the most fun shots in golf are the crazy ones where you have to wing it and pull something out of the bag, and links courses are full of shots like this
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.
Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club in Michigan has just opened a new South Course which I believe is the closest to links golf I have ever experienced. There are no trees, no water, huge undulating square greens, and strip bunkers strategically placed to catch a drive or second shot. I was told to run the ball up onto the greens and not try to land a traditional high shot because the greens are so hard and fast. Also, when the wind blows, this place could be a monster test of the exact type of thinking you are describing. Come to Michigan and give it a try.
My home course in Ontario was designed by Martin Hawtree to be as linksy as an inland course can get... Dominant wind off Lake Erie and nothing but farmland in the way to stop it... Magical place.
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.
Just the sheer beauty when out there, when in the RAF I played Dunstanborough Castle links numerous times when stationed in the area on the Northumberland coast, just stunning...played it in all kinds of weather, one real funny moment playing into the gale I smashed my drive away and it sail out into the yonder and then we watch it come sailing back towards us and land in the c**p about 20 yards in front we cried laughing and headed for the clubhouse.....never did find the ball..😂
Andrew J Gordon at North Berwick a couple of years ago I was 120 to the flag into a god knows how many club wind. I smashed a lovely 6 iron and me and my playing partner watched it sail up and up and then come back towards us. It can only have gone about 50yds forward. I feel your pain. We did have a good laugh about it though.
youthful memories, bad bounces, impossible putts, chest high rough. And wind! With mates, laughs, disbelief when one of us sank a putt and pain shared. Golf as its meant to be.
I love links golf. I joined Fleetwood three years ago now and wouldn’t want to be a member anywhere else. Every time I play around it’s always a different test. The changing of the tides means the wind can change 2-3 times in the round.
Played one this year for the first time. Can’t wait to play one again. It’s the best, hardest, most addictive golf I’ve ever played. Really enjoyed it.
Love it! Being from Canada we have a few “links” style courses in P.E.I and Nova Scotia on the Atlantic. Played Crowbush Cove in P.E.I. this past summer, thoroughly enjoyed it. The wind was up for the back 9 around 25km/h gusting to 35, beat me up pretty good! Slept like a baby that night. I have yet to play in the U.K., but it’s on my bucket list.
Links is all of these & at the same time none of these comments ... One of the best Golf vids ive ever watched ... Honest brutal raw serious fun caring thoughtful loving ... I reckon you boys got this one proper right ... Thank you
Played my first round of golf on a links in 30 years this year (Waipu - NZ). Didn't feel I played particularly well but matched my handicap!. What struck me was some of the lies you get on the fairway (bare), and the greens were so pure, fast and contoured. And the views- Wow. Took my breath away. I'm a good putter, and reading the greens correctly is a must.
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.
It's all about the views, stunning ocean views with the greenery of the course as a back drop. Then there's the numerous ways of playing a shot to get the ball to the hole. There's the brutality of the weather one day and totally different the next. It's just the best
My quintessential links experience was playing Old Head during Storm Ali, with the windsock horizontal. We had to wait an hour before we could even play, in case we were blown off the cliff. It was exhilarating, frustrating and satisfying at the same time. And I slept like a baby that night!
Out in Pennsylvania we play woods golf. An entire course cut out of the woods. Every hole has trees on the left and right. Local course near me they throw down a lumber mill, started cutting out fairways, and used all the trees they cut to build the clubhouse.
Have been going down to Padstow for years and finally played Trevose a couple of times this summer - such a beautiful course and totally different conditions on each day.
I’m a links member and you never know what to expect 1,2,3,4 club winds, it changes with the tide as well Bounces that can kil you or fall in love with Rough that is brutal and balls you think are safe and are lost forever Fast greens, soft sand, deep bunkers, burnt patches Absolutely love it
links golf is the complete package. A test for mind body and soul played 3 rounds at ilfracombe last week with a total of 3 different rounds on the same course . 1 calm 1 misty and damp and 1 with a slight breeze
I played Trevose and St Enodoc in August on a holiday with my spouse. What a treat. I had watched your vlogs in advance so I felt I had a sense of the courses. But they were more undulating in person and more stunning. I have re-watched the same vlogs and enjoyed them more after having played the courses. Also played St. Mellion and loved it but a much more North American feel although not a typical Nicklaus design. The three of you should be hired by the Devon and Cornwall tourist departments for all you do to promote the area. We had a very enjoyable time- also played Thurlstone on a windy day-that was challenging! Thanks.
