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PORTRUSH (Northern Ireland): Home favourite Rory McIlroy suffered a nightmare start, including an opening-hole quadruple bogey, while Ireland’s Shane Lowry took the clubhouse lead as the British Open returned to Royal Portrush for the first time since 1951 on Thursday. Organisers the R&A are anticipating the second-biggest ever Open attendance, with 237,750 people expected to come through the gates this …

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