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Valley Course

Royal Portrush Golf Club

Portrush, Antrim, Northern Ireland
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18 holesPar 706,346 yds76.4/137

About this course

The Valley course at Royal Portrush Golf Club was designed by Harry Colt and opened in 1932, providing a complement to the club's championship Dunluce Links. Colt routed the layout across lower-lying terrain adjacent to the more dramatic duneland occupied by the Dunluce, working with gentler contours and a different character of ground. The course takes its name from its setting in a valley that runs between the main dune ridges and the town of Portrush. The routing measures just over 6,300 yards from the back tees and plays as a par 70. While it lacks the severe elevation changes and towering dunes of its more famous neighbor, the Valley presents its own strategic interest through Colt's use of the available land forms, bunkering schemes, and green complexes. The course occupies a mix of linksland and parkland characteristics, with some holes playing through more sheltered, vegetated areas and others exposed to coastal winds. Several holes offer views across to the Dunluce routing and out toward the Atlantic. Royal Portrush members use the Valley course regularly for everyday play, particularly when the Dunluce hosts competitions or when weather conditions make the championship links especially demanding. The Valley serves as a testing but more approachable layout that reflects Colt's design principles on a less dramatic canvas. It provides a second eighteen holes at a club known primarily for hosting the Open Championship, most recently in 2019.

Quick facts

Location
Portrush, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Access
Public
Holes
18
Par
70
Length
6,346 yards
Difficulty
76.4/137

Getting there

Royal Portrush Golf Club is best reached via Belfast International Airport (BFS), roughly an hour's drive northwest along the Causeway Coastal Route as it sweeps past the dark basalt cliffs and windswept headlands of the Antrim coast. George Best Belfast City Airport offers a closer urban alternative, while private arrivals may utilize the facilities at Eglinton, near Derry-Londonderry. The final miles trace the edge of the Atlantic, where the road narrows and the landscape opens to reveal the ancient links tumbling toward the sea - a fitting threshold to one of golf's most storied and elemental grounds.

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Common questions about Valley at Royal Portrush Golf Club

Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.

Valley was designed by Harry S. Colt.

Yes. Valley at Royal Portrush Golf Club is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.

Par at Valley is 70.

Valley plays 6,346 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.

The slope rating at Valley is 137.

Valley is a 18-hole course.

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