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.

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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.

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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.

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: Are we about to see a genuine rivalry break out in golf? Goodness knows, there have been enough false dawns.

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.

The feat placed him above celebrity competitors Michael Pena, Dennis Quaid, Anthony Mackie, professional golfer Rory McIlroy and One Direction star Niall.

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.

Rory McIlroy believes America isn't taking the coronavirus seriously enough, amid rumours that contingency plans are being drawn up for the Masters to be played behind closed doors.

The PGA Tour have confirmed that $7.5million - half of the Players Championship prize money - will be equally distributed among every player in the field.

Heidi Klum's Halloween costume was inspired by her husband's belief in aliens. The 46-year-old model decided to dress as a gory part-robot and part-alien, which featured a set of intestines and muscles.

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.

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.

Emily Ratajkowski flaunted her lean curves in a pink crop top and underwear as she and husband Sebastian Bear-McClard dressed up as Carmela and Tony Soprano for Halloween.

She blew threw a cavalcade of Halloween costumes this week. And on Friday Kylie Jenner treated her 150 million Instagram followers to a glimpse at yet another one of her glamorous getups.

His appearance is his first public outing in 17 months, with his first Halloween trip being to Drake's bash earlier in the evening,

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

The singer, 45, showed off his toned physique in the snap, which was shared by his wife Ayda Field, and bizarrely held a packet of crisps upside down.

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.

The festivities were held last Monday for the families of executive-branch employees and took place in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House.

The KUWTK star, 40, kept the good times rolling as she enjoyed a girls' night out with her pals Larsa Pippen and Stephanie Shepherd at celebrity hotspot Craig's in LA on Saturday.

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

A student from Milpitas High School in California said former American History educator, David Carter, was imitating the musician Common in his artificial intelligence ad for Microsoft last Thursday.

Charles Jones, 35, has been charged with child neglect for leaving his daughter at the neighborhood haunted house in Merritt Island, Florida on Halloween night.

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.

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.

Two Siberian Huskies, Sky and Kakoa, from Arizona, were in for quite a shock as their owner dressed as a wolf to play a prank on them. Video of the hilarious encounter went viral on social media.

Christopher Williams, 27, from Liverpool, and 21-year-old girlfriend Rebecca Kevan were walking back to their Paris hotel in the early hours of November 1 when they were attacked by four French men.

The 47-year-old actor was seen heading to the New Orleans set of his new film Deep Water which also stars Ana de Armas and Rachel Blanchard, on Tuesday.

Starbucks, Costa, Pret, Starbucks and Greggs have unveiled Christmas menus, but while prices appear more expensive, it's cheaper than buying a regular coffee and adding flavours and creams.

The company has vowed to vet the accuracy of rental photos and addresses after being criticized for allowing rogue parties and scam artists.

The latest criticism followed a death threat which the BBC presenter received two weeks ago after he and dance partner Katya Jones, 30, scraped through the Halloween special dance off.

Kate Beckinsale, 46, showed off her sensational sense of style in the two-toned trousers while enjoying the basketball game between Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday.

The actor. 69. definitely will reprise his role as Dr. Peter Venkman Dan revealed on The Greg Hill Radio Show on Friday. And Sigourney Weaver, 70, and Annie Potts, 67, are also in.

Siberian husky Houdini, 10, appeared to love the attention he was getting from a fake hand he found on the back of a car during a walk in Vancouver, Canada.

Brooklyn Beckham is now said to be romancing actress Nicola Peltz after a smitten photo of the pair emerged at a Halloween party.

Bored Panda has rounded up a selection of amusing images of optical illusions from around the world that have sparked terror, including a rug which on first glance appears to be a tiger.

The Duke of York was pictured enjoying the company of Victoria Secret model alongside Epstein's alleged co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell at an upscale New York nightclub in October 2000.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: It was Halloween at the player-manager's house and Anderlecht's Kemar Roofe discovered it was not enough to simply turn up to the party with his children in fancy dress.

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.

The 33-year-old Ninja Turtles actress is not often photographed out in public, but there she was in Los Angeles on Sunday shopping with her 46-year-old husband of nine years Brian Austin Green.

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

Jack and Harriet Morrison took their last breaths next to one another at a nursing home in Arnold, Missouri. Jack, 86, died first and Harriet, 83, died several hours later.

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.'

Freddie Prinze Jr. was spotted wearing a medieval style mask to protect himself from the spread of COVID-19 on Monday while out running errands in Los Angeles.

Relive the action as defending champions South Africa were dumped out of the World Cup by Australia at the Wellington Regional Stadium.

Relive the action as New Zealand overcame Australia by 20 points to six to secure their place in the Rugby World Cup final. Ma'a Nonu scored the only try of the game.