Travel

Is timeless Royal Portrush the greatest golf course in Northern Ireland?

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*For more information on golf in Ireland visit Ireland.com/golf It is one of golf’s enduring qualities that you can walk in the footsteps of the legends of the game and hit shots from the same places as them. Sometimes, we’ll replicate their efforts. Even if we don’t want to. “Breakfast ball” bellowed Royal Portrush forecaddie Eamonn before my scruffy tee shot had even travelled 50 yards through the air. My ball half disappeared into the gloom, its wayward trajectory accentuated by the 30mph crosswind, and as I squinted into the distance, I glimpsed a white speck scuttle beyond the white…

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Lofoten Links, one of the world’s great golf outposts

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For golfers with a sense of wanderlust and an urge to explore the game’s great outposts, the name of Lofoten Links will already reasonate. But now this majestic, rugged and – above all – remote,  bucket list destination in Norway, is set to be catapulted firmly onto the international stage, having joined the renowned Cabot Collection, a portfolio of stunning luxury golf resorts across the world. Lofoten Links sits almost 100 miles north of the Artic Circle at 68° North on Gimsøy Island. It is the world’s northern most links course and a truly stunning example of Mother Nature and…

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