Portstewart Golf Club

~ ~ Portstewart, a marvellous links course, has long been overshadowed by its more illustrious neighbour Royal Portrush, located only three miles down the coast. ~ ~ I have played this fine course on many occasions in my younger and more illustrious golfing days, when I used to make the annual “pilgrimage” every July, to play in the North of Ireland Amateur Championships at Portrush. (I reached the last eight once!!) ~ ~ In the old days it could not really hold a candle to the likes of Portrush or Royal County Down, and couldn’t even be called a “pure” links, as it had a couple of very weak holes and two semi-parkland holes ...  Read the complete review