Royal Portrush (Valley)

• Location: Portrush, Northern Ireland
• Open: 1888
• Designer: H.S. Colt
• Major Course Updates: Martin Ebert & Tom Mackenzie
• Events Hosted: N/A
• Key Rankings: 6th best golf course in Northern Ireland, Top 100 Golf Courses (2022)

 
As opposed to the bigger and more famed Dunluce course, Valley is a much more dramatic dunes golf course, with a routing cut through the beautiful Irish dunes in a dramatic fashion, as well as the “valley” holes situated low in a—you guessed it—valley. As with Harry Colt designs, one cannot go wrong, and in particular, the par 3 holes are noteworthy and fantastic.