Links golf

[Norrin Radd]

if golf was invented now it would never have links courses.
back in the day when our glorious game was invented and people wanted somewhere to play ,they were told to use the scrubby horrible useless piece of ground by the sea as it wasnt good enough to farm or grow anything worth while, the result was a total bland boring landscape where the wind blows and the sand gets in your eyes [and everywhere you really dont want it to] .where is the enjoyment in that?
when i play i like to see a course that is pleasing to the eye and see what the course designer was trying to convey .not a scrubby bit of ground that a few greens and tees have been put on.links golf is not the ultimate golf challenge ,that is between your ears. links golf does nothing for me and that isnt going to please everyone but its my opinion and thats it.if you like or prefer links then good for you but not for me.
as for views proper links courses are at sea level and not on top of cliffs.
links golf ,you can have it .

 

[Jacko_G]

if golf was invented now it would never have links courses.
back in the day when our glorious game was invented and people wanted somewhere to play ,they were told to use the scrubby horrible useless piece of ground by the sea as it wasnt good enough to farm or grow anything worth while, the result was a total bland boring landscape where the wind blows and the sand gets in your eyes [and everywhere you really dont want it to] .where is the enjoyment in that?
when i play i like to see a course that is pleasing to the eye and see what the course designer was trying to convey .not a scrubby bit of ground that a few greens and tees have been put on.links golf is not the ultimate golf challenge ,that is between your ears. links golf does nothing for me and that isnt going to please everyone but its my opinion and thats it.if you like or prefer links then good for you but not for me.
as for views proper links courses are at sea level and not on top of cliffs.
links golf ,you can have it .

Remember that in October through till April when your soggy course is frustrating the life out of you.

I'll be walking off with clean shoes and trousers and a smile since I'm putting on nice surfaces and strolling down fast running quick draining dry fairways.

 

[Andy]

if golf was invented now it would never have links courses.
back in the day when our glorious game was invented and people wanted somewhere to play ,they were told to use the scrubby horrible useless piece of ground by the sea as it wasnt good enough to farm or grow anything worth while, the result was a total bland boring landscape where the wind blows and the sand gets in your eyes [and everywhere you really dont want it to] .where is the enjoyment in that?
when i play i like to see a course that is pleasing to the eye and see what the course designer was trying to convey .not a scrubby bit of ground that a few greens and tees have been put on.links golf is not the ultimate golf challenge ,that is between your ears. links golf does nothing for me and that isnt going to please everyone but its my opinion and thats it.if you like or prefer links then good for you but not for me.
as for views proper links courses are at sea level and not on top of cliffs.
links golf ,you can have it .

😂 😂 😂 Did the links beat you up?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I don't get to play links golf very often but have played some great courses. It's hard but that's the challenge. You only have to look at how a lot of the pro ranks struggle at the Open when the weather gets a bit wild. They aren't use to it and they struggle and yet they are suppose to have all the shots. I play a parkland course and enjoy it (and the wildlife in particular) but I'd rather play heathland given the choice which seems to me to combine the best of links and parkland into a perfect blend

 

[Norrin Radd]

Remember that in October through till April when your soggy course is frustrating the life out of you.

I'll be walking off with clean shoes and trousers and a smile since I'm putting on nice surfaces and strolling down fast running quick draining dry fairways.

my course is on chalk ,willingdon ,it dosent get waterlogged or boggy and the only time it has been closed is when the snow lays deep and crisp and even.i have no problem with dirty shoes or something called mud

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

if golf was invented now it would never have links courses.
back in the day when our glorious game was invented and people wanted somewhere to play ,they were told to use the scrubby horrible useless piece of ground by the sea as it wasnt good enough to farm or grow anything worth while, the result was a total bland boring landscape where the wind blows and the sand gets in your eyes [and everywhere you really dont want it to] .where is the enjoyment in that?
when i play i like to see a course that is pleasing to the eye and see what the course designer was trying to convey .not a scrubby bit of ground that a few greens and tees have been put on.links golf is not the ultimate golf challenge ,that is between your ears. links golf does nothing for me and that isnt going to please everyone but its my opinion and thats it.if you like or prefer links then good for you but not for me.
as for views proper links courses are at sea level and not on top of cliffs.
links golf ,you can have it .

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Thank you for your kind offer to keep links golf, I will

You have said quite a lot in your post but unfortunately most of it is incorrect. Some of the most cleverly designed courses are links, they are far more testing than a parkland course and you have so many more options on how to play the holes.
Also, are you saying that you can only get good sea views from the top of a cliff and not at sea level? Here is one taken from Tralee at sea level.

 

[Deleted member 3432]

There's a better one @ Seascale

Hey, I'm in there now having my bait.

