Portstewart Golf Club - Strand Course

About the club

A special General meeting was held in March 1907 to approve the building of a new links course at Strand Head to the west of the town. The planning of this 18 hole golf course was left in the hands of Mr A. G. Gow of Portrush. The first competition on the new holes was held in July 1908 Since then The Strand Course has had several makeovers one by the famous course architect, Willie Park in the 1920’s. In 1986 the land known as the Thistly Hollow was purchased and one of our own members, school teacher Des Giffin, designed the present 18 hole layout and a 9 hole course which become known as the Riverside which opened for play in 1990. A further purchase of land in 1999 allowed the expansion of the latter to 18 holes, again designed by in house under supervision of the Course Manager, Mr Bernard Findlay, with the help from STRI and opened in 2003.