Royal Portrush Golf Course
Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland is the only golf club outside of Great Britain which has hosted The Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships. It is considered a highly testing course, with a particularly scenic setting. The Dunluce Links course is rated number 4 of "The 100 greatest courses in the British Isles", Golf World 11/96. It was ranked number 12 in the world in Golf Magazine's biennial rankings of the Top 100 Courses in the World, often considered the gold standard of course rankings. Additionally Golf Digest ranks it as the third best course outside the United States.
Situated on the beautiful North Antrim Causeway Coast, Royal Portrush occupies a triangle of giant sandhills with views of 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.
