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Irish Examiner
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Shane Lowry hangs tough to set up another Open challenge at Royal Portrush
You can't win an Open on a Thursday but you sure can lose one. Shane Lowry knows as much so the man who took home the Claret Jug from this Causeway Coast links in 2019 was happy with his day's work on Thursday. A one-under par 70, carded through the worst of the conditions, amounted to a serious effort from the Offaly man. It left him just inside the top 20 and three behind the leaders coming off the 18th hole after a round that threw up three birdies and two bogeys. 'Yeah, it was hard. I watched a bit of golf early this morning and I could see how even firm the golf course had gotten in the last day. Yeah, I've played a lot of golf around the country the last few weeks and the weather's been perfect, then you go today. 'I think I adapted pretty well. I think I played very well today. I was really happy with my day. Probably one or two shots, but any time you shoot one-under par around Portrush in those conditions, I think is decent.' Lowry was happy with his game. This was a round of golf that he had run through his head for weeks. He knew it wouldn't be easy and he knew that first tee shot – with out-of-bounds on both sides and so many eyes on him as a returning champion – wouldn't be easy. 'I would put that up there with first tee at the Ryder Cup. I was fighting with that all morning this morning. It's going to be all right for the rest of the week. I just wanted to get my tournament under way. 'I obviously want so much to do well in this tournament. I want so much to give myself a chance on Sunday. You can't do that without hitting a good first tee shot. I knew I needed to do that. We all know the dangers that first hole can throw at you, so I was happy to get under way.' If the opener brought pressure then so did the close. The cheer for Lowry as he walked down 18 in a competitive round for the first time since winning the Open six years ago was huge, but it added to the pressure as stood over a tricky par putt. 'Yeah, I wasn't expecting 18 to be full with Rory out on the course. The grandstand was full. Nice reception walking down 18. It was pretty cool. Actually, like you said, there's an extra little bit of pressure on that five-footer. 'It would have been disappointing to miss that. Yeah, look, like I said, the crowd have been amazing all week. I won the last time here, and I'm trying to use it to my advantage.' Leading the way in the clubhouse as late afternoon crept up was Denmark's Jacob Skov Olesen, Haotong Li of China and Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick on four-under par after their respective rounds of 67. All told, there were only 33 of 153 players – with three still to tee off – under par approaching 4.30pm on the back of a day that started blustery, called and then delivered a good spell of rain to really challenge the world's best. Ominously, world number one Scottie Scheffler ended just one off the pace after a three-under 68 that ended with real momentum after a birdie at the dangerous par-3 17th hole named 'Calamity' and another at the following par-four 17th. Rory McIlroy teed off surrounded by an enormous crowd at 3.10pm, found the rough on the left – but stayed in-bounds – and missed a short putt for par before claiming that shot back immediately a hole later. He is level par through four.
Scottish Sun
16-07-2025
- Climate
- Scottish Sun
The secret underground tunnel where Open golfers hide from thunderstorms but only certain stars can use it at Portrush
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) SUPERSTAR golfers have a secret way of escaping thunderstorms when they strike at Open venue Royal Portrush - a secret underground tunnel that burrows through the sand dunes. Storms have hit the course this week already, causing practice rounds to be suspended. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 5 Keegan Bradley and Patrick Cantlay take cover in the tunnel Credit: Getty 5 Golfers, their caddies and officials shelter away from the storms Credit: Getty 5 Akshay Bhatia of United States walks through the tunnel during a practice round Credit: Getty And more wet weather is predicted with heavy run and thunder forecast for the County Antrim coastline later this week. However The Open stars like Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler have a secret escape route from the storms by sheltering in safety in a 65-yard underground tunnel. The man-made subway passes from the 10th green to the 11th tee, and was built so players can escape the log-jam of golf fans at The Open. It goes underneath between 9th tee and 6th green and runs for 65 yards. Read more on The Open ROYAL RUMBLE Hole-by-hole guide to Royal Portrush including brutal par 3 named Calamity But this week it has served a second purpose — as a different type of bunker to the other 59 on the famous old course. When thunderstorms hit the course during Monday's practice round, American golf stars Keegan Bradley and Patrick Cantlay took shelter in the tunnel as play was suspended due to the threat of lightning. And more storms are forecast for Thursday's open round. However only those players who are on that corner of the seaside course will be able to shelter if thunderstorms hit. BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK If R&A chiefs decide to suspend pay over fears of lightning, the rest of the players on the course will be shuttled back to the clubhouse in golf buggies. The tunnel took a year to build and was dug before the 2019 Open to allow players to speedily move from green to tee despite the thousands of fans. The area at the back of the 10th green is a real bottleneck and golf chiefs feared chaos if players were forced to make their way through the crowds. The 10th green is also close to the 8th and 6th greens, and to the 9th and 11th tees in one of the most congested parts of the course. Open Championship golf club Royal Portrush has 65-yard underground tunnel for players to escape fans 5 The secret man-made tunnel runs from the 10th green to the 11th tee 5 Players simply disappear into the dunes when they go underground in the tunnel So the 65-yard tunnel allows players to quickly move from the 10th green to the 11th tee and bypass the crowds. 156 golfers are competing at Royal Portrush aiming to walk away with the prestigious Claret Jug on Sunday evening. Around 275,000 fans are expected to visit the iconic Dunluce links venue across the eight days of both practice and tournament rounds. Xander Schauffele is the defending champion after his stunning performance at Royal Troon last year.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Little Amélie,' World Premiering at Cannes, Lets Us See the World Through a Young Girl's Eyes (Trailer With English Subtitles)
