LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 92: What’s It Like to Play Golf in Japan?
LINKS Senior Editor Jim Frank shares insider knowledge and humorous stories from his golf trip to the host country of the Summer Olympic Games in the Season 8 finale of the LINKS Golf Podcast, presented by Ashcroft Capital. You can subscribe to the LINKS Golf Podcast in iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. _______________ What […]
Kasumigaseki (East) – Classic Courses
With the Olympics set to begin in Tokyo, we’ll finally get the chance to see this Hugh Alison gem Among the many disappointments caused by the postponement of the Summer Olympic Games was this: The world lost the chance to see what golf in Japan looks like. Because while we know the Japanese are crazy […]
Top 10 Courses: Japan
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic course, Kasumigaseki East, ranks third on our Top 10 list of courses in Japan behind a pair of Hugh Alison designs that are likened to Augusta National and Pebble Beach, respectively. 1. Hirono, Hirono The Augusta National of Japan, this 1932 design by Hugh Alison weaves strategically among woodlands, ravines, lakes, […]
