Michael Collins: Golf’s Newest Media Star
Comic to caddie to covering golf for radio, TV, and online, Michael Collins is the game’s newest media star Sam MacNaughton, the agent for Rickie Fowler among others, has been known to greet Michael Collins with a friendly, “What’s up, Dream?” It’s an abbreviation of the nickname he coined for Collins—“The American Dream”—a one-of-a-kind character […]
LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 73: Behind the Scenes of the Winter 2021 Issue of LINKS Magazine
LINKS Editor George Peper is back on the LINKS Golf Podcast to reveal what’s new for LINKS Magazine in 2021. He discusses with Digital Editor Al Lunsford the focus of his newest column—breaking down some of the game’s most memorable opening shots—and also challenges listeners to take “The Ultimate Unpassable Golf Quiz” from the Winter […]
Best New Golf Shoes in 2021
As golfers took to the fairways in droves in 2020—playing over 60 million rounds more in the U.S. than the previous year—a notable portion of them fully embraced the joys of walking, getting more exercise and fresh air while physically distancing more effectively. Whether walking four miles or eight miles in an 18-hole round, depending […]
Questions: Mike Keiser
The hugely successful developer weighs in on his favorite designers and courses and reveals that he once discussed selling Bandon Dunes to the USGA Why is the concept of “golf as it was meant to be” important to you? So many new golf courses accentuate the really tough nature of things, rather than if it’s […]
My Favorite Places: Scott McCarron
Scott McCarron has made the golf course his workplace for nearly 30 years. After turning pro in 1992, McCarron spent two decades on the PGA Tour where he was a three-time champion. While it was a solid 20 years, it wasn’t until he ventured into the second act of his career that McCarron reached his […]
Top 10 Courses: Australia
From the Melbourne Sandbelt to the islands of Tasmania, the Land Down Under has an overabundance of stunning golf settings to choose from 1. ROYAL MELBOURNE (WEST), Black Rock Alister MacKenzie’s masterpiece of strategic design, set on rugged natural terrain, marries bold fairway contours with spectacular bunkering and ingeniously contoured, silky smooth greens. 2. KINGSTON […]
The “Baddest” Par-3 Courses in the U.S.
The twisted dead trees planted around the holes at the “Bad Little Nine” are a sure sign of what’s in store for golfers at Scottsdale National Golf Club’s fiendishly fun par-3 course. Deep bunkers are everywhere, some sprawling and others a devilish pock. There are humps and bumps the likes of which you’ve likely never […]
LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 72: The Future of Golf Technology
Golf clubs designed with the help of artificial intelligence. GPS-equipped robots that optimize daily course maintenance. Augmented reality allowing users to see the arcs of their shots in real time via shot-tracer technology. LINKS contributor David DeSmith joins Digital Editor Al Lunsford on the LINKS Golf Podcast to discuss the many ways in which widespread […]
10 Venues We’d Love to See Host a PGA Championship
When the PGA of America voted to strip Trump National Golf Club Bedminster of hosting the 2022 PGA Championship—stating that holding it there would be “detrimental” to its brand—the organization began a hunt for a suitable replacement. Just a few weeks later, the organization announced the move to Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., […]
The Best Public Golf in California
Ranking the states for the quality of their golf is a subjective business, though it’s clear some are better than others. Florida, Michigan, New York, Hawaii, Arizona, South Carolina, Wisconsin, and even Ohio all get high marks, and another ever-present in the conversation is California whose course count almost reaches 1,000, and which boasts an impressive number of layouts […]
