Royal Portrush Golf Club
Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The 36-hole club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links (the championship course) and the Valley Links. The former is one of the courses on the rota of the Open Championship and last hosted the tournament in 2019.
| Club information | |
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| Coordinates | 55.200°N 6.635°W |
| Location | Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK |
| Established | 1888, 136 years ago |
| Total holes | 36 |
| Events hosted | The Open Championship (1951, 2019) The Amateur Championship (1960, 1993, 2014) Boys Amateur Championship (2018) Irish Open (1930, 1937, 1947, 2012) The Senior Open Championship (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004) Ladies Irish Open (1979, 1980, 1981) Irish PGA Championship (1907, 1911, 1922, 1938, 1949) |
| Website | www |
| Dunluce Links | |
| Designed by | Harry Colt |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,337 yards (6,709 m) |
| Course record | 63: Shane Lowry (new course record) (2019) 61: Rory McIlroy (old course record) (2005) |
| Valley Links | |
| Designed by | Harry Colt |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,346 yards (5,803 m) |
In 1951, Royal Portrush first hosted the Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships; it was the first Open tournament not held on the island of Great Britain. The Open returned to Portrush in 2019, and it will host again in 2025. It also hosted the Irish Open in 2012, the first in Northern Ireland since 1953.
The Dunluce Links course is considered to be one of the best courses in the world. It was ranked fourth by Golf World in their list of "The 100 greatest courses in the British Isles" in November 1996. Golf Magazine ranked it twelfth in their list of the Top 100 Courses in the World, and Golf Digest ranked it as the fourth best course outside the United States in 2007.