I grew up playing links courses. Never a flat lie, crazy bounces and really makes you think about how to play chip and run - into the wind from 60 yards a 5i bump and run (would now use my hybrid) is a real shot
In Australia, links courses are as much a grind as in the UK and Ireland, but at the other end of the scale. Typically it's baking hot, with heat radiated back up at you from scorching sand, no trees for shade and drinking litres of water to try to stay hydrated. The first time I played a links course here (Magenta Shores) I was broken by the 13th hole. Subsequent times around it I've known what to expect and how to play it and had much more enjoyable experiences, very much like my experiences playing the links courses in Scotland and Ireland.
100% agree on the US links "style" courses. In and around Chicago there are amazing links "style" courses with mega deep rough, hilly lies, big greens, etc but it's super manicured and always watered so no never gets too fast, etc. My golf dream is to get over to Britain, Ireland and Scotland to play. Dreamy. Thank you for a great vlog, bruh.
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.
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.
Only ever played 2 links courses. I'd say to me they mean wind, hacking out of the rough, pot bunkers and massive greens with crazy sloops. Agree with you all that they make you think.
Always played parkland courses but joined Burnham & Berrow this year, a true test simply golf heaven in every way. Beats you up but always walk off and feel WOW 👍🏻
True golf. Great piece Mark. I was brought to your channel several years ago when you did a Vlog from Thurlestone GC - one of the most beautiful settings for any golf course anywhere. I would love to see the Muppets play there sometime.
Just to be honest, I have never played true links course since I am in the US. I have played a course by Jack Nicklaus called Ocean Course at Hammock Beach. I would say that would be the closest. 7 holes of the course follow the ocean and is completely exposed. It is just a stunning course and you are exhausted by the time you are done; in the same breath, smiling from ear to ear.
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.
Played at 5 Lakes (Essex) at the weekend which has a parkland and links course. My first time on a Links course but it wasn't a true Links. Small upturned saucer greens, tights fairways with not much room before deep rough and hard fairways. I think its a fair representation of a Links but looking forward to a proper Links on the coast!
Good video Mark I think links is hard golf course to play and true test of golf skills, I live on the Welsh coastline and do enjoy links but it does shattered golfer.
Nothing like links golf so much fun exciting And challenging. I love playing along the ground and where there are so many options and no correct shot except the one that works! 🙀👍😜🏌There is way too much target golf here in the states and quite frankly it slows down the game. Can I come and stay with you boys for a bit😻cheers from NorCal fellas
Links to me is hitting fairway wood on a 160 yard par 3 and coming up short. There's a "links" style course on the east coast here in the states that I try to play every year on my annual family vacation. I've still yet to hit the 17th green near the intercoastal waterway. Wind is always into.
Cheers Mark. Excellent content as always.. I think it’s time for a rematch with Paige Spiranic & Martin Chuck... this time on your side of the pond... neutral location... Perhaps Carnoustie... that would be worth the price of admission!
Beatiful course. played it last week as the only links course i play when I go to Cornwall . Day one played o.k. but second day it destroyed me and played like a beginner. If you are a competent player playing inland golf dont be fooled!!!. Links is a different kind of golf and it will swallow you up and spit you out . No 2 days are the same. Despite being left inflated and shattered I Love the course the club the scenery by the Atlantic ocean. Give it a go .
My home course is a links Arklow golf club in Co. Wicklow Ireland . What it means to me the playing conditions change with the wind direction the course never plays the same week in and week out and tricky shots around the greens etc....
Kent, Devon and Cornwall..... You can't beat em (Well I am biased!!!! Hehehehe) Love a bit of RND and West Cornwall..... plus those wonderful courses down in Sandwich, Deal and Littlestone.... Golf heaven!!
Playing mostly parkland here in the States, when i do get to play a links course it is remembered. Links to me is a lack of trees that can block the wind, especially next to the ocean. Links requires more strategy than a target golf parkland course. You have to think your way around a links course. Pot bunkers, putting from off the green, blind shots, and generally more intense thinking is Links to me. Got the amazing chance to play 5 links courses in 5 days in Ireland back in 2015 and i wish i had the chance to do practice rounds. No way are you going out cold and setting a personal scoring record. I am very proud of an 87 at Royal Portrush, 78 at Ardglass, and an 83 at Royal County Down in that week. But i was off the white tees and not the Championship tees. Otherwise I'd be closer to the 100s
Two of my favorite courses I've played are those US "links-style" courses. While they have similar design and features to the UK links courses, I'd imagine they can't come close to replicating the full experience. The winds aren't the same, the ocean air impacting your ball flight, and the sometimes-brutal terrain making every shot a challenge. One day I'll get to experience it for myself. For now, I'll settle for our substitutes. Still some incredibly entertaining tracks.
