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Royal Portrush is one of the best golf clubs in the world - (PA)

I’m standing on a manicured lawn, legs hip-width apart as I shimmy my weight forward. I move the putter back a tiny amount and hit a golf ball wonkily towards the hole.

“It’s a good putt,” PGA pro Charlotte Reid tells me. “You just need to hit it like a pendulum.”