Northern Ireland

Down & the Causeway Coast

The best week per mile in golf. If your group has six nights and no appetite for filler, start here.

Length6 nights
Golf5 rounds
Group8-16 golfers
SeasonMay, June, September

The journey

7 waypoints · Two hotels
ArriveBelfast
BaseNewcastle
GolfArdglass
GolfPortstewart
BasePortrush
GolfCastlerock
DepartBelfast

Day by day

Day 1
Arrive and settleStayNewcastle

Fly into Belfast or Dublin. Transfer to Newcastle, dinner at the hotel, early night.

Day 2
Royal County DownGolfRoyal County DownStayNewcastle

Caddies booked. The opening thirteen are the reason the trip exists.

Day 3
The hidden oneGolfArdglassStayNewcastle

Twenty minutes up the coast. A clifftop nine holes that outstays its reputation.

Day 4
North to the CausewayGolfPortstewartStayPortrush

Transfer ninety minutes, then the best opening hole in Ireland.

Day 5
Royal PortrushGolfRoyal PortrushStayPortrush

Caddies booked. Allow the afternoon — the clubhouse is worth an hour.

Day 6
Last round, then whiskeyGolfCastlerockStayPortrush

Then Bushmills or the Giant's Causeway with whoever is still standing.

Day 7
Depart

Ninety minutes to Belfast International. Dublin also works with a morning start.

Slieve Donard3 nights
Newcastle

Next door to Royal County Down with the Mournes out of the window.

Adelphi or Bushmills Inn3 nights
Portrush / Bushmills

Walkable to dinner in Portrush, ten minutes from the Dunluce first tee.

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