It’s a rare week in professional golf when the golf course is the star. Royal County Down, on rugged, windblown topography along the Irish Sea and beneath the Mountains of Mourne, hosts the 2024 Amgen ...

A little over a year ago, I traveled to Northern Ireland on assignment for Golf Digest. My account of that trip, called The Adventure of a Lifetime, was mostly about Royal County Down, in Newcastle -- ...

Home stars Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry top the entries for the Irish Open which starts at Royal County Down on Thursday This year's Irish Open takes place from 12-15 September at Royal County Down in ...

The chairman of a County Down heritage railway says he is “heartbroken” after damage was caused to three vintage steam-hauled carriages after the premises was broken into. Robert Gardiner said the ...

The last rounds for members and visitors on the Championship links at Royal County Down were played at the end of August as us mere mortals gave way to the world’s leading players who are ready to ...

Did you know the Royal County Down golf course was once voted the best in the world by Golf Digest magazine’s list of “The World’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses”? They referred to the golf course in 2016, ...

Jack Milko has been playing golf since he was five years old. He has yet to record a hole-in-one, but he did secure an M.A. in Sports Journalism from St. Bonaventure University. Todd Clements got off ...

Royal County Down, which hosts the DP World Tour’s Irish Open this week, has regularly been ranked the best golf course in the world. Golf Digest put it in the top spot. So did Golf World. And so, too ...