6 Modern Golf Courses with Multiple Drivable Par Fours
Many golf courses with multiple drivable par fours are open to the public—here are six notable modern examples.
8 Top “Valley” Courses You Can Play in the U.S.
The following are some of the top courses in the United States open to the public that include “Valley” in the name.
Greatest Three-Day Golf Getaways in the U.S. – LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 181
What golf getaways in America all you to play three Top 100 public courses in the span of three days, all at the same destination?
An Early Look at Big Cedar Lodge’s New Cliffhangers Par-3 Course
Big Cedar Lodge’s golf offerings are getting bigger. The resort in southwest Missouri, founded by Bass Pro Shops owner Johnny Morris, has three 18-hole championship courses and is set to become the first golf destination in the U.S. with three different short courses. Big Cedar has a pristinely manicured 9-hole par-3 course called Top of […]
The Designs of Tiger Woods – LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 158
In the final episode of Season 14, the hosts dive into Tiger Woods’s growing career in golf course architecture, discussing his earliest courses, design philosophy, and projects currently in the works. This episode is presented by Wild Dunes Resort. You can subscribe to the LINKS Golf Podcast in iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. _______________ What […]
Top 20 U.S. Courses for Fall Foliage
When sweater weather arrives in northern climes, the days may grow shorter and the nights longer, but golf’s playing grounds take on a mantle of color that makes playing in autumn a sublime experience. From New England to the Pacific Northwest, with pockets of color extending through mountain regions and as far south as Alabama […]
8 Public Facilities with Premier Golf and Sporting Clubs
During a recent stay at a luxury Rhode Island resort community known as The Preserve, I followed up 18 fun-filled par-three holes by taking aim at a different kind of target at the facility’s 19-station sporting clays course. The Preserve’s owner, Paul Milhailides, told me he intentionally built the clays course like a golf course, […]
Bonus Golf: The Best 19th Holes the Public Can Play
The 18 regulation holes at Payne’s Valley—the newest course at Missouri’s Big Cedar Lodge—may showcase Tiger Woods’s design chops, but the course’s 19th hole, nicknamed “The Big Rock,” is largely the vision of Big Cedar’s owner, Johnny Morris. The island green, which plays no more than 136 yards, is fronted by a large bunker and […]
4 Golf Resorts with Exceptional Non-Golf Amenities
There was once a time when all caliber of golf resorts—even the most exceptional ones—catered exclusively to golfers. These days, those rules no longer apply. Bucket list golf resorts may still be known first and foremost for their revered layouts, but many have supplemented their exemplary golf-focused amenities with a bevy of other offerings, some […]
Our Favorite Putting Courses
The current trend among golf resorts to add expansive putting courses to their offerings has its roots in the Home of Golf, where the St. Andrews Ladies Putting Club was created in the 1860s to give respectable ladies a place of their own to enjoy the game. Better known as “The Himalayas,” the enormous, undulating […]
