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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 2025 British Open at Royal Portrush Golf Club is just the third in the club’s storied history, but the Northern Ireland classic is more than worthy of the honor and the praise. The 137-year-old ...

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, ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The scene itself is enough to get your attention. With numerous views of the Atlantic Ocean and the rugged coastline, the course nestled within towering sandhills is ...