Royal Portrush feeling the love from stars aiming to conquer it 

Bryson DeChambeau of USA during a practice round at Royal Portrush Golf Club. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Stars. Stars everywhere. Even practice days are awash with the game’s greatest at an Open Championship. You just can’t walk a fairway or pass the putting green without spying a world-class golfer this week.

Some will inevitably dim and disappear before the weekend, but one seems guaranteed to shine, whatever the winner or the weather, because the love for the Dunluce Links course this first few days has been pouring in from all angles and accents.