IAN LADYMAN AT ROYAL PORTRUSH: Few will find their return to this wonderful stretch of links more poignant than Bezuidenhout. It was here that the 25-year-old was banned for two years.

BETTING GUIDE: The 2019 Open Championship. Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka are heavily fancied. But who else is worth a punt? CHRIS CUTMORE makes his picks here.

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.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER AT ROYAL PORTRUSH: To be on the coastline of County Antrim this week is to see a country beaming its most toothsome smile.

Golf's biggest names, including Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and Brooks Koepka, have now finalised their preparations for what should be a fascinating four days at The Open.

DEREK LAWRENSON AT ROYAL PORTRUSH: What a weird and wonderful first round at the 148th Open. One where the Masters champion barely broke 80.

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.

DEREK LAWRENSON AT PORTRUSH: Shane Lowry became The Open champion on Sunday, Sportsmail's golf correspondent gives his highs and lows of the tournament.

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

It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's Riath Al-Samarrai reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold this week.

The end of the year is a time for reflection, looking back at the great and the good of the sporting world and those moments that have shown the best of 2019. We don't care about that, though, do we?

The billionaire heiress, 35, showed off her toned physique in the snap, highlighting her ample assets in a plunging floral print swimsuit.

The 34-year-old reality star and her producer husband, 42, really got into the spirit of Halloween when they were spotted in their fun outfits on Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles.

The 23-year-old reality star flaunted her impressively long legs in a golden feathered mini dress before enlisting the help of a pair of horses to give her the ultimate photo shoot backdrop.

San Diego police said that a man, dressed in a white robe and red sash as shown, walked up to a police officer who was trying to arrest someone else and then punched the cop in the face.

Cardi B put her curvaceous figure on full display in a behind-the-scenes video shot by her husband Offset. The rapper was glimpsed from behind in an edit-free shot of her Poison Ivy costume.

Jenner certainly had a busy Halloween season, as she stepped out in several epic costumes. But it was her recent viral 'rise and shine' video that inspired several Kylie costumes.

The actress, 54, confirmed on Thursday that her co-stars Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy are set to return for the follow-up project.

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.

Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson packed on the PDA and the comedy when they spent the day with the pop superstar's family in Los Angeles on Friday.

Tammy Hebrow has set tongues wagging after liking and commenting on rapper Tyga's Halloween post, after it was reported that he had recorded a sexually-explicit remix about her. 

Demi Rose delighted her 10.5million followers with her latest social media snap on Sunday, posting a very revealing selfie.

White witches from around the world are taking to Instagram to reveal the truth behind their mystical lifestyle, where they share everything from their outfits to spells on trendy social media accounts.

Michael T. Gaffney (pictured), 21, of New Jersey, was charged with reckless manslaughter following an autopsy which determined the death of Garcia, as 'compression injuries to her neck'.

Chicago PD's mass transit officer Karina Salgado, 30, was arrested early Friday on counts of resisting police, battery and criminal trespassing, after being turned away from a nightclub.

The America's Got Talent judge was sure to command attention as she posed for the snap, which highlighted her pert posterior in her underwear from her own lingerie brand.

Rob Kardashian may be returning to the spotlight. 'Lately, he has been trying to work out more and be healthier. Right away, it makes him feel better about himself. He wants to be out and about.'

The British bargain shop is normally the go to for cheap Halloween costumes and toiletries but now they're proving that their homeware range lives up to more expensive brands.

She's known for boasting over-the-top disguises at her annual Halloween party. And Heidi Klum channeled a 1920s flapper with her look on Sunday as she appeared at the 2019 TrevorLive

The pictures show some of the spots in Salem, Massachusetts, where the Disney movie was filmed, matched with scene stills from the flick, which tells the story of three witches resurrected on Halloween.

Donald Trump and Melania posed with Jeffrey Epstein's 'madam' Ghislaine Maxwell in October 2000 in NYC. A source told DailyMail.com, Trump chatted with her for about 20 minutes.

A previously suspended student at Oklahoma City University School of Law was expelled in November for coming onto the campus on Halloween to post pro-white supremacist signs.

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.

She shared a coronavirus meme of Halloween killer Michael Myers shopping in a grocery store, captioned: 'This mask won't protect you from COVID19, but it'll sure help with social distancing.'

Vin Diesel hasn't been posting much on Instagram, but he returned Sunday night with a bizarre poster for his upcoming Fast & Furious movie F9 while hinting at a 'war' with the PGA.

Martin Johnson believes England can use the controversy surrounding Mike Tindall and his team-mates' night out in Queenstown to ignite their World Cup campaign.

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.

SARAH VINE: Elderly people who live on their own have nowhere to go for human contact. And it seems, for some, isolation is far more gruesome than the prospect of catching the virus itself.

The Rugby Football League made a loss of £327,000 in 2018, which it says was largely due to the low crowd for the Challenge Cup final.

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.

Clubs on Wednesday voted to give themselves ‘greater authority’ to stop similar contentious moves following outrage at the French side’s move for the former Wallaby. 

Danny Garcia's impressive win over Ivan Redkach was marred by a bizarre incident in which the Ukrainian bit the former world champion deep into the fight in New York on Saturday night.

Pacquiao, largely considered as one of the greatest boxers of all time, said he already quarantined himself and has used an unapproved rapid testing kit from South Korea.

James Franco was subpoenaed by Johnny Depp's legal team after he was caught snuggling with Amber Heard on surveillance video taken inside an elevator at her LA apartment building.

The 41-year-old actor was spotted in character on set in Times Square, New York City, after he was reportedly subpoenaed by the Edward Scissorhands star

Amanda Large, from Downpatrick, met ghost Jack Teague and within two years had sailed into international waters to wed him at sea using a spiritual medium.

Johnny Depp's girlfriend Polina Glen, 24, has ended their relationship after finding the attention 'scary' and his 'ongoing battle with Amber Heard' had grown 'too much'. The pair considered marriage.

As if this international film star didn't have enough legal troubles on his plate already, he's taking on the legacy of a particularly embattled music legend with an unauthorized new project.

She was recently in her hometown Paris. But Lily-Rose Depp has jetted out of town and was glimpsed this Saturday emerging from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.