@@hannibalwrecktor5506 I live in Texas. I know your weather. It's also our weather. But that wasn't my point. My point was we don't get the same conditions as the UK does on their links courses, thus the experiences aren't the same.
I've never played a links course, but I have a round at Barnbougle Dunes lined up for the end of October. I've got the 9 iron out on the chipping green in preparation, (my off-green putting isn't up to much) and I'm hitting half my range balls from funky lies around the bunker. Being that it is one of our top courses downunder I'm struggling with all the golf emotions- excitement, hope, a sense of impending doom...
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.
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.
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 😂😂
Dunes and sandy tightly mowen fairways with beautiful views of the sea. Little pot bunkers and putting from the fairways to raised greens with lots of slopes. True golf IMHO.
The same hole could be 3-wood and a pitch in the morning and a couple of hours later could be Driver, 3-wood and 9 iron! Not forgetting taking a putter from 30 yards+ short of the green. Links golf is the ultimate test of a golfers skill and creativity 👍
Oh and we don't have true links golf here in the states. Well, maybe one or two courses. But the links courses i have played are inland and don;t have the weather and wind conditions you get in the UK.
Links to me be straight of the tee long carries off the tee Bump and run into green fast true green and WIND 💨 I’m a member at Silloth on Solway (has to be one of the best)
Very limited experience, but history, beauty and dealing with extreme conditions all describe how I would define "Links Golf," oh, and if they serve streaky bacon it is not links! :)
Fully agree with the video, its all about the stunning beauty of the Links and more often than not you get beaten by the elements but still love it #bestkindofgolfintheuk
I'm a member at Perranporth. You can add 10mph to the forecasted wind speed every time. If you haven't played there before i recommend a course planner, quite a few blind shots. But it is a stunning place. Hope you enjoy.
Links courses for me is all about beautiful scenery, crazy greens and the odd bunker in the middle of a Green. Check out the European club in county Wicklow, stunning!! 🙂
the most fun shots in golf are the crazy ones where you have to wing it and pull something out of the bag, and links courses are full of shots like this
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.
Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club in Michigan has just opened a new South Course which I believe is the closest to links golf I have ever experienced. There are no trees, no water, huge undulating square greens, and strip bunkers strategically placed to catch a drive or second shot. I was told to run the ball up onto the greens and not try to land a traditional high shot because the greens are so hard and fast. Also, when the wind blows, this place could be a monster test of the exact type of thinking you are describing. Come to Michigan and give it a try.
My home course in Ontario was designed by Martin Hawtree to be as linksy as an inland course can get... Dominant wind off Lake Erie and nothing but farmland in the way to stop it... Magical place.
A true test of golf needing to think of all the options and all played in the most beautiful surroundings. Paradise !
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.
Just the sheer beauty when out there, when in the RAF I played Dunstanborough Castle links numerous times when stationed in the area on the Northumberland coast, just stunning...played it in all kinds of weather, one real funny moment playing into the gale I smashed my drive away and it sail out into the yonder and then we watch it come sailing back towards us and land in the c**p about 20 yards in front we cried laughing and headed for the clubhouse.....never did find the ball..😂
Andrew J Gordon at North Berwick a couple of years ago I was 120 to the flag into a god knows how many club wind. I smashed a lovely 6 iron and me and my playing partner watched it sail up and up and then come back towards us. It can only have gone about 50yds forward. I feel your pain. We did have a good laugh about it though.
Love it hitting the ball on a fairway that looks like a BMX track in places and aiming 50 yards off line and watch the wind blowing it back great lol
Links courses combine beauty and imagination. Always a treat to play and rarely the same twice as the weather drives shot selection.
youthful memories, bad bounces, impossible putts, chest high rough. And wind! With mates, laughs, disbelief when one of us sank a putt and pain shared. Golf as its meant to be.
Links golf for me is putting 20yds of the green, pot hole bunkers and fast greens.
Shippey 1970 agree plus undulating terrain around the greens and no trees.
I love links golf. I joined Fleetwood three years ago now and wouldn’t want to be a member anywhere else. Every time I play around it’s always a different test. The changing of the tides means the wind can change 2-3 times in the round.
Links = deliciously tough golf. Love this... but this is like a teaser to an awesome vlog!!!
