WHAT IS A LINKS GOLF COURSE
What is a links golf course and what does the idea of a links golf course mean to you? A Links golf courses is the oldest form of golf and the term Links comes from old english work hlinc meaning rising ground. When you play golf on a links course you will be subject to some demanding golf question. Your golf ball control skills will be pushed and challenged along with your patience. Links golf vs parkland golf delivers a very different challenge and requires some different skills to play good golf. If you are thinking about taking on one of the best links golf courses or even planning a golf trip to Scotland or planning a stunning Ireland golf trip play some golf then maybe reading up about links golf and YourGolfTravel have sent us to Trevose in Cornwall to show you a venue that might tick the boxes for your next golf holiday.
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Speaking of James Pickard, is he producing any vlogs? not seen anything from him in months.
Links courses combine beauty and imagination. Always a treat to play and rarely the same twice as the weather drives shot selection.
Being a member of a links is like being a member of 4 courses with all different winds.
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Links= smaller fairways, tall grass, thick roughs and big slopes. Park= big trees, wide fairways and beer in the cart😆👍⛳
OMG…. that bacon roll…… sooooo goooood !!
one of the best golf videos i've watched, thanks.
I played a comp at Princes golf course in Kent few years back. It was a Monday in December. Full sunshine and not a breath of wind. One of my favorite memories of playing golf ever. Links golf is just pure.
East Lothian Scotland…golf coast unbelievable links
Best golf experience I ever had was a links course. Played Chamber Bay. Even for being in the U.S. and the Pacific Northwest it was cool, dry, baked out, and windy. The view of water surrounding the course was astounding. Definitely worth the $190 to play. Walking only.
Brandon Dunes. Probably one of the best places in the world for links golf as well. 4 course 3 of which are coastal. Love it!!
Creativity is definitely the best description. Plus patience. You will get bad bounces and bad lies. It is a true test of your game and your mind.
I played my first true links course this past summer, Ballybunion is Ireland, and it was just a different experience. From the terrain, to the different types of shots that are required, to the VIEWS, to the people, just amazing. I would recommend a visit to anywhere in the UK if you're a golfer to experience what Mark and the boys are trying to convey in this video, it will change your (golfing) life.
Red sauce on bacon is a no no Dan 😳
Nice firm sandy soil, pot bunkers , undulations , wind, no trees, winter golf , slick greens , knee high fescue… all lovely 😊
A lot of par-4s look quite innocuous off the tee, however, you have to be in the right place. Played 3 rounds at RND last year and that was tough. Also 36 holes around Weston-S-Mare was tough. A lot of little streams and hazards. Played Trevose several years ago. Tough track.
Never played a links course but as I improve my game I would definitely love to try
Links golf for me is like no other, the scenery, the beauty, the weather and the skill test is like nothing else it just doesnt compare to a park land course. I once played a guy of +2 in a county knockout tournament i was off 2 at the time beat him 7n5 simply bcos he had never played a links course before. He was nearly crying at the end 😂😂
A challenge – that is Links Golf 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Go play Sweetens Cove in South Pittsburgh, Tennessee. 9 hole course that is known for its playability and links style greens.
Love links golf grew up playing it – it's true test of golf need to be a smarter player and perhaps more skilled as need to hit every type of shot in a round. Also being mentally strong when a shot goes exactly where you want it to but then gets horrendous bounce
IMO. It’s imagination. It truly is the best all around test of a golfer. Love it whole heartedly
IMO. It’s imagination. It truly is the best all around test of a golfer. Love it whole heartedly
I do enjoy links golf because it’s a real test of direction and distance and when you think you have it sorted you come to a pudding bowl of a putting green which turn you into an overgrown ape
I have never played links and tbh don't see the attraction.
Links golf is Saunton my home club.
Great video Mark. Many links here in the NW of England have a railway line running through or alongside. It's always a pleasure to hear that sound of the train flying by on a fine summers day.
Links corses constantly changing during a round with the weather, plus ultimate concentration 😊🏌️♂️
Links golf to me is summer holidays in North Berwick with chirruping birdsong on hard baked fairways and having to run the ball up onto greens, really learning to play when I was a member at Saunton, and ever changing conditions when I’m at home with just me and the dog out on StAndrews links.
Not a lover of links as I struggle with the wind
Would you consider "Mountain Golf" a type of course? very Hilly, steep drop offs from fairway, raised greens with big drops behind. Raised or lower tee boxes etc. Lots of what I'd consider "Mountain Golf" here where i am in New England, very hard, very wooded. Miss a fairway and or a green long and you're taking a drop.
There's always some confusion about what defines a "links" golf course. Most folks believe it has to be beside or adjacent to the sea but that isn't the case at all. A links course is one that is cut from the normal lay of the land. No shifting of dirt or earthmoving, forming 'man-made' humps, hills, furrows or watercourses, but just dealing with nature's own sculpture. A links course can be hundreds of miles away from the sea or ocean and courses 'constructed' next to the sea are not necessarily links courses. Pebble Beach for example is not a links course – it is a manufactured course next to the sea. It's not my intention to cause argument, but coming from the home of golf, I know a wee bit about it. Guid golfing everyone.
So do you have to have the seaside for a course to be considered a links course? I always considered it a course that was landscaped as little as possible (i.e. no bulldozing or artificial contours), making you use your noggin and the natural lay of the land to play the holes.
undeniable how much this video helped
Does it make any sense to say that on a links you can see many different groups playing many different holes at most given times?
nice jazzmaster
I came to find out what it is. I'm no wiser.
So links course is basically the poorly maintained courses we have here in the US 😂 if I want bare lies and lumpy greens I’ll go play a local muni
I like links golf but you girls are being overdramatic about how much it takes out of you. Grow up.