Wind @ different type courses

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Just curious & didnt want to hijack Tommos thread re Rory..

I dont play much links golf and most times i have had ive never had to endure a links gale type wind , but i have played alot of golf in the wind on other type courses including days when balls were moving on the greens and pro's prob would be called in ..

So which do you think is hardest to play in if the wind is the same strength (we will call it a 3 club wind )

Links where you are exposed to it all the time so can judge it

Parkland where the wind is swirling etc and where you maybe protected from it on the tee , the min its in the open the wind hits it ..

Thoughts ?

Thanks .
 
I would have though the consistent wind ( same direction and speed ) would be easier to play into but im guessing that's very rare it happens.

I also haven't played many links courses and when I have I'm normally lucky and wind has been calm

But I reckon a swirling wind and being unsure when the ball will be effected would be the hardest ?
 
Liverpoolphil said:
I would have though the consistent wind ( same direction and speed ) would be easier to play into but im guessing that's very rare it happens.

I also haven't played many links courses and when I have I'm normally lucky and wind has been calm

But I reckon a swirling wind and being unsure when the ball will be effected would be the hardest ?
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Just canvassing opinion Phil , i wouldnt think there is a correct answer ,

i just often hear people referring links being grand til the wind blows or as someone said in the other thread Rory wont win the open if the wind blows or something to that effect ..
 
A good question, both difficult to play in.

The thing is, imo although you're exposed more on links you can't really judge it better, it's still gusting and not a constant speed/direction.
 
bladeplayer said:
Just canvassing opinion Phil , i wouldnt think there is a correct answer ,

i just often hear people referring links being grand til the wind blows or as someone said in the other thread Rory wont win the open if the wind blows or something to that effect ..
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I think you are prob spot on about no wrong or right answer

I guess the biggest factor would be a persons ball flight ( which I think is Rory's issue with links )

Think I need to play a links course again :D
 
The wind isn't the biggest problem. It's the run on the fairways coupled with the wind that has most effect. I love links golf, but when it's windy, you just can't control where the ball will end up. At least on Parkland, there is "usually" less run.... All my humble opinion of course......
 
Parkland courses with 3 club wind can be a nightmare... Often you can be sheltered by trees yet the minute the ball gets above the tree tops it does all sorts of weird stuff that you can't account for.

I play on an inland links course which is open on the Surrey downs, while winds can get up to 4/5 clubs worth, it's predictable respectively.
 
I tend to play predominantly on parkland courses and it can be hard to gauge wind. We have some holes that always seem to play into the wind regardless. I've played our 531 yard par five 18 and hit driver, five wood and 4 iron as well as I can and been short. When it picks up it can be a tough day. It's the same anywhere though. I guess the perils are the same, deep pot bunkers and dunes on links courses and shin deep rough in places on parklands and so it's all about being able to club properly and plot the best way round.
 
I find/found the relatively constant wind that is prevalent on links less difficult to hit shots on, but a lot more physically demanding.

Parkland wind isn't so much 'swirly' as mysterious - what it is on the tee, fairway and green can be markedly different! Had the privilege of playing Bearwood Lakes yesterday with Ethan and we noted that a couple of times! 45* shift from 1 hole to the next!

I've always guaged the 'dominant' breeze, and its strength, on Parkland courses by checking what's happening to the tree tops on the fairway.
 
Oddsocks said:
I play on an inland links course which is open on the Surrey downs, while winds can get up to 4/5 clubs worth, it's predictable respectively.
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No you don't!

Farleigh is just an open parkland course! Sod-all linksy-ness about it!

The s-hole called Blakes is described as 'inland links' too. But that's only because they were too miserly to plant any trees!

There's a linksy look/feel on a few holes of The Shire - and they are changing the bunkering to look even more so. But that - and the constant wind - is as close as it gets to 'inland links'. Walton Heath has a linksy feel about it too - and there's plenty of scope to play links type shots - putting from 30yds or more from the green, chip/run shots on unwatered, tight fairways cut only slightly longer than green height - and find the nearest bit of fairway if you are in the rough! It even has its own ocean and associated sound right beside a few of the holes (the M25!)!
 
...and adding a course to wind doesn't really change it either. It's either windy, or it isn't.
The only other factor is that wind on true links courses would be by definition at sea level making it denser. Inland courses at altitude may suffer from wind, but the air density is less. I've always found the actual ground conditions and the topography of links courses a bigger factor to play rather than wind, which by it's nature is variable.
 
Farneyman said:
If it inland then surely it can be a true links course. Just adding links to the name doesn't make it a links course.
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Again when it comes to links and definitions i dont really have a clue - i know the famous links course but just havent played them.

Cruden Bay is my only one i reckon. and that was in the 80s as a kid

Edit and Benbecula Airport :D
 
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