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Interview with John McLaughlin, CEO North & West Coast Links Golf Ireland

What are the best links golf courses in the UK?

The UK has arguably the very best collection of real links courses in the world. UK golfers have the very best choices available to play…

What The Open Championship’s return to Portrush means to Northern Ireland

The return of The Open to Royal Portrush in July 2025 is a great testament to the success of the 2019 event and a compliment…

The R&A announces ticket ballot details for The 153rd Open

The R&A announces ticket ballot details for The 153rd Open

The Open will take place from 13-20 July 2025.

On the Causeway Coast

On the Causeway Coast

An autumnal escape to the Irish linkslands

A group of golfers on the tee.

UK golf spending jumps by 20% in just five years

Sheffield Hallam University report outlines how golf industry in the UK is worth more than £5bn

Royal Portrush

John Mclaughlin interview

CEO North and West Coast Links, Ireland

Portrush Revisited - the good, the bad and the multi-ugly

Portrush Revisited: the good, the bad and the multi-ugly

For Lowry the Open brought memories that will never be forgotten

Martin Ebert weighs in on Royal Portrush - Looking back at the 148th Open Championship

Martin Ebert weighs in on Royal Portrush

Looking back at the 148th Open Championship

Shane’s road - then and now- Resilience brings home Claret Jug

Shane’s Road – Then & Now

Resilience brings home Claret Jug

Very much stranger than fiction

Very much stranger than fiction

It’s not always the case that no one ever remembers who came second.

R&A finds own "Shinnecock" - 148th Open rousing success -- Portrush to return in '24?

R&A finds its own “Shinnecock”

148th Open rousing success — Portrush to return in ’24?

Irish hopes rest on Lowry

Weight of Emerald Isle rests on Lowry’s shoulders

Irish eyes are smiling — for now

The 5th

Five holes to watch at Royal Portrush

148th Open Championship Commences Thursday

Open pick a winner

How to pick a winner at the Open Championship

The only major to be held outside of the US has been dominated by experienced players for a long time

Open Championship Christiaan Bezuidenhout craving revenge on return to Royal Portrush

Christiaan Bezuidenhout craving revenge on return to Royal Portrush

Bezuidenhout failed a drugs test during the 2014 British Amateur Championship at the same course.

Koepka happy for caddie to steal spotlight at Royal Portrush

Koepka happy for caddie to steal spotlight at Royal Portrush

Ricky Elliott has been with the world number one for six years

Golf's greatest major? The Open stands first among equals

The Open stands first among equals

Golf’s greatest Major?

Tiger Woods favours quality over quantity in bid to prolong career

Tiger Woods favours quality over quantity in bid to prolong career

Woods concedes his game is not as sharp as he would like ahead of the Open Championship at Royal Portrush

Nicklaus at the Open - The Golden Bear's Indelible Legacy

Nicklaus at The Open

The Golden Bear’s Indelible Legacy

Behind the Architectural Curtain, 148th Open Championship, Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland

Behind the Architectural Curtain – Part 2

148th Open Championship, Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland