Perched on Northern Ireland’s rugged North Antrim coast, Royal Portrush Golf Club blends dramatic links terrain, centuries-old heritage, and championship pedigree. First established in 1800s, it’s ...

Before Rory McIlroy became one of the biggest names in golf, he was a teenage prodigy from Northern Ireland making waves in the sport. McIlroy's legend peaked in 2005, when he played one of the best ...

It’s 1888, and two Scots — George Baillie and Thomas Gilroy — are standing on the windswept dunes of Northern Ireland’s Causeway Coast, envisioning something extraordinary. At the time, they could not ...

The scenic Northern Ireland links is hosting an Open for the second time in six years, but before that there was a 68-year drought. Bob Harig explores how Royal Portrush’s fortunes turned. PORTRUSH, ...

GOLF’s Top 100 course panelists are among the most respected and well-traveled course evaluators in the game. They’re also keen to share their opinions. In this GOLF.com series, we grant them ...

Rory McIlroy is a betting favorite for the British Open at Royal Portrush, and for good reason. The 30-year-old is one of the few players in the field who grew up in Northern Ireland and knows the ...

This week Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland will host its third Open. The first was way back in 1951, but the club then slipped off the Open rota, only returning in 2019 when the rampant ...

When the Royal Portrush Golf Club was founded, it was called simply “the Country Club.” Starting in 1892, the club was renamed “the Royal Country Club,” and in 1895, it became the “Royal Portrush ...

To come at Royal Portrush from the Antrim Coast Road in Northern Ireland is to find a kind of golf brigadoon meets “Game of Thrones.” The ruins of Dunluce Castle— which has been used as GoT’s Castle ...

Royal Portrush Golf Club has 156 of the best players in the world this week on its true championship course, Dunluce Links, for the British Open (or Open Championship, whichever you prefer). This is ...

Viewers accustomed to watching the British Open contested at the same venerable eight or nine courses each summer, not to mention the players competing on them, became smitten with Royal Portrush in ...