Royal Portrush Golf Club — Dunluce Links Golf Course
Portrush, United Kingdom
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About Royal Portrush Golf Club — Dunluce Links Golf Course
Royal Portrush Golf Club's Dunluce Links is one of the great links courses of the world — a dramatic Harry Colt design that unfolds along the North Antrim coastline of Northern Ireland, with the Atlantic Ocean, the ruins of Dunluce Castle, and the basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway coastline forming a visual backdrop unmatched in British and Irish golf. Harry Colt's 1929 redesign created a course of considerable strategic complexity from terrain that already possessed extraordinary natural drama: elevated tee shots over valleys filled with deep rough, approach shots played across ridges to greens perched above the sea, and a relentless wind off the North Channel that makes club selection a constant challenge. Royal Portrush hosted the Open Championship in 1951 — the only time The Open has been held in Ireland — and returned to the rota in 2019, when Shane Lowry's dominant victory in front of a home crowd produced one of the most emotional finishes in Open history. The 2025 Open Championship also returns to Portrush. The club operates on a semi-private basis, with visitor tee times available on specified dates through advance booking.
Why Play Royal Portrush Golf Club — Dunluce Links
- Harry Colt 1929 design — the only Open Championship venue outside Great Britain (Northern Ireland)
- Shane Lowry's emotional 2019 Open victory in front of an all-Irish crowd — one of golf's greatest moments
- Dunluce Castle ruins and Giant's Causeway coastline visible from multiple holes
- Host of the 2025 Open Championship — confirming Portrush as a permanent part of the modern rota
- Calamity Corner (14th): cliff-edge par-3 with a 200-foot drop to the Atlantic — one of golf's great holes
Royal Portrush Golf Club — Dunluce Links Golf Course Characteristics
Course Type
Links — Semi-private access
Course Architect
Designed by Harry Colt
Year Opened
1929
Region
Europe — United Kingdom
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Portrush, United Kingdom