The Valley is a solid course with a few highlights, particularly I thought its new holes. Much of the course plays parallel to the beach so you’re enduring the same wind, but the new 15th and 18th holes go towards then away from the sea. These are the second and third photos below.

Once through the short, treacherous but fun 3rd hole you spend a lot time out in the flat valley area, which for me is where holes blended together and it felt like you were playing the same shots. A break from this was the long, blind 8th which is even called Switch Back, the meaning of which I learned on here recently.

I would therefore recommend Valley if in the area but some its land is a bit too flat. These fairways still have ripples but in my uninformed opinion could have used a few more bunkers to add definition and variety. If this was in Scotland I’d rank it around the same level as Montrose and the Jubilee course, and in England maybe Littlestone and Seaton – so still pretty, pretty good. If you are playing then the car park and starter’s hut are at the Rathmore Club, not the Dunluce clubhouse.