History seems to hang from every lamppost along the Causeway Coast. Drive through the villages and town lands dotted around Portrush this week and there’s scarcely a pole devoid of a Union Jack or an Ulster Banner.

Kevin Markham reflects on the Open at Royal Birkdale.

If nothing else, the 146th Open Championship will go down as the major of the meaningful caddie intervention.

Graeme McDowell can’t wait for another thrilling major championship rollercoaster ride and he’s already setting his sights on the Claret Jug following his gutsy runner-up finish in the US Open at The Olympic Club.