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Projected to open in 2025, 21 Golf Club will feature the Hammer Course, an 18-hole
@KingCollinsGolf
design dedicated to match-play with 3 extra reversible corridors, and The Lost MacKenzie, inspired by Alister MacKenzie’s never-built Argentinian design with nine double greens
Tom Doak’s routing plan for the second 18-hole course at
@CabotHighlands
in Inverness, Scotland has been released
The layout will have exquisite water views, multiple shared fairways, and incorporate “natural obstacles reminiscent of ancient links from the earliest days of golf”
The setting for Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw’s first course in the Caribbean
@CabotSaintLucia
is, simply, stunning—featuring 9 greens on the ocean and views of the water from every hole.
It is, as Coore says, the most visually spectacular design they have ever been a part of.
Renderings of Cabot Barrens at Cabot Citrus Farms 🤯
Part of a complete redo for the property set to open 57 new holes of golf in December 2023 between 3️⃣ courses—Cabot Barrens (Kyle Franz), Cabot Oaks (Franz, Mike Nuzzo, Ran Morrissett), and The 21 (Nuzzo)
@CabotCitrus
🍊
BREAKING NEWS
#Cabot
, developer and operator of master-planned golf resort communities
@cabotcapebreton
and
@CabotSaintLucia
, announces their first U.S. project with the acquisition of Florida's World Woods Golf Club to be reimagined as Cabot Citrus Farms
📸:
@Evan_Schiller
The flagship hotel at
@PinehurstResort
is undergoing a stylish and luxurious transformation, making 2023 the ideal time to experience America’s first great golf resort—especially as it makes the final preparations to host the 124th
@usopengolf
next June
High praise this morning for this piece. Makes us all very excited about the state of our game and its future. Check it out for yourself if you haven’t already!
The Ocean Course may be
@kiawahresort
’s crown jewel, but the additional 72 golf holes at the luxurious resort collectively form the crown itself 👑 (📸: Patrick O'Brien)
@PGAChampionship
@PGA
#PGAChamp
📖:
Black Desert Resort Golf Course—the last design of Tom Weiskopf’s career in course architecture—officially opens its 18 holes to daily-fee play on May 27 in Southern Utah.
📸: courtesy of Black Desert Resort, photos by
@BrianOarGolf
Big Cedar Lodge’s golf offerings are getting bigger.
The Missouri resort is set to become the first golf destination in the U.S. with 3 different short courses—adding a wild, 18-hole par-3 course called Cliffhangers.
An early look
@GolfBigCedar
⬇️
High Pointe was the first-ever design by architect Tom Doak, who has described the course in his hometown as Pacific Dunes without the ocean. Doak claims the greens are still some of the best he’s ever built.
Now the design is coming back from the dead ⬇️
About 90 minutes from Hoylake is a destination that gets a fraction of the publicity, but which is definitely worth the effort to get to
Leeds is Alister MacKenzie country—home to his first-ever course at
@AlwoodleyGC
and a second,
@MoortownGC
, nearby
Sneak peek at Big Cedar Lodge’s newly opened golf accommodations, The Cottages at Buffalo Ridge, overlooking the
@tgrdesignbytw
Payne’s Valley course on the ridge of the Mountain Top clubhouse
(📸:
@BigCedarLodge
)
Given the wealth of golf options in the U.S., which has more places to play than the next 10 best-supplied countries combined, new course openings are exceedingly limited
Here are 9⃣ notable U.S. projects in the pipeline that are scheduled to open in 2023
The verdict is in. A sport played in some form by 70 or so million around the globe does not hinge on the popularity of the few hundred or so professionals who believe they are centers of our universe.
More from
@GeoffShac
⬇️
The news of a Tom Doak course coming to
@Sand_Valley
is exciting enough, but the announcement included other very interesting details. The course is planned to be roughly 6,000 yards long, bucking the trend of long championship courses around the world.
