George Peper: The PGA Tour’s Big Bet is No Sure Thing

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Gambling on the pros may now be legal, but the biggest bet in golf is on the future of the PGA Tour We recently published a feature article on the explosive growth of gambling on professional golf, a practice that’s now legal in all but about 10 states. The author of the piece is Jason […]

Inside the 2024 Winter Issue of LINKS – LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 164

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LINKS Editor George Peper is back to break down our latest issue in this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. Topics discussed include changes in the magazine in 2024, George’s column on the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, the next group of course architects to step up to the A-List, and more. You can subscribe […]

The 8 Greatest Risk/Reward Holes on the PGA Tour’s West Coast Swing

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For nearly a century, the PGA Tour’s West Coast Swing has reliably delivered drama in massive doses, thanks in part to venues that brim with exciting risk/reward holes. From history-soaked layouts such as Riviera and Pebble Beach to modern-day TPC spreads, what each has in common is at least one superb example of a risk-laden […]

Adam Scott: New Challenges for the Consummate Professional

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Global locales of great splendor that are deep in family ties (Australia’s Gold Coast) and owed to travel convenience (Crans-sur-Sierre in the Swiss Alps) have afforded Adam Scott the chance to live where he can protect what is at the heart of his persona. Reserved, but hardly shy, and a deep thinker who doesn’t act […]

PGA Tour Q&A: One Golf Rule You’d Love to Change

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The rules of golf are generally clear, straightforward, and—most importantly—agreeable. Every once in a while, however, golfers will come across a rule that seems antiquated or flat out unnecessary. Amateurs aren’t taking their rulebooks out for most casual rounds of golf, but the pros are well-versed in the statutes of the game. With that in […]

Billy Horschel is “Figuring it Out”

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Against a backdrop of obscene gobs of cash for an inferior product (we’re looking at you, LIV), overtures from boorish lads who suggest their patriotic pride is for sale (ungrateful Ryder Cuppers), and a PGA Tour hierarchy that thinks the way forward is to separate the elite from the riffraff (Signature Events, for shame), there […]

PGA Tour Q&A: The Sweetest Moment of Your Career

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Most golfers have a favorite course or, at the very least, a favorite hole—someplace where they tend to always play well or a spot that holds a special place in their hearts for a notable round, shot, or achievement. We assumed that the same must be true for the best players in the world, so […]

PGA Tour Q&A: One Course for the Rest of Your Life

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If you could only play one course for the rest of your life, where would you choose to play? It’s a question that golfing friends often ask each other, so we decided to ask a bunch of PGA Tour players to find out where they would choose to play golf if they could only tee […]