Links or Parkland?

[stevek1969]

As i posted earlier i'd play links any day but theres some nice parkland tracks beside me as well Downfield, Muckhart(where the Forum meet was) and Letham Grange (where the next meet is) but given the choice its links for me

 

[bunkered]

stevek, scotscraigs is a great course but i would not consider at links course.

 

[Dodger]

I don't believe he thinks it is links!

 

[Atticus_Finch]

I don't think he ever said it was links if you look carefully at his posts.

Oh, and it's links for me as well, although I do tend to score better inland.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I think links is a truer test of your shot making ability and your imagination but I equally enjoy a good tree lined course (Woburn etc) and a good parkland course can be fun too.

To be honest as long as I'm out playing the game somewhere then anything else is a bonus. I've played some really ropey pay and plays in the past but every course I've played, including those, has at least one hole that you enjoy visually or as a challenge.

 

[pigmeister]

Viscount, Chestfield downs is an inland links according to the web site. Think the person who wrote that may have been snorting something!!! I play a parkland course but do enjoy links golf.

 

[ericsonnycon]

Probably not yet capable of playing a links course but would love to someday, Tenby in West Wales is probably my closest and has had some favourable reviews.

 

[IM01]

As i posted earlier i'd play links any day but theres some nice parkland tracks beside me as well Downfield, Muckhart(where the Forum meet was) and Letham Grange (where the next meet is) but given the choice its links for me

also Ladybank and Rosemount

 

[RGDave]

I've only ever been a member of Parkland courses, some good and some not so good. My favourite inland courses have always been sort of Heathland (closest description) and I play on proper links every now and again.
If I could choose, I'd play links golf permanently.
Next week, I'm hoping to play a couple of links....and will no doubt enjoy it as much as ever.
There's a lot to enjoy on a good links course, I just love the random humps and bumps and moguls to negotiate. Without too much wind, I tend to score well, maybe better than my home course(s)....in the wind....argh....grim!!
Me and HID are currently looking into me joining one of the great Welsh coast links on a special (limited/country) membership.

 

[stevek1969]

Correct guys never stated Scotscraig was links, kind of hybrid but it bursts my hoop every week haha . Correct IMO2 have never played Rosemount but Ladybank is awesome played therE in the winter for Scotscraig in the winter league, great course very under rated in IMO
Still awaiting an invite to Goswick which looks superb on the website.

 

[CrapHacker]

Don't care as long as it's not too hilly

The old legs can't take it any more.

 

[IM01]

Still awaiting an invite to Goswick which looks superb on the website.

stevek1969 no problems for a game round Goswick and you should try and get a game round Rosemount,better than Ladybank IMO

 

[Adi_Dassler]

There is nothing better in golf than judging wind speed and direction on a links golf course correctly and seeing the ball come in on the wind as expected, landing nicely and rolling to it's intended spot.

I'm becoming really quite fanatical about links golf and more specifically the more untouched courses.Ones like this>
http://www.askernishgolfclub.com/ I really believe that golf has become a totally different game to the one it was intended to be, with advances in technology for both equipment and course.
Facing the challenges of wind and undulating land ( not to mention dodgy swings ) to me is heaven.Parkland courses are terrific and some of the ones I've played really have been beautiful (Mortonhall,Gleneagles,Cadrona) but the underlying feeling of manufactured environment leaves a tiny thing missing.

Golf is golf though, and the opportunity to play the game anywhere should be taken, and the fools who have yet to discover this most frustrating of obsessions should be educated either inland or coastal at the earliest given chance.

The last wee point to make is about the open championship.The R&A know their apples, so the question is, why is their tournament never held inland?

 

[Imurg]

The last wee point to make is about the open championship.The R&A know their apples, so the question is, why is their tournament never held inland?

Tradition - pure and simple.
To keep the tradition of the game they'll always use a links. But there are plenty of parkland courses capable of holding an Open.

I've never played links but I'd like to have a go sometime soon. I think each has their own merits. A great parkland course can provide as stiff a test as a windswept links. I wouldn't want to just play one variety - I wanna play 'em all!!

At Aylesbury Park we have some holes with a very linksy feel to them - tight, running fairways and moundings to challenge you. Not links, I'll agree, but when you're about as far from the coast as you can get in this country it'll have to do.

 

[cbetofop]

Parkland.

Cannot abide links courses. Teed off on the 15th at Wallasey in the wind one day and the ball ended up 60 feet behind me!!