100 Years of Pebble Beach: The U.S. Open
In 2019, Pebble Beach Golf Links will celebrate its 100th birthday and host its sixth U.S. Open. To commemorate these milestones, each issue of LINKS Magazine and LINKSdigital between now and then will tell the unique story that is Pebble Beach. Those articles will also be shared here on our website. As Pebble Beach Golf Links […]
100 Years of Pebble Beach: New Reasons to Stay
By James A. Frank In 2019, Pebble Beach Golf Links will celebrate its 100th birthday and host its sixth U.S. Open. To commemorate these milestones, each issue of LINKS Magazine and LINKSdigital between now and then will tell the unique story that is Pebble Beach. Those articles will also be shared here on our website. […]
100 Years of Pebble Beach: The 1977 PGA Championship
In 2019, Pebble Beach Golf Links will celebrate its 100th birthday and host its sixth U.S. Open. To commemorate these milestones, each issue of LINKS Magazine and LINKSdigital between now and then will tell the unique story that is Pebble Beach. Those articles will also be shared here on our website. If you don’t remember what […]
First Peek: Mammoth Dunes
By James A. Frank The course is called Mammoth, the fairways are mammoth, the views and the surrounding forest are mammoth. Even the early hype about this David McLay Kidd design in the middle of Wisconsin has been mammoth. But big isn’t the whole story. Which isn’t to say that size doesn’t matter. It […]
Bringing Back the Classics: FootJoy 1857 Collection
Since metal woods, game-improvement irons, and space-age materials have become the norm, it’s difficult to find a golf company that can trace its roots back 50 years let alone three times that. But FootJoy can draw a timeline back to 1857, when one Frederick Packard left his father’s boot-making business to start crafting shoes of […]
100 Years of Pebble Beach: The U.S. Amateur
In 2019, Pebble Beach Golf Links will celebrate its 100th birthday and host its sixth U.S. Open. To commemorate these milestones, each issue of LINKS Magazine and LINKSdigital between now and then will tell the unique story that is Pebble Beach. Those articles will also be shared here on our website. While Pebble Beach is […]
Masters Memories: Historic Photos From Augusta National
It’s not unreasonable to compare Leonard Kamsler with Arnold Palmer. Both were very good at what they did—Kamsler as the dean of golf photographers, Palmer as being Palmer—beloved by all, and with a good record in the majors, particularly The Masters. While shooting for the likes of Golf Magazine, Golf Digest, the Masters Journal, and […]
The Women of Pebble Beach
Women have been active participants in all that Pebble Beach offers since its earliest days. When the Del Monte Golf Course—the first in the area—opened on May 1, 1897, some of the very first players on the course were women. Starting the following year, the Del Monte course began hosting the Del Monte Women’s Championships, […]
LINKS Living: Isleworth
It was a swimming pool that made the difference. That might sound strange when talking about Isleworth, near Orlando, one of the best-known golf communities in the country and home to some 30 Tour players as well as numerous other celebrities and captains of industry just as passionate about the game. But when a big, […]
The Golf Equipment World: What’s New for 2018
By Jim Frank One man’s admittedly opinionated view of what you’ll want to be playing this year I’ve been covering golf equipment for a long time. So long that the recent PGA Merchandise Show—the industry’s trade fair, showcasing everything from clubs and balls to cardigans, carts, and cigars—was my 34th. Consecutive. Which isn’t a […]
