Golf Mount Rushmores, St. Andrews Course Changes, and More – LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 219
Topics include the “Mount Rushmore” golf article series, the recently announced changes at the Old Course at St. Andrews, and more.
Coolest International Spots for a Post-Round Drink
A list of eight special drink spots where you’ll want to go to celebrate a special international round on the golf course.
Mount Rushmore of Golf Clubhouses
Each of us has our own favorite golf clubhouse—but are those places worthy of being on Mount Rushmore? These four probably are…
10 Best Par Fives on the Open Championship Rota
Of the current courses on the Open Championship rota, here are the 10 best par fives to be conquered on the path to victory.
The 10 Quirkiest Holes in The LINKS 100
Quirky golf holes aren’t bad; just quite different from the textbook norm. Here are the 10 quirkiest holes from The LINKS 100.
Why Every Golf Course Needs a Silly Hole
Wacky, weird, crazy, dumb—call them what you will, silly holes help make good golf courses better, writes Geoff Shackelford.
Assigning Personalities to the Open Championship Venues
Examining the courses of the Open Championship, let’s view them not from best to worst but rather as unique examples of different personalities In a recent interview, rock icon Nick Cave revealed an unexpected interest in the Enneagram, a system of inter-connected personality types linked to the early-20th century mystic Gurdjieff. This interest in psychological […]
Golf’s Most Exhilarating Courses
Ireland’s Old Head is golf’s most exhilarating experience There are moments in golf that you wish could be frozen in time: Stepping onto the first tee of the Old Course at St. Andrews; emerging from the trees to greet 15, 16, and 17 at Cypress Point; staring down the daunting approach over the Pacific at […]
Golf Course Architect Bill Bergin – LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 168
Professional player turned golf course architect Bill Bergin joins the LINKS Golf Podcast to talk about his design of the Highlands Course at McLemore, and the new course he is building for the Georgia resort/community with Rees Jones called The Keep. The hosts also chat with Bergin about finishing 14th in the 1984 Open Championship, […]
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 […]