Enniscrone Golf Club, Ireland
A dramatic renovation transformed a mundane links into one of the Emerald Isle’s must-see venues
The Golf House Club, Elie
Short on the card but long on charm, Elie is a delight to play and even more fun to talk about
The Old Links, Ballyliffin Golf Club
More than a decade after falling in love with this piece of wild, rolling linksland, Nick Faldo returned to give it a polish
Bayonne Golf Club
At this club just across the harbor from Manhattan, old meets new as the links-inspired layout transports golfers across the Atlantic Ocean
Wallasey Golf Club, England
Known primarily as the birthplace of the Stableford scoring system, this club outside Liverpool deserves notice for its layout along the Merseyside coast
Western Gailes Golf Club, Scotland
A young course architect found inspiration for his first design at a lesser-known strip of raw, heaving linksland along the west coast of Scotland
Letter from St. Andrews: Pretenders to the Throne
2010 just may have the greatest lineup ever for major championship sites, and each of the four courses lays claim to a heritage of links golf. But according to our man in St. Andrews, only one is the real deal.
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, On and Off the Course
The Europeans weren’t the only winners of the 2010 Ryder Cup, so was this this venerable links course on the Bristol Channel just a half-hour drive from the Welsh capital of Cardiff
Old Memorial Golf Club
Inspiring strategic, multi-dimensional golf, this Tampa club has fulfilled its founders’ vision for a decidedly un-Florida-like experience
Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, Scotland
Back in the late 1700s, golf had developed from a “short” game played in streets and churchyards to a “long” game played in open areas. Taking their cue from St. Andrews, the golfers of Aberdeen moved out to the coast. But a series of social upheavals, including the Industrial Revolution, sharply reduced the number […]