MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER AT PEBBLE BEACH: Is it possible to win a major golf tournament without actually playing well? Justin Rose appears determined to find out.

Rory McIlroy admits it would 'mean the world' to win an Open Championship on home soil after completing the ASI Scottish Open with an error-strewn final round.

Rory McIlroy is deliberately trying to keep his Open Championship campaign low key as expectations rocket about the possibility of him securing a home win in Northern Ireland.

Sportsmail's IAN LADYMAN was at Royal Portrush on Thursday and has provided six pieces of insight after round one of the 2019 Open Championship.

The 32-year-old won The Open Championship at Royal Portrush on Sunday, becoming the fifth Irish player to lift the Claret Jug after Fred Daly, Padraig Harrington, Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy.

Rory McIlroy grabbed a one-shot lead over Brooks Koepka in the third round at the WGC-St. Jude Invitational in Memphis on Saturday, setting up the prospect of a mouth-watering finale.

Rory McIlroy embarrassed Matt Kuchar in hilarious fashion during a sponsor's event, leaving his rival squirming and world No 1 Brooks Koepka in fits of laughter.

He's less than two months away from celebrating seven years of marriage to Jessica Biel, with whom he raises four-year-old son Silas.

Rory McIlroy picked up five shots in his last five holes to fly up the leaderboard and sit just one shot off the lead heading into the weekend at the Omega European Masters.

Andres Romero opened up a one-shot lead heading into the final round of the Omega European Masters but Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy were well in contention in Switzerland.

The singer indulged in one of his other passions as he played golf on the Old Course at St Andrews at the preview for the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Tuesday.

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: JP Fitzgerald took two years off after being fired as Rory McIlroy's caddie in the summer of 2017.

Speaking ahead of his title defence at last week's CJ Cup in South Korea, world number one Koepka was asked about his rivalry with McIlroy and said: 'I've been out here for what, five years?

BY RIATH-AL-SAMARRAI: Brooks Koepka said in October that theirs wasn't much of a rivalry and he was right. Then. But now? In four tournaments since, McIlroy has gone 3-1-4-3.

About 200 guests attending a Halloween party in Sydney's West on Friday night poured out into the streets - causing riot squad police to be called in.

Gigi and Bella Hadid were spotted in high spirits and makeup free on Friday evening ahead of their flight from LA back home to NYC.

Padma Lakshmi revealed she's struggling to balance work and mom life at the moment in a touching Instagram post where she said she cried twice on Halloween as it's a sacred day for her.

Paris Jackson was back to her boho chic self on Friday. The 21-year-old headed to Nine Zero West salon in Los Angeles for a touch up to her short hairdo.

Day of the Dead celebrations are underway in Mexico City and Sao Paolo today and gore-drenched zombies and slick-looking skeletons have begun to scare their way through the streets.

Bradley Cooper treated his daughter Lea to some gelato on Saturday night following a dinner with friends. He was seen walking in New York City with the two-year-old on his shoulders.

Kacey Musgraves paid homage to her hometown when she transformed into a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader for her Halloween costume over the weekend.

Omar Taylor, from Pittsburgh, was playing music at the crowded 'Airbnb mansion' party in Orinda, California, last Thursday, one someone opened five, killing him and four others.

Tamia Robinson, 19, has been charged with criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct over a wild fracas inside off-campus student housing in Atlanta that caused a massive flood.

Kim Kardashian shared a sweet candid shot of her daughter North West, six, goofing around with her friend Ryan Romulus on Monday.

The photos are from a collaboration with photographer Laurie Stark, taken to benefit Native American activist Leonard Peltier as his lawyers fought to have him released from prison.

Creekside Elementary School principal, Dana Rhinehart, and a teacher were suspended with pay after video of the boy's outfit circulated on social media Friday - prompting with it a swell of backlash.

Aileen Shah, Sarah Phillips and Becky Evans already have their Christmas trees up and say 'it's time' after Guy Fawkes night. They say the 'Christmas spirit can't start soon enough'.

15 years after Friday Night Lights first hit the big screen, Universal Pictures is moving forward with a new adaptation.

Mary Coker of the Broward County Public Schools landed in trouble when social media posts of her barely-there outfit appeared. Complaints claim it was unclear 'if she was really naked'.

Democrats anticipate several more moderate members may break rank and vote against President Trump's impeachment.

Caterina Scorsone of Grey's Anatomy revealed on New Year's Eve Tuesday that she had welcomed her third daughter, named Arwen Giles.

MailOnline Travel's Daniel Sanderson took his brood to Cornwall for a 'woolly jumpers, red wine and toasty-fires autumn getaway', with a stay in a Downton Abbey-style old vicarage.

After nearly three decades since hitting theaters, Disney+ has confirmed their plans to move forward with a sequel to the cult Halloween movie, Hocus Pocus on Wednesday.

The 30-year-old author  promoted her new book, The Gift of Forgiveness: Inspiring Stories from Those Who Have Overcome the Unforgivable, at the event from the brand.

CHRIS FOY: England are showing no sign of gaining ground on rugby’s leading nations after their 12th loss to South Africa in a row. Here are the pressing issues that need to be sorted out quick smart…

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: I cannot wait to see Sam Burgess play for Bath, I’m sure he has everything to succeed in union and all England rugby fans should be grateful to Bath for bringing him into the sport.

England head coach Stuart Lancaster believes the 'fantastic potential' of Henry Slade will drive his challenge for a place in the 2015 rugby World Cup squad.

Ticket sales for the Rugby World Cup are close to hitting the 2million mark with 130 days remaining before England kick off against Fiji.. Sportsmail understands 1.9m out of 2.3m have been sold.

Former England star Jason Robinson believes that Stuart Lancaster should adhere to current selection policy for next week's World Cup training squad announcement.

England have been forced to ditch Manu Tuilagi from their World Cup plans after he pushed two female police officers in the chest as they tried to arrest him for grabbing a taxi driver's throat.

Dylan Hartley’s World Cup dream is over after the hooker was axed from Stuart Lancaster’s England squad and told he cannot be trusted to keep his cool in the high-stakes matches.

Brian McDermott could not hide his delight after Toronto completed their fairytale rise by winning promotion to Super League.

King, a security consultant and club director, whose lifelong love look to pull off a huge upset against St Helens at Old Trafford, agreed to secure his family home against the cash-strapped club.

Chris Hill was shown a red card and Sam Powell was taken off on a stretcher as Wigan won a bruising opener to the Super League campaign on Thursday night.

Wane left Wigan after guiding his hometown team to a third Grand Final at the end of the 2018 season and has spent the last year working as high performance coach for the Scottish Rugby Union.

The disgraced cross-code star has already proved the most contentious signing in the competition's 25-year history after joining the Dragons on a one-year deal.

Israel Folau moved a step closer to making his Super League debut after being named in Catalans Dragons' 21-man squad for Saturday's match against Castleford in Perpignan.

The 41-year-old revealed he is 'not afraid to die' during his efforts to help citizens cope with the ongoing pandemic, but fears that looting will increase in his homeland as the crisis worsens.

The Aquaman star's sleeveless frock was tied at the waist with a large sash. She wore tan sandals and styled her blonde hair in a chignon.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Model and actress Lily-Rose, 20, turned heads this week wearing a pink strapless Chanel dress and matching scarf at the Venice Film Festival.