7 Destinations that Combine Golf and the Northern Lights
I’m sometimes told that “man does not live by golf alone.” Granted, the people who say that aren’t the rabid golfer that I am, but it’s true that including other activities in a golf trip can make it an even more rewarding adventure. Seeing the Northern Lights (a.k.a. the Aurora Borealis) is a bucket-list experience […]
PGA Tour Q&A: Last Round of Your Life
As avid golfers, we’ve often asked ourselves—and our friends—this question: What course would you play if you knew your next round of golf was your last? Earlier this summer, we chatted with a bunch of PGA Tour players on the range at the Travelers Championship and asked them that same thing. A few, including 2016 […]
How Much Would You Pay for a Bucket List Round of Golf?
Modern Classics: Lofoten Links
Inside the Arctic Circle. 24-hour-a-day summer golf. Awe-inspiring scenery. Norway. Need we say more? According to Rudyard Kipling, “only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.” A latter-day version of Kipling’s observation might be, “Only Norwegian golf course superintendents and bucket-list-chasing golfers venture out beneath the midnight sun.” Lofoten Links is fast […]
My Courses: Peter Jacobsen
Professional golfer and commentator Peter Jacobsen shares his favorite and most challenging courses to play in this edition of “My Courses.” MY FAVORITE COURSE: Pebble Beach. It was a favorite of our family growing up in Portland, Ore. I so much enjoy the feel of golf in the air on the Monterey Peninsula. FIRST COURSE […]
My Courses: Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster is a lengendary professional golfer that has won 31 times on the LPGA, including seven major championships. Here she shares her favorite and most challenging courses to play in this edition of “My Courses.” MY FAVORITE COURSE: Muirfield Village. Every hole on the course requires you to hit different types of shots, the […]
Top 10 Courses: Ireland
One can feel the soul of the game on a trip to the Emerald Isle, where several of the world’s most dramatic seaside links lie on its coasts and inland rolling parkland layouts abound, built by some of golf’s earliest adopters. As good as all of the golf is in Ireland, here are our top […]
My Top 5 Golf Bucket-List Experiences
This May will mark seven years that I’ve been working in golf media, and there’s nothing more I can say except I’ve been living the dream. I’ve played Augusta National (short version: Used Jack Nicklaus’s locker in the Champions locker room, birdied 12, can still recall every shot). I’ve tucked behind the curtain at Shadow […]
My Courses: Greg Norman
From Australia to Hilton Head, Greg Norman has played courses all over the world. The Shark gives us his answers in this edition of “My Courses.” MY FAVORITE COURSE: The Composite Course at Royal Melbourne—one of the most natural courses in the world. Alister MacKenzie didn’t move any dirt. The flow of the course, the […]
LINKS Golf Podcast Episode 36: The Ultimate Golf Bucket List
In this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, LINKS Editor George Peper reviews his list of 100 things every golfer should try to do before they hang up their sticks, which he recently reexamined and updated. George and Digital Editor Al Lunsford talk about some of their favorite items on the list and reveal […]
