Best Public Golf Options of Scottsdale
In my mind, when it comes to a winter golf oasis, there is nothing finer than Scottsdale. Home to the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the Scottsdale area boasts more than 200 golf courses, many of which are accessible to the public. Each year when the PGA Tour converges on TPC Scottsdale for the “Greatest Show […]
Enter to Win the 2023 Open Championship Sweepstakes
*THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY PERIOD HAS ENDED* Win a Trip for Two to the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club! THE 2023 OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP PACKAGE FOR TWO INCLUDES: Six nights hotel accommodation—based on twin occupancy Full English or Scottish breakfast daily Three rounds of golf (Royal Troon, Western Gailes, and Old Prestwick) including green […]
2023 Open Championship Sweepstakes Official Rules
No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited or restricted by applicable federal or state laws and regulations. OFFICIAL RULES 1.) Eligibility: No purchase is necessary to enter or claim prize. The “2023 Open Championship Sweepstakes” (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to legal U.S. residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, 21 years […]
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 […]