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==Sport== *The town is home to three golf courses (under one club β [[Portstewart Golf Club]]), made lively by the forceful Atlantic wind. Portstewart has one of the few 54-hole complexes in Europe. The championship links Strand course is set amidst imposing sand dunes with panoramic views across the Atlantic mouth of [[Lough Foyle]] to the [[Inishowen]] peninsula beyond. The Strand Course hosted the [[Dubai Duty Free Irish Open]] in 2017 for the first time in the club's history and was the biggest event staged in the town ever attracting crowds of 92,000+. *[[Portstewart F.C.]] are an intermediate [[Association football|football]] club playing in the [[NIFL Premier Intermediate League]]. * Every May, the [[North West 200]] motorcycle race passes through the town, with the starting grid and pit area on the coastal road between Portrush and Portstewart. The circuit between the towns of Portrush, Portstewart and Coleraine is one of the fastest in the world, with top speeds exceeding 200 mph on public roads. It is one of the last such classic races held in Europe. Drawing crowds of over 150,000, it is the largest outdoor sporting event on the island of Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news/news-doe/news-doe-may-2009/news-doe-140509-other-motorists-have.htm|title= Other motorists have responsibility for bikers too, campaign warns|date =14 May 2009|access-date=26 September 2011 |publisher= [[Northern Ireland Executive]]}}</ref> *[[CLG Eoghan Rua]], [[Coleraine]], is the local [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] club and the playing grounds are just outside Portstewart. *Portstewart also hosts matches in the [[Milk Cup|Super Cup NI]].
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