US Open 2025 - Oakmont

Tashyboy said:
What's the difference between links golf and regular golf?


Links are wide open without trees lining fairways. There is also a lack of water hazards. It is often said that links courses are far more difficult for golfers to play due to the layout of the course. There is also a wind element that blows the ball around and can cause scores to climb during a golf tournament.

quote, Wikipedia.
Originally a links course, trees were added in the 1950s-1960s. Most were removed beginning after the 1994 U.S. Open, with between 5,000 and 8,000 eliminated during a 2007 renovation alone

So as I say, it was a links, then wasn't a links, and is now a links again. It is still bland looking.
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I thought a links was on land between the sea and land strong enough to hold buildings.
Due to the Sandy nature of the soil it’s perfect for golf!

Well done JJ by the way didn’t see the end but what a putt.
Deserved it imo was leading most of the way, and very unlucky to hit the flag.
Course was fierce but didn’t come over well on TV imo.
 
clubchamp98 said:
I thought a links was on land between the sea and land strong enough to hold buildings.
Due to the Sandy nature of the soil it’s perfect for golf!

Well done JJ by the way didn’t see the end but what a putt.
Deserved it imo was leading most of the way, and very unlucky to hit the flag.
Course was fierce but didn’t come over well on TV imo.
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It is

Not sure where he is getting his definition of a links course from
 
Pin-seeker said:
How do people find time to get any work done or do things in the real world? 😂
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When I was working this kept me amused during dull zoom calls. That's what the second monitor is for. 😁

Oakmont was originally a links, but they had the sea moved to stop the gulls pooing on members' cars!
 
Lord Tyrion said:
There are definitely strong elements of links there. Sand based, hard fairways, excessive number of bunkers, largely flat with humps and bumps. I think inland links is it's closest definition.
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It's almost like they came up with the description to help indetify what type of courses there are..

What's your course like? It's a links, but it's not near the sea.. almost like one simple change of phrase explains it

Who would of thought language could evolve quicker than people's attitudes 🤣
 
Joking aside my thoughts on Oakmont as a nice looking course are known. Not saying it is not a nice corse to play, but me I like a course with views.
That said.
I always thought a classic links course was Nine holes going out, nine holes coming back. Backing onto the sea was a must. Obviously not 😳🤔
Or is it.
 
D-S said:
It is impossible to categorise every sort of golf course into 3 basic categories of links, parkland or heathland. There would need to be 8 or more different categories to properly identify the wide variety of courses.
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Category suggestions:-
Links
Heathland
Parkland
Inland Links
Forest
Stadium
Desert
Canyon
Clifftop
Hilltop (couldn't think of a category for the likes of Painswick, Kington or Cleeve)

Although none of these properly describe the generic, built in the 90's & 2000's, holiday courses you find in Spain or Portugal or the standard water, swampland alligator strewn Florida style courses.
 
Inland links is a new idea where courses that aren’t cover in heather or trees but are built on sand based soil and open to elements get called Inland Links

But they aren’t links courses by any traditional meaning

Ganton has the soil and open to the wind but never would in be classed as a links course

It’s a moorland course for me

It’s missing the coastal soil , the elevating dunes , the rough isn’t also the red fescue type which is on traditional links courses and the greens also aren’t links

What it is though is very tough
 
Mel Smooth said:
There has been a Ryder Cup held on an inland links.
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There is no such thing as an inland links. By definition it is the sandy based land that 'links' the arable farming land to the sea. Inland links is a term created by Americans that don't understand the concept.
 
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