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Played one this year for the first time. Can’t wait to play one again. It’s the best, hardest, most addictive golf I’ve ever played. Really enjoyed it.
Love it! Being from Canada we have a few “links” style courses in P.E.I and Nova Scotia on the Atlantic. Played Crowbush Cove in P.E.I. this past summer, thoroughly enjoyed it. The wind was up for the back 9 around 25km/h gusting to 35, beat me up pretty good! Slept like a baby that night. I have yet to play in the U.K., but it’s on my bucket list.
I loved Crowbush. Played alone in 40-50 mph winds. They only let me go out because I drove from Saint John that morning!
Links is all of these & at the same time none of these comments ...
One of the best Golf vids ive ever watched ...
Honest brutal raw serious fun caring thoughtful loving ...
I reckon you boys got this one proper right ...
Thank you
Played my first round of golf on a links in 30 years this year (Waipu - NZ). Didn't feel I played particularly well but matched my handicap!. What struck me was some of the lies you get on the fairway (bare), and the greens were so pure, fast and contoured. And the views- Wow. Took my breath away. I'm a good putter, and reading the greens correctly is a must.
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!!
I'm sure you meant Bandon Dunes rather than Brandon. Now, with the addition of Sheep Ranch, has 4 of their 5 courses that qualify as links.
undeniable how much this video helped
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.
It's all about the views, stunning ocean views with the greenery of the course as a back drop.
Then there's the numerous ways of playing a shot to get the ball to the hole.
There's the brutality of the weather one day and totally different the next. It's just the best
I drive an hour to my home course Prestatyn Championship Links course as I just love links plus always open and in great condition
Super course, played it a few times 👍
East Lothian Scotland...golf coast unbelievable links
GolfMad don’t tell everybody!
My quintessential links experience was playing Old Head during Storm Ali, with the windsock horizontal. We had to wait an hour before we could even play, in case we were blown off the cliff. It was exhilarating, frustrating and satisfying at the same time. And I slept like a baby that night!
Nice firm sandy soil, pot bunkers , undulations , wind, no trees, winter golf , slick greens , knee high fescue... all lovely 😊
Out in Pennsylvania we play woods golf. An entire course cut out of the woods. Every hole has trees on the left and right.
Local course near me they throw down a lumber mill, started cutting out fairways, and used all the trees they cut to build the clubhouse.
Thats so cool.
Have been going down to Padstow for years and finally played Trevose a couple of times this summer - such a beautiful course and totally different conditions on each day.
I’m a links member and you never know what to expect
1,2,3,4 club winds, it changes with the tide as well
Bounces that can kil you or fall in love with
Rough that is brutal and balls you think are safe and are lost forever
Fast greens, soft sand, deep bunkers, burnt patches
Absolutely love it
links golf is the complete package. A test for mind body and soul played 3 rounds at ilfracombe last week with a total of 3 different rounds on the same course . 1 calm 1 misty and damp and 1 with a slight breeze
Never played a links course but I'm looking forward to the "some day"!
Beauty in it's ruggedness, wind, THE TURF you hit from, the greens that can't hold anything apart from the crispest hit shots. Yeah, all of it
I played Trevose and St Enodoc in August on a holiday with my spouse. What a treat. I had watched your vlogs in advance so I felt I had a sense of the courses. But they were more undulating in person and more stunning. I have re-watched the same vlogs and enjoyed them more after having played the courses.
Also played St. Mellion and loved it but a much more North American feel although not a typical Nicklaus design. The three of you should be hired by the Devon and Cornwall tourist departments for all you do to promote the area. We had a very enjoyable time- also played Thurlstone on a windy day-that was challenging! Thanks.
I grew up playing links courses. Never a flat lie, crazy bounces and really makes you think about how to play chip and run - into the wind from 60 yards a 5i bump and run (would now use my hybrid) is a real shot
In Australia, links courses are as much a grind as in the UK and Ireland, but at the other end of the scale. Typically it's baking hot, with heat radiated back up at you from scorching sand, no trees for shade and drinking litres of water to try to stay hydrated. The first time I played a links course here (Magenta Shores) I was broken by the 13th hole. Subsequent times around it I've known what to expect and how to play it and had much more enjoyable experiences, very much like my experiences playing the links courses in Scotland and Ireland.
one of the best golf videos i've watched, thanks.
100% agree on the US links "style" courses. In and around Chicago there are amazing links "style" courses with mega deep rough, hilly lies, big greens, etc but it's super manicured and always watered so no never gets too fast, etc. My golf dream is to get over to Britain, Ireland and Scotland to play. Dreamy. Thank you for a great vlog, bruh.
