George Peper’s Most Memorable Moments at St. Andrews – LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 114
LINKS Editor George Peper is back on the podcast to share his fondest memories from a 50-year relationship with the town of St. Andrews. The episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. You can subscribe to the LINKS Golf Podcast in iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. _______________ What […]
LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 109: 10 Unlikely Masters Outcomes with George Peper
Editor George Peper breaks down his column from the Spring 2022 issue of LINKS on the “fanciful notions” he has been having about this year’s Masters Tournament, giving a list of 10 possible outcomes and the likelihood that they might actually happen (9:18). George and Digital Editor Al Lunsford also discuss the course they would […]
George Peper: What I’d Like to See at the 2022 Masters
These days, with the Open Championship being the last major of the year, we all have entirely too much time to sit major-less until the next year’s Masters. Too much time to ponder, to anticipate, to dream. All of which can lead to the sort of fanciful notions I’ve been having. Here’s what I’d like […]
A Rant Against Golden Age Golf Architects
It’s time we stop deifying dead architects… Curmudgeon alert: I’m about to go on a major rant about something that likely will be of only marginal interest to you and may actually cause you some annoyance. So this might be a good time to click on something else. We did have some very fine pieces […]
LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 97: Inside the Fall 2021 Issue of LINKS with George Peper
Is it time we stop glorifying Golden Age architects? LINKS Editor George Peper is back to break down his column on that topic and more from the Fall 2021 issue on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. You can subscribe to the LINKS Golf Podcast in iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. _______________ What […]
A Chat With the Claret Jug
Having endured a full year out of the limelight, the coveted decanter was ready to have a natter Not long ago, I was privileged to gain an audience with golf’s most iconic trophy, the Claret Jug awarded to the Champion Golfer of the Year. It was a typically dreich Scottish morning when I arrived in […]
A Creative Solution to Golf’s Distance Question
The 50 Percent Solution—don’t just limit the distance of clubs, limit the number of them So it seems we’re finally going to get some answers from the USGA and R&A on the distance question. After decades of dithering, withering, and slithering, the two ruling bodies have suddenly become veritable sword-rattlers, promising serious action in the […]
LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 80: George Peper’s Solution to the Distance Debate
George Peper details his unconventional solution to golf’s distance dilemma and provides a surprisingly cogent argument to back up his seemingly outlandish take in the Season 7 finale of the LINKS Golf Podcast. You can subscribe to the LINKS Golf Podcast in iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. _______________ What did you think of the […]
Golf’s Most Memorable Opening Shots
The first hole of a golf course is rarely memorable, but it never fails to arouse emotion Can you think of a patch of ground—on the golf course or anywhere else—that consistently boils up such a complex cauldron of emotions as does the first tee? Hope and trepidation, determination and doubt, impatience and paranoia, excitement […]
Golf Personalities Share Their Favorite Memories of the Masters
Sunday April 12th. The date was supposed to be an unequaled day on the 2020 golf calendar—Sunday at the Masters. Annually, the day invokes abounding memories for fans of the game. Where were you when Jack Nicklaus won at age 46? When Tiger Woods announced “Here I am world…” in 1997, Jordan Spieth’s collapse, Larry […]