US Open 2025 - Oakmont

[RichA]

If your mum asks for a tea cake anywhere outside of Barnsley she'll be getting that with sultanas in. Does she have that discussion each time? I've met people from Barnsley before, I'm sure she will be standing her ground whatever

Unless she's in Scotland and it'll have marshmallow, biscuit and chocolate.

 

[Pin-seeker]

If your mum asks for a tea cake anywhere outside of Barnsley she'll be getting that with sultanas in. Does she have that discussion each time? I've met people from Barnsley before, I'm sure she will be standing her ground whatever

We don’t rend to leave Barnsley much.
Why would ya?

 

[3 jabber]

Pretty sure the people won’t be making false claims about the description of the course mate. Ganton is one of the best in the country, they don’t need to be making false claims around it’s designation just to attract a few more visitors.

It still isn't a links.

 

[3 jabber]

You are agreeing then. He said it's an inland links, not a links.

Call it what you like but the definition of a links is crystal clear.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Call it what you like but the definition of a links is crystal clear.

Tomato,tomato

Don’t let it bother you,it really doesn’t affect you what others call it.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Amazing what googling something can achieve

The term "inland links" in golf refers to courses designed to mimic the characteristics of traditional links courses, but located inland, away from the coast. The term "links" itself comes from the Old English word "hlinc" meaning rising ground or ridge, originally describing the coastal, sandy, and undulating terrain where the earliest golf courses were established.
Here's a more detailed explanation:
"Links" Origin:
The term "links" is rooted in the Old English word "hlinc," which refers to sandy, undulating terrain, often found along coastlines.
Traditional Links Courses:
These courses are typically located on coastal sandy areas and are characterized by their firm, fast-playing surfaces, natural undulations, and lack of trees.
Inland Links:
Golf course designers sometimes create inland courses that incorporate the features of traditional links courses, such as sandy soil, firm turf, and undulating terrain, even though they are not situated by the sea.
Purpose of "Inland Links":
The creation of inland links courses allows golfers to experience the unique playing characteristics of links golf, even when they don't have access to coastal locations.

It's almost like the term has been created .. so there for can't actually be wrong

Bet the same people still don't believe single golfers have a standing on the course, search for 5 mins for the ball and think of you hole out with the flag in its a penalty

 

[Orikoru]

It still isn't a links.

And a fairway wood isn't wood anymore but newsflash - nobody cares. It's just a name.

 

[Beezerk]

In Barnsley it’s a tea cake.
Yeah I know

I thought tea cake was a Huddersfield thing, a tea cake for me has currents in. It’s a bread cake btw

 

[Pin-seeker]

Amazing what googling something can achieve

The term "inland links" in golf refers to courses designed to mimic the characteristics of traditional links courses, but located inland, away from the coast. The term "links" itself comes from the Old English word "hlinc" meaning rising ground or ridge, originally describing the coastal, sandy, and undulating terrain where the earliest golf courses were established.
Here's a more detailed explanation:
"Links" Origin:
The term "links" is rooted in the Old English word "hlinc," which refers to sandy, undulating terrain, often found along coastlines.
Traditional Links Courses:
These courses are typically located on coastal sandy areas and are characterized by their firm, fast-playing surfaces, natural undulations, and lack of trees.
Inland Links:
Golf course designers sometimes create inland courses that incorporate the features of traditional links courses, such as sandy soil, firm turf, and undulating terrain, even though they are not situated by the sea.
Purpose of "Inland Links":
The creation of inland links courses allows golfers to experience the unique playing characteristics of links golf, even when they don't have access to coastal locations.

It's almost like the term has been created .. so there for can't actually be wrong

Bet the same people still don't believe single golfers have a standing on the course, search for 5 mins for the ball and think of you hole out with the flag in its a penalty

I can’t understand why people get so triggered by it.
It’s pretty obvious what it means.
It’s not like anyone is saying it’s a “true links” course.
It’s just a way of explaining in.

 

[Deleted member 35927]

I see the pga champs is at Ingrebourne links this year. Finch has qualified. I've played there and it's tricky when the wind blows

 

[Pin-seeker]

I thought tea cake was a Huddersfield thing, a tea cake for me has currents in. It’s a bread cake btw

Not sure if they call it that in Huddersfield.
I think a tea cake everywhere has currents but in,not sure why we call it that tbh.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

I see the pga champs is at Ingrebourne links this year. Finch has qualified. I've played there and it's tricky when the wind blows

That was last week

 

[Deleted member 21784]

And a fairway wood isn't wood anymore but newsflash - nobody cares. It's just a name.

Are irons even made out of iron?

 

[Beezerk]

Not sure if they call it that in Huddersfield.
I think a tea cake everywhere has currents but in,not sure why we call it that tbh.

I had a girlfriend from Huddersfield, they all called it a tea cake, all the people in know in Barnsley call it a bread cake You must be from the top end of Barnsley then where they’re all Leeds fans

 

[Deleted member 21784]

I see the pga champs is at Ingrebourne links this year. Finch has qualified. I've played there and it's tricky when the wind blows

Yes that was last week. A great week of golf..I ball spotted one day. Got to meet finch who had a following of about 30 which was 30 more than anyone else

Videos to come soon by sounds

Took my dad down Thursday to see an hours of the action , was great he's never seen my course before

The Pga insist the yardage markers are taken in and we haven't put them back out yet so was weird out there today .. no reference to where the ball landed near lol

 

[evemccc]

What does Maritime have to do with a golf course?
Genuine question, not trying to be facetious.

Ask the good members and fellows of Aldeburgh and Ganton

I believe it’s a good description, of those two courses — they are, broadly heathland but less of the ‘English country garden’ aesthetic (Sunningdale Old, Berkshire Red, Liphook etc) and more links-style (and close to the coast) heathland —- so more gorse bushes, heavily sandy soil and coastal fauna and less English garden flowers and heather

That’s my interpretation and opinion

 

[Deleted member 21784]

I can’t understand why people get so triggered by it.
It’s pretty obvious what it means.
It’s not like anyone is saying it’s a “true links” course.
It’s just a way of explaining in.

Precisely.

I wouldn't claim to be a member of a links course however a member of inland links gives people and idea ah it's not parkland then

 

[Backache]

The 247 True Links Courses of The World

According to the list that The Links Association has put together, there are only 247 true links courses in the world. Of which 211 are in the British Isles. The Links Association have used the Br…

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[Deleted member 35927]

That was last week

And ? I just watched the qualifying.

 

[Pin-seeker]

I had a girlfriend from Huddersfield, they all called it a tea cake, all the people in know in Barnsley call it a bread cake You must be from the top end of Barnsley then where they’re all Leeds fans

I genuinely don’t know anyone from Barnsley that doesn’t call it a tea cake.
If I heard someone call it a bread cake I’d probably throw my whippet at them.