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.
Beautiful part of the world, shout out to Aunty Pauline from here in Australia!
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 are special for sure...check out Cabot Links, Inverness Nova Scotia, Canada.
Never played a links course but as I improve my game I would definitely love to try
IMO. It’s imagination. It truly is the best all around test of a golfer. Love it whole heartedly
Absolutely bob on Mark, Dan and lockley .
Cannot beat a beautiful links course for a true golf experience
Yo Mark. If you get the chance,play Barnbougle Dunes in Tasmania. That is a pretty fair test of golf,links style.
Only ever played 2 links courses. I'd say to me they mean wind, hacking out of the rough, pot bunkers and massive greens with crazy sloops. Agree with you all that they make you think.
OMG.... that bacon roll...... sooooo goooood !!
It was the best
@@MarkCrossfield They do I pretty mean one at St Ives Cambridge I hear. Guess you're not coming TT
Links corses constantly changing during a round with the weather, plus ultimate concentration 😊🏌️♂️
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.
Always played parkland courses but joined Burnham & Berrow this year, a true test simply golf heaven in every way. Beats you up but always walk off and feel WOW 👍🏻
True golf.
Great piece Mark. I was brought to your channel several years ago when you did a Vlog from Thurlestone GC - one of the most beautiful settings for any golf course anywhere. I would love to see the Muppets play there sometime.
Just to be honest, I have never played true links course since I am in the US. I have played a course by Jack Nicklaus called Ocean Course at Hammock Beach. I would say that would be the closest. 7 holes of the course follow the ocean and is completely exposed. It is just a stunning course and you are exhausted by the time you are done; in the same breath, smiling from ear to ear.
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.
A challenge - that is Links Golf 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Played at 5 Lakes (Essex) at the weekend which has a parkland and links course. My first time on a Links course but it wasn't a true Links. Small upturned saucer greens, tights fairways with not much room before deep rough and hard fairways. I think its a fair representation of a Links but looking forward to a proper Links on the coast!
Good video Mark I think links is hard golf course to play and true test of golf skills, I live on the Welsh coastline and do enjoy links but it does shattered golfer.
Nothing like links golf so much fun exciting And challenging. I love playing along the ground and where there are so many options and no correct shot except the one that works! 🙀👍😜🏌There is way too much target golf here in the states and quite frankly it slows down the game. Can I come and stay with you boys for a bit😻cheers from NorCal fellas
Links to me is hitting fairway wood on a 160 yard par 3 and coming up short. There's a "links" style course on the east coast here in the states that I try to play every year on my annual family vacation. I've still yet to hit the 17th green near the intercoastal waterway. Wind is always into.
The Slopping Greens and views does it for me
Go play Sweetens Cove in South Pittsburgh, Tennessee. 9 hole course that is known for its playability and links style greens.
Cheers Mark. Excellent content as always.. I think it’s time for a rematch with Paige Spiranic & Martin Chuck... this time on your side of the pond... neutral location... Perhaps Carnoustie... that would be worth the price of admission!
Love to play a links course now and then siloth on solway golf club and seascales are the best I've played
Beatiful course. played it last week as the only links course i play when I go to Cornwall . Day one played o.k. but second day it destroyed me and played like a beginner. If you are a competent player playing inland golf dont be fooled!!!. Links is a different kind of golf and it will swallow you up and spit you out . No 2 days are the same. Despite being left inflated and shattered I Love the course the club the scenery by the Atlantic ocean. Give it a go
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I’m from Cornwall and links is like a game of chess or snooker!! Thinking ahead and positioning is of the upmost importance 💡
Great video 👍
Challenging, tough, rough, beautiful frustrating and rewarding
My home course is a links Arklow golf club in Co. Wicklow Ireland . What it means to me the playing conditions change with the wind direction the course never plays the same week in and week out and tricky shots around the greens etc....
Links golf is Saunton my home club.
Kent, Devon and Cornwall..... You can't beat em (Well I am biased!!!! Hehehehe) Love a bit of RND and West Cornwall..... plus those wonderful courses down in Sandwich, Deal and Littlestone.... Golf heaven!!
Links Golf is the start of something wonderful and yet still a dream unfulfilled
i personally love the idea of links course, would love to have a better representation here in Texas....well done boys!
