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 ...

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 figures illustrate how income from elite championship golf continues to fund a much wider program of activity across the sport.

You hear it every year: When playing links golf, experience is crucial. It’s why Americans are usually discounted when they head across the pond those first few times for The Open. The firm turf. The ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland – Royal Portrush’s first hole looks rather innocuous, a straightaway 420-yard par-4 slightly up the hill. Two bunkers dot either side of the fairway – one 270 yards away and ...

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 2025 British Open is being held at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland. For many participating in the event, they will be a long way from home playing in the one golf major of ...

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 ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — If you watched Haotong Li play the first two rounds of the Masters in 2019, with Jon Rahm and Tiger Woods, you actually might have thought he could someday win the Masters ...

At the 2026 Walker Cup, elite amateurs will test their skills on an artful and idiosyncratic course known as the St. 2026 Walker Cup: Is Lahinch the home-field advantage GB&I needs to win? Lahinch ...