The question about what truly makes a links course has long divided golfers. For many, it represents the game in its purest form. The Open, the game’s oldest major championship, is contested on a ...

Why Links Golf and Britain's Ancient Courses Hit Differently Than Anything We Have in America originally appeared on Athlon Sports. I've never been to Scotland. Everything I know about links golf ...

Longtime golf journalists John Hawkins and Mike Purkey, who co-host the Hawk & Purk podcast, also discuss and debate the game’s hottest issues in this weekly commentary. Do you favor Scottish or Irish ...

Welcome to A Beginner’s Guide to Golf Course Design, where we’ll dig into the history, design and meaning of golf course architecture terms you’ve probably heard before but might not fully understand.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The discussion of Cabot Links and its immense appeal is inseparable from links courses themselves, so it is worth noting that ...

The British Open annually closes out the major calendar in golf, pitting the world's best golfers against one another on a classic links course. Links courses can be found outside of the United ...

There are two kinds of golf, links golf and all the others, and they’re as different from each other as a caddie is from a golf cart. I haven’t always been a links purist. Like most Americans, I grew ...

A links golf course is the oldest and most traditional form of course, with origins in Scotland. Links courses are typically built on sandy coastal terrain, offering firmer playing surfaces than those ...