A look at the renovated Fox Chapel Golf Club (📸:
@Kirkgolflinks
)
Fazio Design restored the 1925 Seth Raynor layout with the "strictest adherence to Raynor principles possible" and "modernized" the course to move Raynor's features into play for golfers of all skill levels
BREAKING NEWS: The newest Dream Golf project, a public golf resort called Rodeo Dunes, will be built in the eastern plains of Colorado
“The vision is to build Sand Hills with three to six 18-hole golf courses completely open to the public”
Learn more ➡️
BREAKING:
Tom Doak set to design the 10th course
@PinehurstResort
—expected to open late spring of 2024, coinciding with the return of the
@usopengolf
to Pinehurst No. 2. Angela Moser
@mosergolf
will serve as Doak’s lead design associate for this project.
Our Summer 2020 issue of LINKS Magazine is a special digital-only edition available to everyone while staying safe at home.
No apps, no credit cards, no registration needed.
Simply click the link below to enjoy FREE digital access
#links
#bestofgolf
Angela Moser’s life led her to a career in course design, and a treasured opportunity at
@PinehurstResort
leading the design of course No. 10
@mosergolf
⛳️
Modern Classics: Wild Horse Golf Club
Another beauty in the Nebraska Sandhills, but this one is open to the public—and very affordable
@WHGC1998
@tonyjdear
Sheep Ranch opened in June 1, 2020 as the 6th course at
@BandonDunesGolf
@coorecrenshaw
took a previously hidden 13-green golf sanctuary and built the most visually stunning layout on the property, with nine cliffside greens and Pacific views on every hole
A round of golf usually includes memorable moments—often perhaps, an incredible and unexpected view that stops you in your tracks
We asked a dozen architects, authors, podcasters, photographers, and well-known golf travelers for their favorite reveals
This week on Tour, the pros will be faced with a different set of challenges than they see in their typical week-to-week events... read about what makes courses like Trinity Forest "good" and other courses "bad" in the eyes of
@the_fried_egg
Great Courses of Britain & Ireland:
@PennardGolfClub
Often called the “links in the sky,” this Welsh rarity is a windy test of quirks and curiosities
More ⬇️
Par fours that are designed to be driven under the right circumstances, based on yardage, weather, or course conditions are among the most exciting holes in golf.
Here are 11 of the best drivable par fours in the world
The purity of the A.W. Tillinghast-designed Lower Course
@BaltusrolGC
has returned after a year-long restoration by Gil Hanse
The architect breaks down the details of his work in a conversation with Digital Editor
@al_lunsford
🎧:
(📸:
@Evan_Schiller
)
The trouble with trees, writes Gil Hanse, is that no architect wants to remove them from a golf course, but it’s often the best solution 🌳
Hanse explains his 5⃣ criteria for evaluating trees on a golf course in this edition of Architecture 101
“The answer is quite simple; bad golf courses lack strategy” -
@the_fried_egg
wrote for us about “What Makes a Golf Course Bad” (Hint, he does NOT think Sand Hills is bad... quite the opposite!)
What once was lost has now been found in central Wisconsin
First peek at the historically distinguished—and long extinct—Lido Golf Club, which welcomes guests from across-the-street
@Sand_Valley
Golf Resort starting later this month
This week, we’re reminiscing on 6️⃣ rounds at
@BandonDunesGolf
last week with a few photo reels from each course
Let’s start at the beginning with the original, an instant classic perched on the Pacific...
Bandon Dunes - David McLay Kidd (1999) ⬇️
One of the underappreciated joys that summer yields is golf in the early evening 🌄
For the optimum blend of extra daylight, stirring scenery, blissful tranquility, and architectural brilliance, these courses, like
@RoyalDornochGC
, stand alone
📖:
Golf’s “voice” has evolved 🗣️
A new assemblage of entertainers has emerged, gaining a following and status as a trusted source of entertainment and information about the game
More on the world of golf podcasts + 10 shows worth a listen ⛳️🎧⬇️
After early acclaim led to stinging criticism, course architect
@DavidMcLayKidd
has gone back to his roots
@daviddesmith
on the roller coaster career of the man who designed the first course
@BandonDunesGolf
St. Patrick's Links, Tom Doak’s first design in
#Ireland
, is a par-72, 6,826-yard layout and the third 18-hole links at
@Rosapenna1893
in County Donegal (along with an additional 9 holes known as the “Coastguard Holes”), giving the resort 63 holes
Just announced from
@BandonDunesGolf
...
