Golf Destination Face-Off: Northern California vs. Southern California – LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 133
There is plenty of great golf to go around in California, which measures as the longest U.S. state from top to bottom. In this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, co-hosts Al Lunsford and Joe Passov split the Golden State in half and compare the golf offerings in Northern California versus Southern California. You can […]
Santa Lucia Preserve
Carmel, Calif. In a sublime section of one of the country’s most sought-after locales, just 10 minutes from Carmel-by-the-Sea on the Monterey Peninsula, Santa Lucia Preserve is a natural wonderland that feels a world away. The private community is nestled among 20,000 barely touched acres, 18,000 of which are permanently protected by the Santa Lucia […]
The Greatest Course Never Built
Beverly Hills Country Club had it all—except an opening date The script was straight out of Hollywood. Crooked lawyers. Mob money. Politicians on the take. L.A. nightclubs. Legendary entertainers. All set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, and the toniest enclave in the City of Angels. This is […]
Links Living: Santa Lucia Preserve
A National Membership at this private golf community, with fewer than 300 homes on 20,000 acres just minutes from Carmel, Calif., puts you in rarified territory. Scour the planet and you may not find another place as beautiful, wild, or well preserved as California’s Central Coast. So when given the opportunity to occupy a slice […]
Links Living: Mayacama
This private golf and residential community in California wine country offers owners the flexibility of being in residence or placing their villas in the rental program Twenty years in, Mayacama feels as fresh as the day it opened. Jack Nicklaus, who disturbed very little land when he designed the Signature Course, played the first honorary […]
5 of Golf’s Top Replica Courses
Think of the most iconic holes in the game of golf. We see many of them on television year after year, but most of us can only dream of actually putting a tee in the ground at these historic plots of land. Tee time at Augusta National? Good luck. Tackling the 17th at TPC Sawgrass? […]
Top Golf Courses in National Parks: From Washington, D.C., to Yosemite
“I think all our parks should be opened for golf unless there is some specific objection in public needs.” -President William H. Taft During the Golden Age of Golf in the early 20th century, eight public golf courses were built within the nation’s capital. Three of those historic facilities remain today, among them East Potomac […]
10 Can’t-Miss Adventures in San Diego
If you’re planning a trip to San Diego to experience the 2021 U.S. Open venue at Torrey Pines—or for any other reason—you’re in for a treat. Lots of treats, actually. San Diego is one of California’s most vibrant cities and the capital city of fun in the sun. With more than 250 days of sunshine […]
10 Questions with Rocco Mediate
It was arguably Tiger Woods’s most iconic moment. The 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines has long been remembered as the ultimate David vs. Goliath showdown. Woods’s victory on a severely injured leg has left us with lasting images of a warrior fighting through pain. But just as memorable as Tiger’s excruciating performance was the […]
The U.S. Open Returns to Torrey Pines South
It’s Torrey time again for the U.S. Open. Torrey Pines’s South course, the most celebrated municipal layout west of the Mississippi, takes center stage in mid-June for the second time. Thirteen years ago, Tiger Woods cemented forever Torrey’s reputation for tournament drama. His clutch 12-foot birdie putt at the par-five 72nd hole and subsequent 18- […]
