Royal Portrush Dunluce Golf Course
Portrush, County Antrim
Royal Portrush golf links consistently rates as one of the world's top ten golf courses - and with good reason. As the holes tumble between the sand dunes on a stretch of links land washed by the Atlantic ocean, the overwhelming feeling that this is what links golf is really about is all consuming and highly intoxicating. Poor golf shots are heavily penalised at Royal Portrush, whether by sand hills, gorse and other seaside shrubbery, bunkers or out of bounds. The course really doesn't need the Atlantic winds to bolster its defence but it is rare to find a day when there is anything less than a strong breeze here.
Royal Portrush Dunluce Course Description
The Dunluce Links, opens with a terrifying tee-shot that must be hit between two out of bounds lines that run the entire length of the fairway. The target is no more than sixty yards wide, there is no staying short and no blasting over it. Straight or its your third shot without having taken a step!
From first to last Royal Portrush tests your game to the limit in a thoroughly beguiling fashion. Once in trouble there is usually a chip out and you are back on track, while every error leaves you with a sense that it could have been done better. All in all, Royal Portrush will nearly always win, but with a grace and charm that will leave a lasting impression and a desire to return again.
