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British Open 2019: Royal Portrush, a hole-by-hole tour

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One of the world's best links courses returns to the Open rota, with Royal Portrush hosting golf's oldest major championship for the first time since 1951. Portrush, ranked No. 7 in Golf Digest's latest World 100 ranking, has a great lineage—its original design was done by Old Tom Morris, then it was reworked by H.S. Colt in the 1930s, with a new routing created. More recently, architect Martin Ebert added two new holes (the sixth and seventh) using land from Portrush's neighboring Valley course to replace its previously weaker 17th and 18th holes.

"The course's greatest strength is its setting," Ebert told Golf Digest's Mike Stachura. "The dramatic elevation changes lead to exhilarating shots."

Other than those changes, the remaining 16 holes are largely the same played over the 1951 Open. Sixty-eight years later, an even stronger links will host just the second Open Championship not on Scottish or English soil.

Here's a look at every hole at Royal Portrush:

No. 1, par-4 421 yards:

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No. 2, par-5 574 yards:

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No. 3, par-3 177 yards:

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No. 4, par-4 482 yards:

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No. 5, par-4 374 yards:

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Aerial Views of Royal Portrush Golf Club

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No. 6, par-3 194 yards:

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General Views of Royal Portrush Golf Club

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No. 7, par-5 592 yards:

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General Views of Royal Portrush Golf Club

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No. 8, par-4 434 yards:

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General Views of Royal Portrush Golf Club

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No. 9, par-4 432 yards:

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Inward nine:

No. 10: par-4 447 yards:

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No. 11, par-4 474 yards:

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No. 12, par-5 532 yards:

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General Views of Royal Portrush Golf Club

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No. 13, par-3 194 yards:

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No. 14, par-4 473 yards:

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No. 15, par-4 426 yards:

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Aerial Views of Royal Portrush Golf Club

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General Views of Royal Portrush Golf Club

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No. 16, par-3 236 yards:

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General Views of Royal Portrush Golf Club

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General Views of Royal Portrush Golf Club

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No. 17, par-4 408 yards:

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No. 18, par-4 474 yards:

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General Views of Royal Portrush Golf Club

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