7 New Pieces of Golf Tech in 2023
Of the hundreds of exhibitors at golf’s annual PGA Show, there are more tech-focused companies every year. While that might be the case in every industry, the ancient game is more entwined to history and tradition than most others. But that doesn’t mean golf hasn’t been progressive, especially in more recent years. Here’s a rundown […]
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The 12 Best California Oceanside Courses You Can Play
Nothing stirs the golfer’s soul quite like playing alongside the ocean. Each year, we watch as the PGA Tour journeys along the California coastline; first dueling with Torrey Pines, then taking on another one of golf’s greatest seaside championship tests, Pebble Beach. There’s no red-blooded golfer alive that wouldn’t relish a round at Pebble, but […]
Golf Destination Face-Off: Northern California vs. Southern California – LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 133
There is plenty of great golf to go around in California, which measures as the longest U.S. state from top to bottom. In this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, co-hosts Al Lunsford and Joe Passov split the Golden State in half and compare the golf offerings in Northern California versus Southern California. You can […]
Best Arnold Palmer Courses You Can Play
Not many people leave an Arnold Palmer course transported by their experience. Likewise, very few people, if any, fail to enjoy themselves. In all, the seven-time major champion put his name on somewhere between 340 and 350 projects around the world, working first with Francis Duane then Ed Seay, Erik Larsen, and Harrison Minchew before […]
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4 Need-to-Know Numbers About Recreational Golf’s Health in 2023
The pro game we watch and read about is not what underpins the overall golf business. Sure, the best golfers in the world boost the popularity of the game and its trappings—equipment, apparel, and so on—but recreational players are at its core. There’s a reason golf is one of the nation’s biggest participation sports and […]
Where to Play Golf in Bermuda
When you see pictures of the charming, pastel-hued island of Bermuda, it’s easy to think of it as a Caribbean destination—a place to escape winter’s blast for a few well-earned days of sun and fun. But Bermuda’s actually located in the western North Atlantic, about 650 miles east of Cape Hatteras, N.C. So it’s not […]
Golf’s Most Prolific Architects
Specifying exactly how many courses certain architects designed is pretty tricky. A number of layouts credited to them might have been redesigns or renovations of existing courses. Or, they might simply have “worked on” the course, whatever that means. For the purposes of this article, an original course earned the designer a full point, but […]
10 of Scotland’s More Underappreciated Golf Courses
Scotland is notably famous for its Open Rota venues—celebrated courses where you can experience links golf at its finest and walk in the shadow of history. These acclaimed courses each merit high ranking on any traveling golfer’s bucket list. But there’s so much more to Scottish golf than the courses you see on television. There […]
