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 ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Owing to a personality defect that shows up in my golf and extends far beyond it, I would rather, when on the East Coast of Scotland, play the wee little Elie course than ...

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 ...

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 ...

The town of Portrush in Northern Ireland will host the event for the first time since 2019. By Paul Sullivan Photographs by Karen Cox Driving into the town of Portrush, host of this week’s Open ...

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, ...

The Open Championship is being played outside Great Britain for only the third time in the event’s 153-year history. On each occasion – in 1951, 2019 and now 2025 – the venue beyond conventional ...

Arriving on the first tee at Royal Portrush three months after the Open Championship, I am once again struck by the magnitude of this swirling links golf course. Royal Portrush is a golfer's paradise, ...

We’re still getting to know Royal Portrush, but we like what we see. That first flush of feeling will be rekindled when the club’s Dunluce Links course hosts the Open again July 17-20. With all due ...