This classic links, with two courses (the Mussenden and the Bann), lies a few miles across the River Bann from Portstewart. The view down the coast is spectacular with the impressive headland of Inishowen in County Donegal to the west. A round here will stretch every aspect of a golfer’s game, with inland holes to start and finish, and true links gems in between. The fourth hole ‘Leg of Mutton’ is a classical par 3 of 200 yards to a green protected on the right by the railway line, a stream to the left and strategic bunkering. The two-shot seventh called the ‘Armchair’ with its plateau green embedded in the surrounding sand hills is also worth a mention.