FREE ACCESS: 2020 Digital-Only Fall Issue of LINKS Magazine
Click here to access the entire Fall issue of LINKS—no apps, no credit cards, no registration needed. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed watching the U.S. Open return to Winged Foot, a club I’ve been fortunate enough to belong to since 1984. Gil Hanse did an incredible job with his restoration of both […]
Part-Time Privileges: National Memberships
National memberships offer the advantages of living in a golf community without actually living there John lives in Atlanta. A friend who is a member and homeowner at Haig Point on Daufuskie Island, S.C., invites John to come down for a weekend and play golf at the club’s Rees Jones signature course. John is enamored […]
10 Top Golf Courses That Opened in 2020
Even with golf’s resurgence in 2020 amid the pandemic, new course openings are exceedingly limited. After all, with more than 38,000 courses in over 200 countries worldwide, there’s no shortage of supply. Think about that. Even if you played one new course every single day, you’d need more than 100 years to play them all. […]
In Review: Stephen Proctor’s Monarch of the Green
It was Christmas 2008, and Stephen Proctor was heading home to Florida. In order to make the flight from San Francisco more tolerable, he entered a bookshop, hoping to find something that would make those tedious five hours fly by. He did a double-take as he scanned the shelves and caught sight of Kevin Cook’s […]
American Dream Courses: Deep South
This is our version of the American Dream—really good golf where everyone is welcome and everyone can afford to play. I’ve had the good fortune to play quite a bit in the Deep South and don’t remember a course I haven’t liked (granted I don’t go looking for bad golf courses). Here’s a dozen great […]
From Farm to Flask: The Popularity of Bourbon is on the Rise
It’s a strange truth that while most of the world’s greatest wines and spirits come from places that have been carefully delineated by geography and ingredients, Bourbon is beholden only to corn and oak. The former must make up at least 51 percent of the recipe; the latter must be involved in the aging process, […]
Did Michael Jordan Build Golf’s Best Practice Area?
When he was in high school, Dustin Johnson used to hit balls long into the night at Weed Hill Driving Range outside Columbia, S.C., a practice facility that course architect Bobby Weed built when he was a teenager himself. While Weed Hill closed in 2015, Johnson is still honing his game at another practice complex […]
Best New or Returning Courses on Tour in 2021
In golf, the new calendar year brings some fresh faces when it comes to golf courses. As the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, and Champions Tour get ready to make another trip around the sun, players will visit some new spots in 2021 and return to a few familiar layouts they haven’t seen in a few […]
Top 10 Golf Trip Drives for 2021
Road trip. Two ordinary words that conjure up visions of adventure by the mile and new discoveries at every turn. Is there a golfer anywhere who wouldn’t like to be loading up his or her clubs and hitting the road right now with a significant other or a bunch of friends? I know I would. […]
Christmas Stocking Stuffers for Golfers
No matter how old you get, is there any feeling as good as waking up on Christmas morning and sorting through a stocking? Here are some items perfect for use on or off the course that will make for excellent stocking stuffers this holiday season. G/Fore “Collection” Glove Available in a range of colors, this […]
