Links Living: Oldfield
High regard for the natural beauty of its Lowcountry setting gives this community on the banks of South Carolina’s Okatie River a feeling of sanctuary Picturesque white paddock fences enclosing grazing horses, majestic live oaks draped with moss, and nostalgic gas lanterns create one of the most welcoming and memorable entrances to a private gated […]
Links Living: Spanish Peaks
Set amid the Montana wilderness, this private golf and ski community is adding to an already impressive slate of four-season amenities At Spanish Peaks Mountain Club in Big Sky, Mont., they say the adventures are as endless as the landscape. That’s not hyperbole. With the namesake range towering in the background, Yellowstone National Park less […]
First Peek: Te Arai Links (North)
The second half of this New Zealand resort should finally get you to fly across the Pacific Tom Doak’s track record in New Zealand already includes two layouts, Cape Kidnappers (opened in 2004) and Tara Iti (2015), that have become fixtures on World Top 100 lists—the latter soaring as high as the second-best course outside […]
Let’s Go Clubbing: The Growing Golf Nightlife Scene
Vibrant new forms of golf are keeping players swinging at non-traditional venues long after the sun goes down—and changing the way we view the game Merriam-Webster defines golf as “a game in which a player using special clubs attempts to sink a ball with as few strokes as possible into each of the 9 or […]
George Peper: On Taking a Break from Golf
Golf and I are currently separated. No pity, please—I haven’t missed a shot in months. The last time I played golf was March. Okay, maybe I did sneak in three rounds in June (a member-guest with my son), but other than that, not so much as a chip shot in the past six months. That’s […]
Living La Dolce Vita: The Best of Golf in Italy
Just in time for the Ryder Cup—the best of golf in Italy Italy has an aura about it. An unmistakable charm that emanates from the language, the art, and the food. The country is familiar, but as a golf destination it remains something of a mystery. All that should change now that the redesigned stadium […]
Geoff Shackelford: A Cup Half Empty
Courses on this side of the Atlantic have made for better Ryder Cup venues than those in Europe. One selection could change all that. Credit for the modern Ryder Cup’s revival starts with continental Europe’s inclusion in 1979 after Great Britain and Ireland grew tired of keeping calm and carrying on. Teams armed with Seves […]
Test Your Knowledge of St. Andrews—Take Our Quiz
American fascination with St. Andrews as a golfing destination has been evident for more than 150 years and is most memorably attributable to Bobby Jones, who fell in love with both the Old Course and the town when he said, “I could take out of my life everything except my experiences at St. Andrews and […]
10 Golf Rules That Should be Changed
Few pursuits have as many arcane rules as the game of golf. Did you know, for example, that you can play a shot from within a clubhouse (if it’s not out of bounds), and even open a window or door to facilitate such a shot? The Rules say that you can. They say a lot […]
First Peek: Red Feather Golf and Social Club
A cotton field in northwest Texas was the blank canvas for King-Collins’s first private course On a flat, 135-acre plot just south of downtown Lubbock, Texas, Rob Collins and Tad King have developed what they call the “modern day Shadow Creek,” turning a nondescript piece of land into an awe-inspiring golf landscape for Red Feather—a […]
