Links Living: Grand Harbor Golf & Beach Club
This storied golf and beach club in Vero Beach is now under member control—and back in the top tier of local communities Nothing breeds success like success. For decades, Grand Harbor Golf & Beach Club was among the very best (if not the top) premier private clubs in Vero Beach. However, membership was growing increasingly […]
5 Exceptional Public Golf Courses Around Nashville
More than 12 million tourists visit Nashville every year, many of them drawn to the city’s vibrant music and entertainment scene. After all, Tennessee’s capital is home to more than 180 recording studios, not to mention several famous live music venues along Broadway, a thoroughfare running through the city that’s also known as Honky Tonk […]
Spirited Dinners: How to Perfectly Pair Food with Liquor
To punch up your next meal—or dinner party—keep the wine in the cellar and pair the food with liquor Scotch on the rocks. It didn’t matter what he was going to eat: That’s all my former boss—an acclaimed food writer—drank when he went out for dinner. At the time, I thought it was a cop-out, […]
Do You Gamble On The Golf Course?
5 Tips to Improve Your Game from PGA Tour Caddie Austin Kaiser
Austin Kaiser has been the caddie for Xander Schauffele for nearly the entirety of the PGA Tour star’s professional career, starting on the bag in 2015 on the Korn Ferry Tour. College teammates at San Diego State University, the duo didn’t take long to build chemistry on the course and develop a winning formula that […]
Winter 2023 Issue Preview – LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 131
LINKS Editor George Peper returns to break down his column in the upcoming Winter 2023 Issue, including behind-the-scenes insights on course rankings, on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. Later, George introduces the newest contributor to LINKS, Geoff Shackelford, and chats with co-hosts Al Lunsford and Joe Passov about the rest of the issue—from […]
Best Drivable Par Fours
It’s not often on the PGA Tour that you witness crowds roar merely because a caddie has handed his player a wood instead of an iron. Drivable par fours provide that experience. Par fours that are designed to be driven under the right circumstances, based on yardage, weather, or course conditions are among the most […]
8 Hidden Gems in Hawaii
Every year, Kapalua Resort and Waialae Country Club take turns sharing the spotlight as the PGA Tour makes a brief swing through Hawaii. Between those two prolific golf properties, along with resort courses such as Princeville Makai, Mauna Kea, and Manele (not to mention Four Seasons properties in Lanai, Hualalai, and Wailea), there’s no shortage […]
6 Design Traits of Residential Community Golf Courses
What architects do—and don’t do—when creating residential community golf courses It’s hardly a revelation to say that golf course architects are charged with delivering attractive, compelling designs with every new course they construct. In the case of courses for residential communities, however, there are some different considerations at play. Because each development is unique, requiring […]
Palmetto Bluff Continues Its Thrilling Evolution
Already a premier Lowcountry community, Palmetto Bluff is looking forward to an exciting future Turn off the audiobook, hush the kids in the back, open the car windows—and your eyes. You want to be alert when driving into Palmetto Bluff. The four-mile trip from the gatehouse to the first signs of development starts with quintessential […]
