The 2025 British Open Championship is played this year at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland.
The tournament's host course has been at the Dunluce Links course twice in the last seven years, and it is one of the best courses on the planet.
Royal Portrush Golf Club plays as a par-71 golf course, playing to a scorecard distance of 7,381 yards, making it one of the medium-length golf course on the PGA Tour. Four courses on the PGA Tour player under 7,000 yards, and two of them are for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Royal Portrush Golf Club scorecard breakdown
Royal Portrush Golf Club has three par 5s, four par 3s and 11 par 4s, and the golf course finishes with an incredible par-4 finish with a challenging tee shot.
The par 3s have a variety of looks and lengths, though they tend to play in the mid-to-long-iron range.
The par 4s are the biggest test of the course, ranging in length, style and challenge. Missing wide can create enormous problems finding and advancing the ball.
Royal Portrush Golf Club scorecard
| HOLE | YARDS | PAR |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 420 | 4 |
| 2 | 575 | 5 |
| 3 | 176 | 3 |
| 4 | 502 | 4 |
| 5 | 372 | 4 |
| 6 | 193 | 3 |
| 7 | 607 | 5 |
| 8 | 434 | 4 |
| 9 | 432 | 4 |
| OUT | 3711 | 36 |
| 10 | 450 | 4 |
| 11 | 475 | 4 |
| 12 | 532 | 5 |
| 13 | 199 | 3 |
| 14 | 466 | 4 |
| 15 | 429 | 4 |
| 16 | 236 | 3 |
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| 17 | 409 | 4 |
| 18 | 474 | 4 |
| IN | 3670 | 35 |
| TOTAL | 7381 | 71 |
Royal Portrush Golf Club course breakdown
Now that we know the layout of the golf course, what else makes Royal Portrush Golf Club a challenge?
Links golf is tougher in difficult weather, and we should see some of that this week, making conditions unpredictable from one hole to the next.
The Dunluce Links has some easy holes (relatively speaking) and some that feel next to impossible, placing lots of pressure on players to perform well on the scoring holes.
The par 3s are a huge challenge at Royal Portrush, but the finish is very demanding.
