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Rory McIlroy needed to press Friday afternoon at The Open. Unfortunately for McIlroy, he’s already pressed the eject button. After an opening-round 78, McIlroy started his second round in gusty conditions at Royal Troon with back-to-back pars. He then bogeyed the par-4 third hole before a disastrous triple bogey at the par-5 fourth that dropped him to 11 over, a whopping six shots back of the projected cut line.

With front-nine triple bogey, Rory McIlroy has ejected from this Open

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A dejected Rory McIlroy effectively ruled out his chances of contending for the 152nd Open Championship after posting a disappointing opening round of 78 at Royal Troon. Shane Lowry surged to the top of the leaderboard at five under par, taking advantage of the calmer late afternoon conditions at Royal Troon. In contrast, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau had a rough start, with McIlroy carding a seven-over-par 78 and Woods shooting a 79.

Rory McIlroy gets 100% real after disheartening start

Already with an outside shot at making the cut, Rory McIlroy ran into plenty of trouble on hole 4 in Round 2 of The Open Championship at Royal Troon, ending with an ugly eight for triple bogey.

McIlroy's Open struggles continue with triple on 4

Royal Troon provided the most difficult opening round at The Open Championship since the 2013 of the tournament, so perhaps it should come as no surprise that a man like Shane Lowry sits near the top of the leaderboard after 18 holes of play. Carding a bogey-free 66, the 2019 champion clipped the course scoring average at Royal Troon by more than eight strokes and positioned himself one shot behind shocking leader Daniel Brown (-6). Both stand in front of notable names like Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka and Scottie Scheffler.

2024 British Open leaderboard breakdown: Shane Lowry posts career low in Round 1 with Justin Thomas in pursuit

One of The Open Championship qualifiers, Daniel Brown, is in contention after two rounds of play. He led The Open after Thursday when he signed for a 6-under 65. However, he fell one spot down the leaderboard Friday when he carded a 1-over 73 to sit two behind the leader, Shane Lowry.

Daniel Brown shocks world at The Open, surprisingly stays in contention

If Sunderland are to mount a sustained push for the Championship’s top six this coming season, the remaining weeks of the summer transfer window need to be used very wisely- both in terms of incomings and outgoings. We’ll also need to be able to rely on the services of...

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The Daily Hilario: Looking to add a contributor to WAGNH; could it be you?

The Japanese Olympic Team announced a bombshell one week before the opening ceremony of the Paris games. Shoko Miyata, captain of the women’s gymnastics team and the No. 1 gymnast in the country is being sent home for smoking ... cigarettes. Miyata accepted the punishment. Her coach, Mutsumi Hirada...

Japan’s Olympic gymnastics captain sent home from Paris for smoking cigarettes

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Virginia fans of The Bold and the Beautiful, if you were watching earlier this week when Tom Star (Clint Howard died), you know that Li Finnegan (Naomi Matsuda) did not honor her Hippocratic Oath as a physician to "do no harm".

The Bold and the Beautiful shocker: Dr. Li Finnegan broke her Hippocratic Oath by watching Tom die

The return of College Football to video gaming has created a villain origin story we never expected. With seemingly everyone playing since release it’s quickly emerged that the FCS Midwest Coyotes is everyone’s white whale, a challenge of unreasonable proportions, and it’s created a hatred that runs deep.

College Football 25 has transformed ‘FCS Midwest’ into America’s most-hated team

LeBron James is a special kind of talent. Whenever he decides to retire, there’s no doubt he’ll be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, leaving his imprint on the game. With his skill set, it’s tough for opponents to match up with him one-on-one, but that hasn’t stopped many of his rivals throughout his career from reverting to bothersome tactics. The King attracts pests and on the court that’s brought a ton of beef.

Everybody has beef with LeBron

Now Euro 2024 has finished, our collective attention returns to Reading FC and the T-word. Not transfers, but takeover. Whenever it happens, I think we’ll see celebrations at Blue Collar Corner akin to England’s wins at the Euros!. Yet, some Royals fans aren’t happy with the idea of...

If Not Rob Couhig, Then Who Do You Want To Own Reading?

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Every year, we get a breakout offensive or defensive coordinator that shoots to the top of every moribund franchise’s want list as a head coaching candidate. In 2022, then-Ravens’ defensive coordinator Mike MacDonald flipped a Ravens’ defense around that led to him getting a head coaching job after the 2023 season. Houston Texans OC Bobby Slowik graduated from the school of Kyle Shanahan and turned a baseless offense with a rookie QB into one of the most fun offenses we saw in the NFL last year.

6 NFL assistant coaches who will be household names after this season

The world of LED lighting is a wonderful place. If you’ve been locked into a world of bright white, warm yellow, or the gamut of dimmer switch brightnesses for most of your life, honestly it can be overwhelming when suddenly you have access to almost any color you can imagine.

Sam Pittman is so proud he can make his slobbering hog turn purple if he wants

You mentioned Pembele has defensive weaknesses; could not a run in the team (be it the under-21s) strengthen this frailty? With Alan Browne in the team as a box-to-box midfielder, would it be possible to play with Mundle and Myenda as potential forwards?. If these young lads get good service...

Fan Letters: Is it worth stressing about online rumours of Sunderland player sales?

Chelsea have issued a statement this morning regarding the video live-streamed by our very own Enzo Fernández, which showed him and many of his Argentina national team teammates engaged in a bit of racist chanting against France, after beating not-France in the Copa América final on Sunday. Weirdly,...

‘Opportunity to educate’: Chelsea confirm disciplinary probe into Enzo Fernández video

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Our area might be the best place in the country to retreat to an island, judging from a survey released this week. Readers of Travel + Leisure magazine rated the Golden Isles in Georgia — consisting of Jekyll Island, Little St. Simons Island, Sea Island and St. Simons Island — as the best island in the continental U.S.

Two local islands rated the best in continental US

Annapolis, MD

It just felt so good to be back. After completing my workload for the Tuesday morning it was time to do something over a decade in the making: Fire up College Football 25 for the first time. As I outlined here earlier in the week the plan was clear, as it has been so many times before, which is to start a new dynasty with Navy.

The best feature of ‘College Football 25’ is an unexpected one

If you woke up to your Microsoft devices doing the blue screen of death cycle and thought that was the worst part of your day, Everton have once again delivered even more crushing news. A statement released by the club indicates that The Friedkin Group, who had been negotiating to...

Disaster: Friedkin declines Everton purchase

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Justin Rose caps off superb Open round with long-range birdie bomb on 18

Jack Milko Jack Milko has been playing golf since he was five years old. He has yet to record a hole-in-one, but he did secure an...

Justin Rose caps off superb Open round with long-range birdie bomb on 18

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