100 Years of Pebble Beach: The U.S. Amateur
In 2019, Pebble Beach Golf Links will celebrate its 100th birthday and host its sixth U.S. Open. To commemorate these milestones, each issue of LINKS Magazine and LINKSdigital between now and then will tell the unique story that is Pebble Beach. Those articles will also be shared here on our website. While Pebble Beach is […]
Vietnam: The Fastest-Growing Golf Nation in the World
By Drew Binsky Japan, China, Korea, even Thailand. When it comes to golf in Asia, those are the countries that typically come to mind. But Vietnam is trying to change that. Over the last decade, numerous courses designed by some of the biggest names in world golf have opened here. And by 2020, there […]
Does the Golf Course Architect Matter?
Ted Vassallo, a retired civil engineer from Vermont, says the identity of the golf course architect wasn’t a major factor when he and wife Jan were deciding which of the seven communities at The Cliffs to move into. “We originally intended building a house up in the mountains at Glassy, which has a Tom Jackson […]
Desert Mountain Club, Scottsdale
Golf is a given, it’s our number-one thing,” says Robert Jones, COO/General Manager of Desert Mountain, backing up that statement with six Jack Nicklaus Signature courses—including the site of the Champions Tour’s season-ending event—the Jim Flick Golf Performance Center, which features the most advanced instruction technology available, and six clubhouses with nine restaurants and five golf […]
Quivira Golf Club – Los Cabos, Mexico
By Graylyn Loomis Thirty years ago, Los Cabos was a sleepy town at the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula known, if at all, primarily for sport fishing. It was around then that Jack Nicklaus visited Mexico for the first time, to build what would be the first of his six courses in the […]
Links Living: Timbers Kaua’i Ocean Club & Residences at Hōkūala
This resort community gives owners the chance to enjoy the best of both worlds Many golf communities boast of their “resort-like” atmosphere. Hōkūala actually is a resort, where owners can enjoy all the amenities—and get a few of their own. First and foremost is the Ocean Course, a Jack Nicklaus Signature design that has been […]
Links Living: Desert Highlands
The original desert-golf community has found a novel way to stay young Scottsdale is synonymous today with high-end communities featuring golf courses from leading architects. But it’s worth remembering that the northern reaches of this area, 30 miles from downtown Phoenix, were little more than cactus and rocks three decades ago and that the transformation […]
All You Need to Know About Jack Nicklaus Courses
Golf’s greatest player has become one of its most prolific, and influential, designers
Links Living: Champions Retreat
The “Big Three” united for a unique collaboration just down the road from Augusta National It was at the 1999 Masters that Gary Player recruited Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer to collaborate on Champions Retreat, a private club just outside of Augusta, Ga. The story goes that while sitting in the Champions Locker Room at […]
Four Legends Collaborate on New Greenbrier Sporting Club Course
With the flooding at The Greenbrier forcing cancellation of this week’s PGA Tour event, here’s an update on one of the most unique course designs in the works by four of golf’s biggest players
