Littlestone attracts a high standard of golfers - the average handicap of its membership is a good indicator. But a few years ago it was graced by "the worst golfer ever to play in The Open"!

When filmmakers needed a course to shoot "The Phantom Of The Open" - the true story of hapless novice Maurice Flitcroft who somehow found himself among those trying to qualify for the Open Championship, they chose Littlestone.

It may not be as famous as some other Kent courses such as Royal St George's and Princes - which really have staged The Open, but like them, it's a true test of links golf.

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Malone Golf Club sits in the midst of one of the most exclusive areas of Belfast, with 27 parkland holes around a huge lake. The championship 18 is ranked as the best course in the city, and you sense that is true from the moment you enter via a Magnolia Lane-like entrance.

If you're staying in Belfast, or on a golf tour and fancy an alternative to Northern Ireland's famous links courses, you won't be disappointed.

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A near neighbour of Royal Porthcawl, P&K, as it is affectionately known, earns plaudits in its own right and is ambitious in its plans for the future.

A round here is a game of two halves - the original course was designed by Harry Colt, but newly acquired land after the Second World War allowed Philip Mackenzie Ross to plot a route through dunes for a new back nine.

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