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.

Situated on Ulster's magnificent Causeway Coast Portstewart Golf Club presents a difficult but fair game. The Strand Course, redesigned in 1992, is indisputably the jewel in Portstewarts crown for both quality of game and scenery. The course is set in classic links country amid towering sand dunes with views at every turn of the blue Donegal Hills, the rolling Atlantic and the tranquil estuary of the River Bann. The opening hole with its elevated tee, dog-leg right to the green and sandy strip on the right, was always a particularly good and memorable opening hole and it is now immediately followed by seven new holes which are a joy to play. And then there is the Old Course situated at the eastern end of Portstewart along the rocky shore, where golf was first played as far back as 1889.

Castlerock Golf Club is situated in the seaside village of Castlerock, which lies approximately 5 miles due West of the town of Coleraine on the North Coast of Northern Ireland. Castlerock is a fabulous links course set among rolling sand dunes. Its scenic qualities embrace the river Bann flowing out to the Atlantic, and also eye-catching views of Donegal and on a clear day towards Scotland and the Isle of Islay. The Championship Mussenden Course is a par 73 with five par-5’s, four par-3’s, and nine par-4’s. Graced with the natural beauty of its peaceful setting and the views that surround it is the Club’s pursuit of excellence that keeps this place a sacred retreat for the truly ardent follower of golf.

Situated on the south-east coast of County Down, Ardglass is unquestionably one of the most spectacular courses in Ireland. The course meanders its way out to a headland and then meanders its way back. The first five holes are truly memorable and run right alongside the sea while all 18 holes have a view of the sea. The par three 2nd is many people's favourite - with the tee shot needing to be fired across a rocky inlet, it is a real all or nothing hole. A second magnificent par three is the downhill 12th where the Irish Sea can provide a daunting diversion. The final hole however, offers a good chance of a closing birdie and then its off to the 19th which being Ardglass is a converted castle.