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 ...

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 ...

Royal Portrush Golf Club is hosting the 148th Open Championship, just as it did the 80th edition in 1951. Here's some need-to-know information about this year's host: *Open history: Has played host to ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The crowds following Rory McIlroy for three days at Royal Portrush have been enormous, a reminder of the expectations. On banners and flags and buntings of grandstands ...

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, ...

As a golf club, Royal Portrush is as venerable as it gets, with a rich pedigree and roots that reach back to 1888. But as an Open rota stop, it’s a relative newbie. The oldest golf championship in the ...

Rory McIlroy admittedly can’t recall many shot-by-shot accounts of his rounds. “But for that round, I do,” McIlroy said during a May sit-down with TheOpen.com. McIlroy is referring to the 11-under 61 ...

BANGKOK, THAILAND - JANUARY 09: European Team Captain Jose Maria Olazabal looks on during the foursomes on Day one of The Royal Trophy at the Amata Spring Country Club on January 9, 2009 in Bangkok, ...

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 ...