Northern Ireland’s Royal Portrush Golf Club Is Site of 2012 Irish Open
The 2012 Irish Open Championship
will take place at Royal Portrush Golf Club June 28 to July 1. Northern Ireland's most famous club,
Royal Portrush is home to two
links courses. Dunluce Links is widely hailed as one of the best layouts in the
world. In 1951, the golf course became famous for being the only course outside
of Great Britain to host the British Open Championship. It is named after the
nearby 13th century Dunluce Castle that is perched above the course overlooking
the pounding waves of the Atlantic. The golf course has challenging rough areas
and tricky greens that will test even the best golfers.
The Valley Links golf course is
slightly shorter than the more famous Dunluce, making it a bit less demanding
but it is a challenge no less. Valley lies between the East Strand, a popular
beach for surfing, and Dunluce. The aptly named golf course plays through huge
sandy hills that are situated along the Atlantic.
Many top golfers have portrayed
Royal Portrush Golf Club as one of the most challenging golf courses in the
world. It is a testing course, requiring skill and concentration, but set in
one of the most scenic parts of Europe.
In 2002, Royal Portrush was
voted 14th in "The World's Top 100 Golf Courses" by US Golf Magazine.
The survey is compiled by an international panel of 100 golfers, journalists,
architects and industry figures looking at each courses' strategic integrity,
how well a course tests the full range of golf skills and its rhythm of design,
location, ambiance, conditioning, tradition and visual appeal.
As befits a golf course of such
quality, Royal Portrush Golf Club has hosted many major events over the years.
The Irish Amateur Championships were inaugurated here in 1892, while the first
professional event on Irish soil was also hosted at Portrush in 1895. In the
same year the first Ladies Championships were held. From the exclusive group of
clubs so honored, only one has been located outside Scotland or England, when
Royal Portrush Golf Club hosted the British Open Championship.
For more information on the
Irish Open, see
www.royalportrushgolfclub.com
Jim Weaver
GolfWiz Blog
Senior Travel Editor
In 2002, Royal Portrush was
voted 14th in "The World's Top 100 Golf Courses" by US Golf Magazine.
The survey is compiled by an international panel of 100 golfers, journalists,
architects and industry figures looking at each courses' strategic integrity,
how well a course tests the full range of golf skills and its rhythm of design,
location, ambiance, conditioning, tradition and visual appeal.
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ReplyDeleteI'm delighted that the Irish Open will be coming to Portrush because this is actually my home town. I've been to the Royal Portrush golf course before and it is undeniably beautiful, but the reason why I will attend the Irish Open is simply because I have never had the chance to attend a global tournament of this magnitude. I'm certainly looking forward to a great tournament and I hope that the players will not disappoint.
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