Golf
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Golf on the North Coast
Northern Ireland has a plethora of golf courses that await you, no matter your skill level. With 90 golf clubs across the province including world-renowned Royal County Down and Royal Portrush, whether you are looking for Links or Parkland, these are a few of the options close at hand to Elephant Rock.
(Approx. 1 mile)
Royal Portrush Golf Club
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- Home to the 148th Open in 2019
- Number 8 in the World’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses, Golf Digest (2019 & 2020)
- Home to two Championship Links Courses – Dunluce Course and Valley Course
- Located along the cliffs of the Causeway Coast overlooking the Atlantic Ocean
- Handicap required
(approx. 92 miles)
Royal County Down Golf Club
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- Number 1 in the World’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses, Golf Digest (2017,2018 & 2019)
- Home to two Links Courses – Championship and Annesley Course
- Located in the Murlough Nature Reserve, with a backdrop of the Mountains of Mourne
- Handicap required
(approx. 5 miles)
Portstewart Golf Club
- “3 Mighty Courses, 1 Magnificent Club”
- Located on The Causeway Coast overlooking Portstewart Strand Beach
- Home to three Links Courses – Strand Course, Riverside Course and Old Course
- Home to the Irish Amateur Championship in 1960 and 1992
- Held qualifying rounds of The Open in 1951 and the British Seniors in 2004
- Host Venue of the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open
- Host Venue of the Boys Amateur Championship in 2018
- Handicap required
(approx. 14 miles)
Castlerock Golf Club
- Located in the seaside resort of Castlerock
- Home to two Links Courses – Championship Course and Mussenden Links
- Handicap required for Mussenden Course
- No handicap required for Bann Course
(approx. 6 miles)
Bushfoot Golf Club
- Recently ranked in the Top 10 of Irish 9 hole courses
- Top 10 of the highest rated golf courses in NI on irelandbeforeyoudie.com
- Number 36 in the Top 50 courses in the world on golf.com
- Located in the seaside village of Portballintrae
- Mixed Seaside/Parklands Course
- No handicap required
(approx. 2 miles)
Ballyreagh Golf Club
- Located on the Causeway coastline between Portrush and Portstewart
- Ideal for novices or group fun, it also has a pitch and putt area
- Parkland Course
- No handicap required
(approx. 32 miles)
Galgorm Castle Golf Club
- Home to the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open in 2020
- Located in the heart of the 220-acre historic Galgorm Castle Estate
- Parkland Course
- No handicap required