Dive into the wondrous world of a little Belgian girl in Japan with the official trailer with English subtitles for the animated Cannes Film Festival movie Little Amélie (Amélie et la Métaphysique des Tubes). In their feature directorial debut, directors Maïlys Vallade (The Lighthouse Keeper; layout and storyboard artist on I Lost My Body and Calamity) and Liane-Cho Han (animation director on Calamity and Long Way North) adapt the short novel The Character of Rain by popular Belgian author Amélie Nothomb based on a script that the duo wrote with Aude Py and art director Eddine Noël. More from The Hollywood Reporter YouTube Keynote to Open NATPE Budapest How Crime Series 'Code of Silence,' Starring Rose Ayling-Ellis, Put Inclusion Front and Center David di Donatello Awards: Maura Delpero's War Drama 'Vermiglio' Wins Best Film Until the age of two and a half years old, Amélie, a Belgian girl born in Japan, is in a vegetative state. Then, she falls into childhood. 'Thanks to her friend Nishio-san, life is a succession of adventures and discoveries,' including language and interactions with her family, according to a synopsis. 'But on her third birthday, a single event changes everything. Because for Amélie, this is the age where everything hangs in the balance: happiness as well as tragedy.' The 75-minute feature from Maybe Movies and Ikki Films, produced by Henri Magalon and Claire La Combe for Maybe, and Edwina Liard and Nidia Santiago for Ikki Films, will have its world premiere in Cannes' Special Screenings section before going on to the competition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Rendered in illustrative 2D, its French voice cast features Loïse Charpentier, Victoria Grobois, Laetitia Coryn, Yumi Fujimori, Marc Arnaud, and Emmylou Homs. Little Amelie will get a French cinema release from Haut et Court from June 25, with international sales being handled by Goodfellas. 'I'm 41 now, but I discovered the book when I was 19,' Han shares with THR. 'I come from pop culture – Japanese anime, video games and such stuff, but when I read this book, I could really feel a lot of things, a lot of great images, a lot of great emotions. Despite all the metaphorical, philosophical aspects that I didn't really understand at that time, I could really see the main story was very emotionally touching. And right away, I had this fantasy to adapt it.' He was just learning the craft of animation back then, but has now made this dream come true with a group of creatives with a shared vision. When he worked with Vallade on Rémi Chayé's Long Way North and Mark Osborne's The Little Prince, they clicked and ended up becoming creative partners, 'almost like an artistic family,' he says. The film is full of expressive colors and plays with light. Its visuals 'became much stronger during the phase of production,' recalls Santiago. 'In animation, it is so, so important to tell the stories with images, and this book is all about feeling. It's all about how Amélie feels, and kids have this special way of feeling things.' For Vallade, it was all about allowing audiences to see the world through a child's eyes. 'We really want to give to people the generosity of the look of a child at this age. They are little persons and already have a great mind at this age, and we want to show this with this movie. I think that's the heart of the movie.' Magalon lauds the creative team's vision, conviction and patience. 'These are two first-time filmmakers, and taking on an adaptation of this book was nearly a mission impossible' and took seven years, he tells THR. 'But they completed it and created a wonderful movie.' The first trailer with English subtitles, which THR can exclusively reveal below, features, among other things, nothingness, white chocolate, a burst of colors, and, of course, rain. Watch the trailer below. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now "A Nutless Monkey Could Do Your Job": From Abusive to Angst-Ridden, 16 Memorable Studio Exec Portrayals in Film and TV The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
York dance group meets Carrie Hope Fletcher at Grand Opera House
Members of a York dance troupe met with multi-award-winning West End actress and singer, Carrie Hope Fletcher, recently. The York Dance Works adult team attended a performance of Calamity Jane, in which Fletcher plays the lead role, at York's Grand Opera House on Wednesday (April 30). Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the group had learned a dance routine to musical number The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away). They continued practising the moves virtually during lockdown, and finally performed the routine live in a show in 2022. Catherine Finta, York Dance Works principal, said: "When we heard Calamity was coming to York, we immediately booked a dance group outing to see the fabulous Carrie Hope Fletcher and the amazing cast!" In addition to The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away), the production also features songs such as The Black Hills of Dakota, Just Blew in From the Windy City, and the Oscar-winning Secret Love. The show runs until this Saturday (May 3), with tickets available at