 

[patricks148]

if golf was invented now it would never have links courses.
back in the day when our glorious game was invented and people wanted somewhere to play ,they were told to use the scrubby horrible useless piece of ground by the sea as it wasnt good enough to farm or grow anything worth while, the result was a total bland boring landscape where the wind blows and the sand gets in your eyes [and everywhere you really dont want it to] .where is the enjoyment in that?
when i play i like to see a course that is pleasing to the eye and see what the course designer was trying to convey .not a scrubby bit of ground that a few greens and tees have been put on.links golf is not the ultimate golf challenge ,that is between your ears. links golf does nothing for me and that isnt going to please everyone but its my opinion and thats it.if you like or prefer links then good for you but not for me.
as for views proper links courses are at sea level and not on top of cliffs.
links golf ,you can have it .

more clap trap from someone who can't play in 5mph wind and would rather have a walk in the local park to playing golf

 

[Grant85]

Obviously links golf was how golf was originally intended. The ball was played largely along the ground.

The bottom line is that the opportunity for true links golf is limited to a very few locations, and so the vast majority of the worlds golfers play in parkland type courses.

As such, equipment has been developed to play aerial shots to soft, receptive greens.

It would be interesting if it was possible for all locations to develop a links style venue and golf was played as it currently in St. Andrews, Gullane, Troon etc. if golf would be as popular worldwide as it is currently.

 

[Norrin Radd]

more clap trap from someone who can't play in 5mph wind and would rather have a walk in the local park to playing golf

if you must know my course is on the south downs, and about half a mile from the sea.i think you will find that the wind blows down south as well as oop norf.
you want to play boring golf on rubbish land be my guest but i prefer not to ,nothing to do with how i play or how supposedly hard it is to play mickey mouse courses on rubbish land.[and the smileys dont work]

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

you want to play boring golf on rubbish land be my guest

Whether you like links golf or not is up to you but the above statement is a bit silly.......in my opinion of course

 

[upsidedown]

Have to say we both found StAnnes Old Links to be very "ugly" surrounded by very boring houses and Blackpool airport. When it was designed it would have had good views to the far Lancashire hills but alas Man had blotted those out now 😥

 

[upsidedown]

Links golf sure is not boring 😉

 

[Lord Tyrion]

You forgot the Nuclear Power Station at Seaton Carew

Okay, it's not nuclear but how about the disused steel works at Redcar / Cleveland?

 

[Blue in Munich]

if golf was invented now it would never have links courses.
back in the day when our glorious game was invented and people wanted somewhere to play ,they were told to use the scrubby horrible useless piece of ground by the sea as it wasnt good enough to farm or grow anything worth while, the result was a total bland boring landscape where the wind blows and the sand gets in your eyes [and everywhere you really dont want it to] .where is the enjoyment in that?
when i play i like to see a course that is pleasing to the eye and see what the course designer was trying to convey .not a scrubby bit of ground that a few greens and tees have been put on.links golf is not the ultimate golf challenge ,that is between your ears. links golf does nothing for me and that isnt going to please everyone but its my opinion and thats it.if you like or prefer links then good for you but not for me.
as for views proper links courses are at sea level and not on top of cliffs.
links golf ,you can have it .

We would because the agronomists would recognise that the scrubby horrible infertile ground you refer to means it favours the fine bladed grasses that make links golf (and heathland golf) such a pleasure.

 

[Norrin Radd]

We would because the agronomists would recognise that the scrubby horrible infertile ground you refer to means it favours the fine bladed grasses that make links golf (and heathland golf) such a pleasure.

15 years a member of a heathland course ,smileys still not working.

 

[Liverbirdie]

if golf was invented now it would never have links courses.
back in the day when our glorious game was invented and people wanted somewhere to play ,they were told to use the scrubby horrible useless piece of ground by the sea as it wasnt good enough to farm or grow anything worth while, the result was a total bland boring landscape where the wind blows and the sand gets in your eyes [and everywhere you really dont want it to] .where is the enjoyment in that?
when i play i like to see a course that is pleasing to the eye and see what the course designer was trying to convey .not a scrubby bit of ground that a few greens and tees have been put on.links golf is not the ultimate golf challenge ,that is between your ears. links golf does nothing for me and that isnt going to please everyone but its my opinion and thats it.if you like or prefer links then good for you but not for me.
as for views proper links courses are at sea level and not on top of cliffs.
links golf ,you can have it .

Go to Trump in Aberdeen and tell me that its on scrubby, horrible useless ground..

Not my favourite course by any stretch but even the paths to the tees are in better nick than most parkland fairways. The top links and the Surrey heathlands are for me the best maintained courses that I've played, and are not scrubby and horrible.

 

[pendodave]

Maybe it's because I live miles from the sea in an area thick with London clay, but for me, a good links course is the best kind of golf, bar none.

And regarding poor soil - as BIM says, these are absolutely the best for golfng turf. If you were to read the chapter on agronomy in Alistair Mackenzie's 'spirit of st Andrews', he gives a detailed scientific explanation of the matter...

 

[cliveb]

yeah, but apart from the views of the sea, the dunes, the mountains , the beaches, the red brick terraced houses etc, what have links courses ever done for us?

Fixed that for you