@coorecrenshaw
to design a new course on the old Sheep Ranch land with 9 (!!!) oceanside greensites. Here’s a shot of the land from
@critsergolf
from last month.
Tom Doak is moving dirt on the Emerald Isle 🍀 - set to open next year, his St. Patrick's design will make Ireland’s northwest become a much more compelling destination for overseas golfers (from
@tonyjdear
)
Today, visitors to the Plymouth, Mass., area are undoubtedly thankful that they have a bounty of excellent courses to choose from
Here’s a list of public courses where you should absolutely look to play should you find yourself setting sail for Plymouth
The list of Seth Raynor golf courses open to public play is agonizingly short. Quietly, however, there’s now one tucked in a metro area with more golfers than any other in the country... (from
@ematuszewski
)
#rockspringgolfclub
Could bunkerless golf courses gain footing?
Around the U.S., a few courses have embraced the concept, whether to save money on maintenance, speed up play, make the game a little easier, create something unique and memorable, or a bit out of necessity
If you could only play one golf course for the rest of your life, what would you pick?
Here, we polled the staffers of LINKS to find out their answers ⬇️
Digital Editor
@al_lunsford
and his father report live from Pinehurst on a unique day of golf playing Mike Strantz’s
@TobaccoRoadGolf
, followed by multiple loops on The Cradle and the Thistle Dhu putting course at
@PinehurstResort
🎧 Listen:
In 2005, Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw were called on to take their talents to
@BandonDunesGolf
and build the resort’s 3rd course
Their creation—Bandon Trails—meanders from seaside dunes through majestic coastal forests and back again. A unique and somewhat spiritual experience 🦋
Want an adventure in links golf at its full-blown, brawny best? Make your way to the Northwest Corner of the Emerald Isle, whose courses share a landscape straight out of a science fiction film 🍀🌊 (from
@daviddesmith
)
Today
@SharkGregNorman
returned to his first U.S. design -
@tpcsugarloaf
- to play The Stables nine for the first time since its renovation
All 27 holes at the club were updated as part of a massive 3-year project that included improvements to the clubhouse and lifestyle center
Remembering the legendary Pete Dye with some of his classic designs - Ocean Course
@kiawahresort
(📸:
@kevinmurraygolf
); Harbour Town (Murray); Whistling Straits
@GolfKohler
(📸: Larry Lambrecht); Teeth of the Dog
@casadecampo
(Lambrecht).
Rest In Peace, Pete.
17 years ago, “The Future of Golf” aired
@GeoffShac
’s every grievance—equipment deregulation, slow play, poor course design, worse tournament set-ups, and more
The author reflects on golf’s past and opines on its future health in this Q&A with
@tonyjdear
Every generation has its own collection of A-List architects. Naming them isn’t hard. A stiffer challenge is identifying who will be in the next crop.
On an undeniably tall, slippery ladder, these acclaimed designers are primed to climb to the top rung.
Meet Andrew Green (
@GreenGCA
), architecture’s low-profile master of restoring vintage golf courses, including the venue for the 2023
@PGAChampionship
✍️:
@joepassov
Digital Editor
@al_lunsford
sat down with
@PinehurstResort
Director of Golf Ben Bridgers who dishes on the must-dos while in Pinehurst, the latest developments at the resort, the lesser-known courses, and preparing for the 2024 U.S. Open
In 1993,
@SharkGregNorman
shot a final round 6-under 64 to win
@TheOpen
at Royal St. George’s by two strokes
We sat down with the two-time Open champion to chat about how classic links courses have influenced his contemporary course designs ⛳️
#TheOpen
Anywhere else, the "B Team" of Scottish courses would be a country's pride and joy. Our
@grayloomis
breaks down the ones you must make a part of your next trip over...
Restoring Sleepy Hollow presented a unique challenge to Gil Hanse and his team... but, as usual with Hanse's work, the end result is fantastic.
After seeing the changes in person,
@critsergolf
spoke with Hanse about the project...