10 Top Golf Courses That Opened in 2020
Even with golf’s resurgence in 2020 amid the pandemic, new course openings are exceedingly limited. After all, with more than 38,000 courses in over 200 countries worldwide, there’s no shortage of supply. Think about that. Even if you played one new course every single day, you’d need more than 100 years to play them all. […]
Unique Golf Course Prizes Anyone Can Win
Making a birdie on any of the devilish, turtle-back greens at Pinehurst No. 2 is an enduring memory for just about any regular golfer visiting the iconic resort in the sandhills of North Carolina. But for those skilled enough, or lucky enough, to birdie one of the four par threes (or eagle a par four) […]
Cabot Revelstoke Coming to Canada in 2023
Cabot announced in mid-November it will be expanding its golf-resort empire to the western side of Canada in British Columbia with Cabot Revelstoke—a resort expected to open in 2023 with a lodge and housing alongside an 18-hole golf course called Cabot Pacific designed by Rod Whitman and his new company, Whitman, Axland, & Cutten. Whitman, […]
Beyond Bandon
Yes, Virginia (or wherever you’re coming from), there’s a lot more to golf in Oregon than that rightfully vaunted resort Long before flagsticks fluttered in the Oregon coastal winds, a pair of high-handicap drifters named Lewis and Clark surveyed the virginal future fairways of the Pacific Northwest. “Ocean in view!” exclaimed the latter in 1805, […]
First Peek: Sheep Ranch
Bandon Dunes’s best-kept secret is a secret no more The fifth, and likely the final, 18-hole layout at Bandon Dunes—perhaps the most highly anticipated course in the world since its announcement in 2019—debuted on June 1. For years, the Bally Bandon Sheep Ranch sat hidden away from visitors to Bandon Dunes on an oceanfront plot […]
Caddying During the Pandemic—Yay or Nay?
Entering August, Tony Shuster had caddied for 20 days in a row at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. He totaled 847,000 steps during the month of June and another 789,000 in July—upward of 800 miles in all. Shuster is one of almost 350 caddies shepherding golfers around the six 18-hole courses at the remote, walking-only destination […]
New Short Courses On the Horizon
It seems only natural Myrtle Beach should join the short course craze. The lot across the street from Myrtle Beach International Airport has been unused since 2017. But by this fall, it will once again be home to an 18-hole, par three course at the end of the runway—one with lights for nighttime play, music, […]
Advice from the Architects: How to Approach a Trip to Bandon Dunes
Over the past two decades, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort has built quite a base of loyalists—some of whom return for a buddies’ trip every single year. But the ever-growing golf destination on the Oregon coast also continues to expand its fanbase with first-timers eager for a remote escape and a taste of authentic links golf […]
LINKS Golf Podcast Episode 56: A First-Timer’s Guide to Bandon Dunes
It’s all things Bandon Dunes in the final episode of Season 5 of the LINKS Golf Podcast. LINKS contributor Erik Matuszewski joins Digital Editor Al Lunsford to break down Erik’s first-ever trip to Bandon, which aligned with the June 1 opening of the resort’s newest course, Sheep Ranch. You can subscribe to the LINKS Golf […]
The Sheep Ranch Makes Its Bandon Dunes Debut
While most everyone was fixated on the seemingly endless ocean views upon pulling up to the Sheep Ranch pro shop at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bill Coore’s attention was elsewhere on opening day for the Oregon resort’s fifth 18-hole course. Coore was focused on the smiles. After success with Bandon Trails and the par-3 Bandon […]
