Golf at it's best.....

[Region3]

Given the choice of a great links course with views of cliffs and the sea, versus an immaculately manicured parkland with lakes and trees, I'd take the parkland all day long.

I'm not right or wrong, it's just my preference.

People is different innit.

 

[JustOne]

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50/50 for me. Neither has much to look at. At least RCD isn't just covered in fescu.


how about...

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[Val]

that's a bit unfair, it's a legitimate question. My answer would be both, we are lucky in the Uk that we have access to top links & top inlands tracks.

I'd join the best course I could, links/parkland or heathland !

No it's not, the question is alisnbut. he picked the best pics he could find of Parkland against the worst of Links as a comparison

 

[Val]

50/50 for me. Neither has much to look at. At least RCD isn't just covered in fescu.


how about...

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Machrihanish all day long

 

[Tommo21]

Augusta is a dream, this is real and only 20 min away.

 

[thecraw]

50/50 for me. Neither has much to look at. At least RCD isn't just covered in fescu.


how about...

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Wooohoooo


:whoo:


There is copyright on that picture you owe me money!

For the record I too will take Machrihanish every day of the week and its where I would spend my last hours on a golf course. Solitude and magnificent. A true test of raw beauty and elements.

 

[Sweep]

And I thought it was only me who preferred parkland to links

 

[Crow]

My club has a reciprocal arrangement with Augusta so I get to play it once a month or so, it's not all it's cracked up to be.

 

[bozza]

Give me a lush tree lined parkland course any day of the week and I disagree that you play the same course all the time due to the trees protecting it from the wind. They can make it even more challenging as the trees can cause the winds to swirl and change direction completly between shots.

I like it when you have parkland courses where you can't see much else of the course apart from the hole you are playing.

 

[JustOne]

For the record I too will take Machrihanish every day of the week and its where I would spend my last hours on a golf course. Solitude and magnificent. A true test of raw beauty and elements.

Not knocking it Craw, if I lived just down the road from it I'd play it every day I expect :thup:

(would rather drive inland 5 miles though)

 

[scratch]

And I thought it was only me who preferred parkland to links

No, there are lots on here with poor taste

 

[julsk10]

RCD last Thursday- reality
Augusta - a dream

 

[richart]

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That does it I will have to book up a visit next year.:thup:

 

[Snelly]

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What a cracking picture of my favourite course.

Hope you had a good day.

 

[North Mimms]

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Who said Royal county down had nothing much to look at??

That's stunning - Sunshine and snow. (shame about the three blokes blocking the view)

 

[mikee247]

Im not a big fan of most links courses as I just find the whole thing overated with most having little or no views or definition of the course ( RCD above an exception to that rule of course) The wind getting strong makes the whole thing a bit of a joke some times and I love the sun on my back and the look of lush fairways and greens not always found on Links courses. However the purist in me wants to like a good links.. I play St Enidoc in Cornwall every year and each years its a different course and has fine views. I dont particulaly like the layout however and Id get bored playing it every week although its a famous course...... Augusta wins for me but its nice to have a choice

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I've only played two links courses so cannot comment on most, but if you take a beautiful view on a links it matches any Parkland I've played.
For example the view from the 11th tee looking down to the fairway below at Hillside was fantastic.
Also, I'd say some of the best looking holes in golf from what I've seen are on heathland courses.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

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A can see ma auld hoose frae there.

OOps didnae work....Muirfield Pic.

 

[Val]

Im not a big fan of most links courses as I just find the whole thing overated with most having little or no views or definition of the course ( RCD above an exception to that rule of course) The wind getting strong makes the whole thing a bit of a joke some times and I love the sun on my back and the look of lush fairways and greens not always found on Links courses. However the purist in me wants to like a good links.. I play St Enidoc in Cornwall every year and each years its a different course and has fine views. I dont particulaly like the layout however and Id get bored playing it every week although its a famous course...... Augusta wins for me but its nice to have a choice

Not everyones cup of tee granted, but that comment is nonsense.