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The U.S. Military is One of the Biggest Golf Course Operators—Here’s Why

Top Gun or Top Flite? You might come across golfers looking for both at Miramar Air Station in San Diego. The MCAS Miramar Memorial Golf Course is among more than 140 courses nationwide and overseas operated by the U.S. Armed Forces, offering a valuable recreational and social outlet for military members and their families. And […]

Jack Nicklaus at 80

Jack Nicklaus is telling stories. He’s seated on a makeshift stage for the reopening of the Great Waters course at Reynolds Lake Oconee, a design he originally built in 1992 in the picturesque, golf-mad community between Atlanta and Augusta. Back then, Nicklaus convinced the ownership that instead of building a string of McMansions along the 90 miles of lakefront, they should take […]

Red Ledges: Worth the Wait

They couldn’t have picked a nicer place—or a worse time—to launch a golf community. Red Ledges, located along the back range of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains less than an hour from Salt Lake City and 15 minutes past Park City, began selling real estate around a Jack Nicklaus Signature Course in 2007. Which, if you don’t remember, was just as a […]

Mach 1: The Wild Story Behind the Revolutionary New Grass at Streamsong

In April, Streamsong Resort will begin a massive course enhancement project that will see the installation of a new grass type, Mach 1, on all 18 greens of both its Blue and Red courses. The original plan was to conduct the project in phases (Blue in 2020, Red in 2021), but given the uncertainties and […]

Top 10 Courses: Florida

Golf is a year-round game in the Sunshine State, where masses migrate during the winter months and there are more courses (over 1,200) than any other U.S. state. Inherently, great variety exists, from waterside courses on the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico, to inland tracks built around lakes and on top of phosphate […]

Inside the TaylorMade Kingdom Experience

On a recent trip to San Diego I was able to take in some of the SoCal golf sights. Tiger at Torrey Pines, Aviara Golf Club (home of the LPGA’s Kia Classic), and the TaylorMade Kingdom where PGA Tour pros were visiting to get properly fitted for TaylorMade’s new SIM metal woods. The name itself […]

An Update on Cabot from Ben Cowan-Dewar

The year 2019 marked 15 years since Ben Cowan-Dewar first stepped foot on the land that would turn into both Cabot Links and Cabot Cliffs. Since then (Links opened in 2011 while Cliffs opened in 2015) the double-dip on Canada’s east coast has become one of the most celebrated golf facilities in the country, while […]

LINKS Exclusive Q&A: Course Architect Keith Rhebb

By Adam Stanley     What a life it’s been for Keith Rhebb. A life, he says, he couldn’t even imagine in his dreams. Rhebb got his start in 2002 after working for a construction company in his hometown of Lincoln, Neb., and has made a name for himself working alongside Bill Coore and Ben […]