Great Courses of Britain and Ireland: Panmure Golf Club
There are few British or Irish golf clubs that can claim a direct link with the great Ben Hogan. One that certainly can is Panmure Golf Club, situated on a rugged piece of rolling linksland just over a mile west of Carnoustie. By Colin Callander It was there that Hogan, together with caddie Cecil Timms, […]
Modern Classic Course: Calusa Pines Golf Club
By Dave Seanor Anonymity is the number-one amenity at Calusa Pines Golf Club. When you set foot on the property, you become one with nature, unshackled from the sights, sounds, demands, and distractions of everyday life. At least that was club founder Gary Chensoff’s intent 20 years ago when he envisioned this golf purist’s […]
100 Years of Pebble Beach: The Inn and Links at Spanish Bay
By James A. Frank In 2019, Pebble Beach Golf Links will celebrate its 100th birthday and host its sixth U.S. Open. To commemorate these milestones, each issue of LINKS Magazine and LINKSdigital between now and then will tell the unique story that is Pebble Beach. ________________ Five miles from the Pebble Beach Golf Links […]
Top 10 Golf Courses: Canada
Home to a wide variety of courses that range from classics designed by native son Stanley Thompson to modern stunners from Coore & Crenshaw, there’s no shortage of phenomenal golf in the Great White North. Whether you prefer the rugged cliffs of Nova Scotia, the dramatically jagged backdrop of the Canadian Rockies, or a simply […]
Maybe it is the Arrow: The Progression of Golf Equipment
Horace Hutchinson long ago bemoaned golf as “a game of putting little balls into little holes with instruments singularly ill-adapted for the purpose.” Poor Hutchinson. The two-time British Amateur champion (1896–97) missed out on over-sized titanium drivers, cavity-back game-improvement irons, perimeter-weighted putters, and solid-core, multilayer golf balls that hardly curve. Today’s equipment is designed by […]
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LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 4 – A Golf Road Trip On California’s Highway 1
In this episode, Graylyn takes us through a recent California road trip during which he played several public courses at varying price points between San Francisco and the Monterey Peninsula. He describes his favorite courses, pleasant surprises, best parts of the drive down Highway 1 in a brand new BMW M6 convertible, and his honest […]
The 5 Classic Public Courses Most in Need of Renovation Love
By Adam Schupak We are in the Age of Renovation in golf course architecture. So the title of this piece—choosing only five public courses in need of work—is highly subjective and ripe for debate. (Let the games begin in the comments section!) But we can all agree that many municipal and public courses would […]
LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 3 – What’s the Future of Golf Travel?
“What we think of as golf course architecture today is vastly different from what it was 20 years ago, let alone 50 or 100. So where will it be in another decade, two, or 10?” In this episode, we give thought to this very important question that was posed in the cover story of our […]
Tom Doak’s Sedge Valley – A Sub-Par 70 Design at Sand Valley
By Tony Dear Golf course design priorities have seen a welcome shift in recent years. The emphasis on demanding, arduous golf has started to give way to fun, sustainable courses that you’d want to play again and again. The new wave is seen in the boom of short courses across the country (Pinehurst’s Cradle, […]