I topped it off the first tee in a college competition last year i was about to finish my golfing career
Playing mostly parkland here in the States, when i do get to play a links course it is remembered. Links to me is a lack of trees that can block the wind, especially next to the ocean. Links requires more strategy than a target golf parkland course. You have to think your way around a links course. Pot bunkers, putting from off the green, blind shots, and generally more intense thinking is Links to me. Got the amazing chance to play 5 links courses in 5 days in Ireland back in 2015 and i wish i had the chance to do practice rounds. No way are you going out cold and setting a personal scoring record. I am very proud of an 87 at Royal Portrush, 78 at Ardglass, and an 83 at Royal County Down in that week. But i was off the white tees and not the Championship tees. Otherwise I'd be closer to the 100s
Live in Devon, never played links... We will be over the winter!
Guess I was confused.. thanks for clarifying that sir
Links golf for me is Fife in Scotland, a lot to choose from.
Two of my favorite courses I've played are those US "links-style" courses. While they have similar design and features to the UK links courses, I'd imagine they can't come close to replicating the full experience. The winds aren't the same, the ocean air impacting your ball flight, and the sometimes-brutal terrain making every shot a challenge.
One day I'll get to experience it for myself. For now, I'll settle for our substitutes. Still some incredibly entertaining tracks.
Haha, you want wind? .. come to Oklahoma. Guarantee you've never seen weather like ours! Lol.
@@hannibalwrecktor5506 I live in Texas. I know your weather. It's also our weather. But that wasn't my point. My point was we don't get the same conditions as the UK does on their links courses, thus the experiences aren't the same.
@@k-nickDTX Ah I think I see your perspective, well enjoy playing when you go.
Need to play more Links courses. Only played one. Bucket lists.
I've never played a links course, but I have a round at Barnbougle Dunes lined up for the end of October. I've got the 9 iron out on the chipping green in preparation, (my off-green putting isn't up to much) and I'm hitting half my range balls from funky lies around the bunker. Being that it is one of our top courses downunder I'm struggling with all the golf emotions- excitement, hope, a sense of impending doom...
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.
Only played northshore at Skegness links up to now but we’re off to princes in October 🥴 first 9 is after the obligatory 4hr drive 😂
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.
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 😂😂
Dunes and sandy tightly mowen fairways with beautiful views of the sea. Little pot bunkers and putting from the fairways to raised greens with lots of slopes. True golf IMHO.
I'd be curious to see you come to Brandon in Oregon and see how you think it compares to the UK and Ireland
So much want to play some links golf. Everything here, everywhere, is park land and damn, it gets old.
The same hole could be 3-wood and a pitch in the morning and a couple of hours later could be Driver, 3-wood and 9 iron! Not forgetting taking a putter from 30 yards+ short of the green. Links golf is the ultimate test of a golfers skill and creativity 👍
Oh and we don't have true links golf here in the states. Well, maybe one or two courses. But the links courses i have played are inland and don;t have the weather and wind conditions you get in the UK.
Mark, you guys should do course log from every The Open rotation courses. Royal Tour 😀
6th Tee, Isle of Barra. Golf on the rocks!!
Links to me be straight of the tee long carries off the tee Bump and run into green fast true green and WIND 💨 I’m a member at Silloth on Solway (has to be one of the best)
Opening music?
Very limited experience, but history, beauty and dealing with extreme conditions all describe how I would define "Links Golf," oh, and if they serve streaky bacon it is not links! :)
Links golf; you have to be creative, the weather elements change the course daily, a true golf challenge some may say.
Dan going for the Oliver Twist look I see
Links golf means howling wind off the right a lot and when added to a slice means head offs...
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?
We are going there on Saturday and then onto Perranporth GC and then St Enodoc :) but it looks like its raining!!! :( #cantwait
Fully agree with the video, its all about the stunning beauty of the Links and more often than not you get beaten by the elements but still love it #bestkindofgolfintheuk
I'm a member at Perranporth. You can add 10mph to the forecasted wind speed every time. If you haven't played there before i recommend a course planner, quite a few blind shots. But it is a stunning place. Hope you enjoy.
@@verntessio8757 thanks for the advice!
Speaking of James Pickard, is he producing any vlogs? not seen anything from him in months.
Links golf means an expensive day in lost balls. Testicle high rough. 🙈😂
jonnyludix1 I think you mean gentlemen area...
Links courses for me is all about beautiful scenery, crazy greens and the odd bunker in the middle of a Green. Check out the European club in county Wicklow, stunning!! 🙂
LOL! Close the aperture on your camera if you can! You point to the course, which is a blur when you're in focus.