A Royal Course Prepares to Star at the British Open Again

The town of Portrush in Northern Ireland will host the event for the first time since 2019.

Cars parked on the street alongside a house with a mural of Shane Lowry holding the claret jug.Driving into the town of Portrush, host of this week’s Open Championship, you’re greeted by a mural on the entire wall of a house that features two things: a smiling cherubic face — albeit one with a bright, ginger beard — and the claret jug, one of the oldest trophies in golf.

The jug goes to the winner of the Open Championship, who is otherwise known as the champion golfer of the year. The face belongs to Shane Lowry, who won the Open in 2019, the last time it was played in Portrush, a seaside town in…