Scottish Open champion Chris Gotterup, in his first appearance in the British Open, had a 68 and joined the group at 8-under 205 that included McIlroy, Harris English (68) and Tyrrell Hatton (68).

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Shane Lowry’s Portrush British Open defense won’t officially be dead until Sunday’s final round ...

Li Haotong is in contention to become the first man from China, a country of 1.4 billion people, to win a major golf champions ...

Li Haotong is in contention to become the first man from China, a country of 1.4 billion people, to win a major golf championship.

The Grand Slam winner trails Scottie Scheffler by six, but it almost doesn’t matter, writes Michael Rosenberg.

Golf’s oldest championship is back at one of the newer links courses. New is relative in this case, because Royal Portrush ...