No 16 - Royal Portrush - Dunluce

Royal Portrush Dunluce sits on a stunning piece of coastline, and boasts some of the game's best holes. The winding road into Portrush only adds to the excitement of playing the famous links

Royal Portrush Dunluce
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16 ROYAL PORTRUSH – Dunluce

Architect: Colt 2006 position: 17 Stats: 6,641 yds; par 72; SSS 73 GF: £60-£180 T: 028 7082 2311 W: royalportrushgolfclub.com

The winding road into Portrush only adds to the excitement of playing the famous links as you are given an incredible view of the fine test that lies ahead.

This stunning stretch of coastline includes some of the most tricky approach shots in golf, mainly thanks to superb greenside bunkering.

The 4th and 5th stand out as world-class par 4s, both requiring well thought-out tee shots followed by approaches that are severely punished if offline.

The 5th green is particularly intimidating as it seems to fall off into the ocean backdrop.

Settings do not come any more spectacular. POH

+ A constantly changing layout on a beautiful piece of land - The final two holes fail to live up to the rest of this great golf course

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Paul O'Hagan
Paul joined Golf Monthly in 2006 in a junior role and has since worked as senior staff writer and now as technical editor. He writes equipment and instruction content and tests the vast majority of golf clubs that are introduced every year.
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