George Peper’s Top 10 Links Courses
I know this is somewhat inappropriate, with the Open Championships at Royal Liverpool (Hoylake) this week, but I’m afraid the links courses of England don’t do much for me.
George Peper’s Top 10 Reasons to Love the Masters
Most of us would consider our golfing lives complete if we got to attend one Masters, but what if you were able to attend the Masters year after year as our illustrious editor George Peper has? Surely, you would develop a deeper appreciation and love of the event as he has. “A tradition unlike any other” […]
The Benefits of Walking the Golf Course
Expecting golf in St. Andrews to be special, the author discovered it was completely pedestrian
George Peper: Self-Help…Help!
It’s hard looking at a video of your golf swing, even harder fixing what you see
Letter from St. Andrews: Farewell, Auld Toon
It was nearly 30 years ago that I hit the best golf shot of my life—a screaming slice from the 18th tee of the Old Course that sailed over the white OB fence and clattered into the Auld Grey Toon. I never found that ball but I did find something better—a “For Sale” sign. Incredibly, a two-bedroom […]
Letter from St. Andrews: Winter Wonderland
On the noble joys of frozen fairways and taking it to the mat
Letter from St. Andrews: Island Hop
After driving across the width of Scotland and taking a ferry to the Isle of Arran, our intrepid columnist discovered the greatest 12-hole course in the world
Letter from St. Andrews: Lost Treasure
The author makes a plea for the return of a special book that was misplaced 20 years ago at another milestone celebration
What are the Origins of Links Golf Courses?
“Links”. A strange word it is: a singular noun ending in s and rhyming with jinx, minx and perhaps most appropriately, sphinx. No wonder there’s confusion. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, links first appeared in print in 931 as hlincas, plural of hlinc, or ridge. Over the ensuing millennium, some major etymological earthmoving took […]
Letter from St. Andrews: Once Before You Die
Twenty-one ways to get a tee time on the Old Course
