6,845 yards • Par 72

Royal Portrush golf course in Northern Ireland is one of the best and most challenging links golf courses in the world. In 2004, Royal Portrush Golf Club hosted the Senior British Open Championship and is due to do so again in 2006 and 2008. Situated on the beautiful North Antrim Causeway coast, Royal Portrush Golf Club occupies a triangle of giant sandhills which present magnificent views in all directions. The hills of Donegal in the west, the Isle of Islay and Southern Hebrides in the north, with the Giant's Causeway and the Skerries in the east. The course is overlooked by the ruins of 13th century Dunluce Castle and this gives its name to Royal Portrush's famous Dunluce course. Royal Portrush is the only golf course outside Great Britain to host the British Open Championship in 1951, won by Max Faulkner. Royal Portrush Golf Club is on everyone's list of top golf courses in Ireland and is often included in lists of the top golf courses in the world. As Ryder Cup star Darren Clarke recently said "Royal Portrush is now rated to be in the top 12 golf courses in the world and should, indeed, be number one.''

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