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Signature Hole
Calamity Corner
Par-3 16th (236 yards in 2019) played over a deep hollow; it was the 14th in the pre-2016 routing.
stadium · Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce Links)
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The basics
About Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce Links)
Private 36-hole club on Northern Ireland's Causeway Coast, founded in 1888 as The County Club and renamed Royal Portrush in 1895. Its Harry Colt-designed Dunluce Links, overlooked by the ruins of Dunluce Castle, hosted the first Open Championship held outside Great Britain in 1951 and returned to the rota in 2019 and 2025. Its best-known hole is the long par-3 'Calamity Corner' (No. 16).
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- stadium
- Sports
- Golf
- League
- The Open Championship
- Location
- Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Status
- active
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Landmarks, traditions & experiences
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Landmark
Dunluce Castle
The ruins of the 13th-century castle overlook the course and give the Dunluce Links its name.
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Course
Valley Links
The club's second Harry Colt course (par 71, 6,346 yards), used mainly by Rathmore Golf Club members.
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Historic Moment
First Open outside Great Britain
Max Faulkner won the 1951 Open at Royal Portrush, the first Open Championship played outside Great Britain.
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Historic Moment
Shane Lowry's 2019 Open
Irishman Shane Lowry won the 2019 Open at 15 under and holds the Dunluce course record of 63, set that year.
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Club History
Royal title
The club became the Royal County Club in 1892 under the Duke of York and took the name Royal Portrush in 1895 under the Prince of Wales.
Through the years
History
Big moments
- 1951The Open (Max Faulkner)
- 2012Irish Open (Jamie Donaldson)
- 2019The Open (Shane Lowry)
- 2025The 153rd Open (Scottie Scheffler)
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Transit
Portrush is on Translink's rail line, which ran added early-morning and late-evening trains for the 2025 Open; the Ulsterbus 140 links Coleraine and Portrush. The R&A provided park-and-ride for drivers during the Open.
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