Fall 2024 

Volume 37, Number 4

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

In our Fall 2024 issue, we got to thinking about where—and how—we at LINKS send you around the world to enjoy “the best of golf.” Whether by ferry among the Inner and Outer Hebrides of western Scotland, by plane to New Zealand, or a beautiful drive through the Blue Ridge Mountains, let LINKS be your guide to the finest courses, resorts, and communities as well as issues, interesting people, and ideas.

Table of Contents

The people who’ve worked with golf’s most successful developer explain how he gets it done right

by Tony Dear

For a golf experience you’ll never forget, try boating to the Scottish Islands

by Tony Dear

The temps are cool but the courses smokin’ in the mountains that range from Pennsylvania to Georgia

by David DeSmith

Wacky, weird, crazy, dumb—call them what you will, silly holes help make good golf courses better

by Geoff Shackelford

The seventh course at this Georgia resort/community blends a bit of old with a bit of new

by Al Lunsford

Tom Fazio carved a big, bold, and beautiful course out of the forests and hills of rural New Jersey. Wait, did you say New Jersey? Yes.

by Tom Ierubino

All the elements of links golf are on wonderful display in England’s West Country

by Nick Edmund

Inside LINKS

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Red Zones

Sand Blasting

Tree Appeal

In Development

World Round-up

Alex Findlay

British Columbia

Sea Island Resort

Panther National

The Santa Lucia Preserve

Zac Blair

New Zealand

The temps are cool but the courses smokin in the mountains that range from Pennsylvania to Georgia

by David DeSmith

Highlands Course at McLemore Resort (photo by Dave Sansom)

Photo Courtesy of Bandon Dunes Golf Resort

The people whove worked with golfs most successful developer explain how he gets it done right

by Tony Dear

Wacky, weird, crazy, dumb—call them what you will, silly holes help make good golf courses better

by Geoff Shackelford

St. Andrews, 17th hole (Road Hole) (photo by Kevin Murray)

Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry and Shiskine (right) (photos by Kevin Murray)

For a golf experience youll never forget, try boating to the Scottish Islands

by Tony Dear