson DeChambeau Tied 14th: $240,000 -- Rickie Fowler, Nicolai Højgaard Tied 16th: $185,257 -- Jesper Svensson, Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Fleetwood, John Parry, Justin Rose, Rasmus Højgaard, Tyrrell Hatton Tied 23rd: $138,040 -- Maverick McNealy, J.J. Spaun, Lucas Glover, Dustin Johnson, Ludvig Åberg Tied 28th: $119,950 -- Harry Hall, Oliver Lindell Tied 30th: $104,850 -- Daniel Berger, Akshay Bhatia, Keegan Bradley, Kristoffer Reitan Tied 34th: $86,517 -- Sergio Garcia, Aaron Rai, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Lee Westwood Tied 40th: $68,340 -- Shane Lowry, Jordan Spieth, Jason Kokrak, Takumi Kanaya, Nathan Kimsey Tied 45th: $51,186 -- Matthew Jordan, Thomas Detry, Henrick Stenson, Jordan Smith, Sam Burns, Thriston Lawrence, Matt Wallace Tied 52nd: $44,350 -- Adrien Saddier, Sepp Straka, Marc Leishman, Sungjae Im Tied 56th: $42,333 -- Phil Mickelson, Jhonattan Vegas, Tony Finau Tied 59th: $41,550 -- Antoine Rozner, Justin Leonard Tied 61st: $41,100 -- Dean Burmester, Romain Langasque Tied 63rd: $40,280 -- Riki Kawamoto, Andrew Novak, Viktor Hovland, Ryggs Johnston, Francesco Molindari 68th: $39,400 -- Jacob Skov Olesen 69th: $39,100 -- Matti Schmid 70th: $38,900 -- Sebastian Soderberg
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Tourism chiefs in NI confident of another swift return of the Open
Tourist chiefs in Northern Ireland are confident of a swift return of golf's Open Championship to the region after hailing last week's event an 'outstanding success'. Almost 280,000 spectators attended Royal Portrush Golf Club across a week that culminated with world No 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler lifting the prized Claret Jug in front of thousands of cheering fans around the sun-drenched 18th green on Sunday evening. The 153rd Open at Portrush was the second-best attended event in the championship's long history. When the Open came to Northern Ireland in 2019 after an almost 70-year absence, tournament organisers, the R&A, committed to staging it at Royal Portrush at least two more times. There was surprise at how soon the sporting showpiece then returned, especially as the event skipped a year because of the pandemic in 2020. Tourism NI is now hopeful that there will be a similar timeline for the next staging of the major championship on the region's scenic north coast. The tourism promotion body's director of events Aine Kearney said the R&A's feedback on last week's event had been overwhelmingly positive. 'We've had really positive engagement with senior people in the R&A and they just told us how well it's gone,' she said. 'And we hope that puts us in a really good place in terms of them coming back as quickly as they did after 2019.' She added: 'It's been an outstanding success. And I think that's something that's been echoed by the R&A, we've heard the same from the golfers, we've heard the same from all the visitors that have come to experience not only the golf but also the destination. 'The feedback has been absolutely fabulous in terms of how successful it's been, and how much we've been able to shine a light on Northern Ireland as a fabulous destination.' After the 2019 Open in Portrush, revenue generated by golf tourism in Northern Ireland has jumped by 66% to £86 million per annum. Ms Kearney said there was hope the trade would see a similar 'bounce' on the back of this year's event. 'What we do know is that there were a lot of people playing golf while they were here (for the Open),' she said. 'The reports we have from all of our golf clubs is that their tee time sales this week were absolutely unbelievable and that puts them in a really good position, not only from the income they got from that to be able to continue to invest in their product, but also the advocacy that will come from the people that played.' She added: 'Hopefully, from that advocacy and the 100 million viewers across 190 countries that saw not only the world's best golfers playing, but also the magic of the landscape and the destination … we hopefully will look to see a similar increase to what we saw on the back of 2019, that was a 66% increase to £86 million. 'If we get that similar bounce again, we'll be very, very happy.' Ms Kearney said her overriding emotion following the tournament was 'pride'. 'It's absolute pride in terms of how we turned up as a destination, how we showed the world just what an amazing place this is to live, to visit and invest,' she said.
