Author: LINKS Magazine

The Most Underrated Pete Dye Courses You Should Play

Whistling Straits. TPC Sawgrass. The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island. Each of those courses should be on your bucket list, for sure. But here are some other public-access Pete Dye designs that might not get as much publicity but are sure to get your heart racing. Blackwolf Run Kohler, Wis. Very close to The American […]

In Defense of the Three-Ball

Threesomes in golf are held in just about the same regard as threesomes most elsewhere. It’s time for the trashing of troikas to stop.

The Top 10 Best Match Play Courses You Can Play

Back in the day, it was all about the match, score be damned. The nation’s Golden Era courses were specifically designed for match play, and now a new generation of designers, lead by Coore & Crenshaw, Tom Doak, and Gil Hanse, have built or restyled courses with risk-reward options that incite head-scratching, suspense, and sudden […]

First Peek at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point

Even the most diehard New Yorkers haven’t heard of Ferry Point, a little bit of the Bronx that sticks into the East River under the Whitestone Bridge. That anonymity is about to change.

The Top 10 Eco-Friendly Practices of Golf Courses

Golf, a game played in nature, has for years been lambasted by tree-huggers as a despoiler of the environment. Some of the criticism was deserved, but the industry overall has self-corrected since the millennium, pioneering cost-effective ways to become better stewards of the environment. In honor of Earth Day on April 22, here are what […]