Golf’s Top 10 Selfie Spots
Golfers have lots of ways of remembering their favorite rounds. Some purchase shirts or caps from their trips to top courses. For others, it’s logo balls or scorecards. But nothing captures the special moments of a round better than photos. And in the age of the selfie, grabbing a snapshot of yourself and your friends […]
Young Members Are Flocking to Luxury Golf Communities
As more and more younger members make luxury golf communities their primary residence, clubs are responding with new amenities—and a new attitude With three new neighbors in their early 50s, Dave Short sees the change at Reynolds Lake Oconee almost every day. These recent homeowners aren’t retirees: They all still travel for work. But they’ve […]
Dramatic Par Threes: One-Shot Wonders
Whether it requires a mere flip of a wedge or a big swing with a fairway wood, a par-three hole has the ability to not only immortalize a golf course—it can define a player’s entire round. “It’s what we remember because it’s only one shot,” resort developer Mike Keiser says of a par three. “They’re […]
5 Myths About Golf Course Design
Golf course architects are the artists—the ones who are able to take a vision, move a ton of dirt, and create a masterpiece for golfers to enjoy. Their work can be quite grueling and tedious—Rome wasn’t built in a day, just as any renowned layout wasn’t imagined and constructed overnight. To dig a little deeper […]
FREE ACCESS: 2020 Digital-Only Fall Issue of LINKS Magazine
Click here to access the entire Fall issue of LINKS—no apps, no credit cards, no registration needed. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed watching the U.S. Open return to Winged Foot, a club I’ve been fortunate enough to belong to since 1984. Gil Hanse did an incredible job with his restoration of both […]
Part-Time Privileges: National Memberships
National memberships offer the advantages of living in a golf community without actually living there John lives in Atlanta. A friend who is a member and homeowner at Haig Point on Daufuskie Island, S.C., invites John to come down for a weekend and play golf at the club’s Rees Jones signature course. John is enamored […]
In Review: Stephen Proctor’s Monarch of the Green
It was Christmas 2008, and Stephen Proctor was heading home to Florida. In order to make the flight from San Francisco more tolerable, he entered a bookshop, hoping to find something that would make those tedious five hours fly by. He did a double-take as he scanned the shelves and caught sight of Kevin Cook’s […]
From Farm to Flask: The Popularity of Bourbon is on the Rise
It’s a strange truth that while most of the world’s greatest wines and spirits come from places that have been carefully delineated by geography and ingredients, Bourbon is beholden only to corn and oak. The former must make up at least 51 percent of the recipe; the latter must be involved in the aging process, […]
Best New or Returning Courses on Tour in 2021
In golf, the new calendar year brings some fresh faces when it comes to golf courses. As the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, and Champions Tour get ready to make another trip around the sun, players will visit some new spots in 2021 and return to a few familiar layouts they haven’t seen in a few […]
Top 10 Golf Trip Drives for 2021
Road trip. Two ordinary words that conjure up visions of adventure by the mile and new discoveries at every turn. Is there a golfer anywhere who wouldn’t like to be loading up his or her clubs and hitting the road right now with a significant other or a bunch of friends? I know I would. […]
