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 ...

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 ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland – The name of the hole strikes fear in golfers at the 153rd British Open at Royal Portrush Golf Club. Calamity Corner is the 236-yard, par-3 16 th hole, and trouble lurks ...

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, ...

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 ...

Bryson DeChambeau has expressed how he feels about Royal Portrush, describing the golf course as “diabolical” ahead of The Open Championship next month.

The British Open almost never disappoints, and the start to the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland undeniably fit that bill. Yes, there were some players like ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Maybe 2,500 steps into your round at Royal Portrush, depending on how you’re playing, the steps get a little harder. You’re trudging up yet another hill, maybe the sixth ...