The Best Public Golf in Austin, Texas
The city of Austin is known for its mouthwatering Texas barbeque, bustling music scene, and Longhorns college football. Austin may also be considered a sleeper when it comes to high-level accessible golf courses. Golf in the Texas Hill Country is unique, with courses often winding their way through distinctive terrain, lakes, and streams that aesthetically […]
LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 79: The Gems of Middle England and Other Underrated Golf Areas of the World
Contributing writer Nick Edmund, founder of Global Golf 4 Cancer, hops on the LINKS Golf Podcast to talk about his feature on 12 dazzling courses from “Middle England” in the Winter 2021 issue of LINKS. Nick and Digital Editor Al Lunsford cover an array of topics including other underrated golf areas around the world, Nick’s […]
6 of the Best Beer Towns for Golf
A cold beer on the golf course can be a savior on a hot day, the swing juice one needs after a tough start, or a reward after 18 well-played holes. Some golf courses are crafting their own beer, but when it comes to getting a few golfers together for a trip, focusing the adventure […]
Golf’s Recycled Ball Market is Big Business
Golf balls just might be the ultimate consumable in the sports world, with hundreds of millions lost every year—many after a single swing. Consider that over 500 million rounds were played in the U.S. alone in 2020, with the coronavirus bringing even more newcomers and rusty former players into the fold. It’s probably safe to […]
3’s Greenville
Back in the 1920s, golf’s number-one visionary was a cheerful Chicagoan named Herb Graffis. He co-founded the National Golf Foundation, the Club Managers Association, Course Superintendents Association, and Golf Writers Association, not to mention GOLF Magazine. For those and many other contributions he was among the first class of inductees into the World Golf Hall […]
Cameron Champ: My Favorite Places
PGA Tour young gun Cameron Champ has seen the infancy of his career produce a handful of firsts—his first PGA Tour victory came at the 2018 Sanderson Farms Championship; he contended in a major for the first time at the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park; and he followed that up with his first […]
Golf in the Canadian Rockies
When it comes to the glories of mountain golf, our neighbor to the north rises above all others In a country as vast and geographically rich as Canada, notable physical features are a dime a dozen. Dense northern forests, ice-smeared seas, craggy coastlines, and windswept prairies immediately come to mind. However, without a doubt the […]
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St. Patrick’s Links – Tom Doak’s New Design in Ireland
The northwest of Ireland is getting a new course this summer—one with a name that’s easy to remember. St. Patrick’s Links will be Tom Doak’s first creation on the Emerald Isle, and it’s likely to spur even more visits to this underappreciated part of the links golf world. Doak’s par-72, 6,826-yard course will be the […]
LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 78: Thinking Outside the Box in Golf Architecture with Agustín Pizá
Golf course architect Agustín Pizá joins the LINKS Golf Podcast to discuss his outside-the-box approach to course design. Pizá shares with Digital Editor Al Lunsford his idea of “Wellness Golf”—creating a golf space for connecting with nature and “unlearning” the traditional way golfers think about the game—and details studying in Scotland, learning from greats like […]