The Architect’s Ultimate Golf Trip
By Erik Matuszewski Golfers love few things better than a great road trip, with the opportunity to experience new courses in new locations. With this being LINKS, it only made sense to envision the ideal golf excursion for an aspiring golf course architect or aficionado of course design. Setting aside logistical obstacles—such as costs […]
100 Years of Pebble Beach: The Academy

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. Combining technology with the human […]
100 Years of Pebble Beach: 17-Mile Drive
By James A. Frank 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. […]
Our Favorite 9-Hole Golf Courses in the Country
By Tony Dear These are our 10 favorite 9-hole courses that anyone can play. Sweetens Cove—South Pittsburg, Tenn. Built on the site of an old course called Sequatchie Valley that was about as dull as a golf course could be, Sweetens Cove opened to great acclaim in 2014. The brilliant minds behind the transformation were […]
100 Years of Pebble Beach: In the Beginning
By James A. Frank 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. […]
100 Years of Pebble Beach: Welcome to Fairway One

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. With its world-class golf course […]
Top 10 Courses in Pennsylvania
Here are our top 10 courses in the state of Pennsylvania: OAKMONT, Oakmont The host of a record nine U.S. Opens remains what its founder Henry Fownes intended it to be—a thorough examination in golf whether your handicap is 36 or plus-6. MERION (EAST), Ardmore Merion was hailed at its debut as “the finest […]
The Reserve Club
By Bob Dagley The perfect mix of solitude and convenience, this private community blends harmoniously with its desert surroundings If you crave seclusion and serenity in a private golf club and residential community, The Reserve Club in California’s Coachella Valley should be high on your list of places to ponder. Minutes from the Rodeo Drive […]
Colleton River Club
Despite two engaging courses from two of the game’s masters, this community cherishes its peace and quiet The size and serenity of Colleton River Club is the first thing visitors notice as they make the four-mile drive in from the community’s gate. The road winds through untouched wilderness into the 1,500-acre property until it […]
Congaree – A South Carolina Golf Club with a Mission
By Graylyn Loomis When a new world-class course is being built, the golf world typically knows about it—and talks about it—years in advance. But not Congaree, in Ridgeland, S.C., about 30 miles northwest (inland) from Hilton Head. Even the locals didn’t know what was being built on the former rice plantation, while a dive […]