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In Development: Course Updates From Around the World

  This series from LINKS follows exciting new courses and renovations around the world. Let us know in the comments below if you know of courses that should be featured in the future. Pinehurst Resort, No. 4, Pinehurst, N.C. Gil Hanse has been selected to renovate the Donald Ross-designed No. 4 course at the iconic […]

Links Living: Desert Highlands

The original desert-golf community has found a novel way to stay young Scottsdale is synonymous today with high-end communities featuring golf courses from leading architects. But it’s worth remembering that the northern reaches of this area, 30 miles from downtown Phoenix, were little more than cactus and rocks three decades ago and that the transformation […]

A Look at The Virginian

For those who love championship golf, a family-oriented atmosphere, and quiet, country living, The Virginian Golf Club offers the perfect place to put down roots. With nearly 600 acres in the highlands of Southwest Virginia, this is family living at its finest. The Virginian, named one of the Best Golf Communities in America (#3) by […]

Columbia Edgewater Country Club

In 1948, 23 years after it opened on flattish, wooded ground five miles northeast of downtown Portland, this gorgeous A.V. Macan design was almost destroyed by an epic flood that wiped out the nearby city of Vanport. A major tree-planting program that added 300 sequoias to the landscape helped save the course to which Macan […]

An Overview of the Club at Rock Creek

Like many communities, Rock Creek was hit hard by the economy’s turn eight years ago. But it has come through the tough times better than ever, with strong financial backing, great golf, a new development plan, and prices that savvy buyers will appreciate. Sitting at 2,600 feet and minutes from Lake Coeur d’Alene, Rock Creek […]

Q&A With Barry Gibbons

On September 18, Gibbons, age 57, broke the Guinness World Record for rounds walked in a year—611, set in 2010. At press time, he’d just completed his 853rd round and was on track to reach 876 on December 31. That’s more than 6,000 miles. One word: Why? I didn’t do this for any recognition. It […]

In Praise Of Course Renovations

By James A. Frank Old Marsh Golf Club In our business it’s very easy to get excited about new courses. We golf writers love talking to architects and owners about why they did what they did and then passing that information on to you, our audience of avid, savvy golfers. However, as a few recent […]

Our 10 Favorite (Relatively Unknown) English Courses

  Flying to England could mean arrival at Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham, or Manchester Airports which gives you the opportunity to check out some of England’s great, but unheralded, courses. Here are ten of our favorites. They’re all private, but private clubs in the UK operate differently to those in the U.S. A phone call ahead […]