Los Angeles Country Club (North)

They are both terrific tests, but the North course has more great holes and is better than ever after a recent restoration 

By Terry Jastrow

FIRST, LET’S STATE THE OBVIOUS: Comparing two great courses such as Los Angeles Country Club North and Riviera is like comparing two Monet paintings—preference is in the eye of the beholder. To be sure, both are George C. Thomas masterpieces and, along with my home course, Bel-Air Country Club, form the great triumvirate of Los Angeles.

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This article appeared in the 2013 Winter issue of LINKS.

Alter the Old Course

The current changes simply continue a process of evolution that began nearly 150 years ago by Scott MacPherson

WHEN THE ST. ANDREWS Links Trust announced that changes would be made to the Old Course in preparation for the 2015 Open Championship, golf in the western world seemed to stop.

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Appeared in the Fall 2012 issue of LINKS.

NATIONAL

MacDonald's 'Ideal Golf Course' has endured for more than a centry as a masterpiece of strategic design  by George Bahto

A STONE’S THROW apart on the eastern end of New York’s Long Island, the National Golf Links of America and Shinnecock Hills Golf Club are joined at the hip, two grande dames of American golf.

Architecturally, however, they are worlds apart.

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