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 […]

George Peper’s Top 10 Most Memorable Rounds

If you’ve played golf for more than half a century—and been in the golf business for almost as long—you can’t help but have a few unforgettable moments. These are mine in chronological order.

Letter from St. Andrews: A Prince of a Day

In an intratown showdown, the cagey veterans of the R&A employed an unorthodox strategem—eight pre-round drinks—to defeat their younger, stronger, and more talented opponents from the University of St. Andrews