A Golf Course to Suit Every Style of Play
By Tony Dear Want to get maximum enjoyment out of your next golf vacation? Choose a course that matches the character of your game. You toil hard to earn yourself a little vacation time with your clubs. You book the flights, hotel, rental car, and tee times, excited to play a highly ranked course. But […]
A Different Day, Different Pin, Different Hole at Augusta National
The characteristics of Augusta National’s greens—large, contoured, quick—create very different holes when the pin is moved. The Masters distinguishes itself from other tournaments in so many ways, but one of the most fascinating is that competitors here aren’t playing the same 18 holes four times. Rather, they face 72 distinct challenges. There are obviously […]
Vidanta Puerto Peñasco – The Best Golf Course You’ve Never Heard Of?
Puerto Peñasco. Ever hear of it? Unless you live in Arizona or Southern California, it’s unlikely that you know this beach town—also called Rocky Point—located at the top of the Gulf of California, which separates the Baja Peninsula from the Mexican mainland. There is no commercial airport nearby, meaning you have to drive and deal […]
Silloth on Solway – An English Golf Gem
By Nick Edmund Americans traveling to Britain will typically head for London and Stratford to gain their “culture fix,” then journey to Scotland to sample the scenery. Such an itinerary is understandable, but it excludes a visit to arguably the most beautiful area of the entire British Isles, the English Lake District, a mountainous region […]
First Peek: Mossy Oak Golf Club
Gil Hanse wowed the world last summer with his Olympic course. But since Rio isn’t exactly around the corner, it’s good news that Hanse recently unveiled another exciting example of minimalist design that’s easier to get to. Not a lot easier, but easier. Located in West Point, in north-central Mississippi, Mossy Oak is across the […]
Philadelphia Cricket Club, Wissahickon Renovation
When A.W. Tillinghast died, he requested that his ashes be spread “where he loved life the most”—along the Wissahickon Creek, a stream that winds through one of his finest designs, the Wissahickon Course at Philadelphia Cricket Club. Wissahickon is the most famous of Philly Cricket’s three courses. It opened in 1922, at the peak of […]
Silvies Valley Ranch—America’s Next Reversible Course
By Tony Dear Reversible golf courses are like London buses; you wait 100 years or more for one, then two come along at once. The first of them—Tom Doak’s “The Loop” at Forest Dunes GC in Roscommon, Mich.— opened in June of last year, and attracted the almost universal acclaim you expect of any Doak […]
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 […]
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 […]
