Q: Real definition of link
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From: jeffc on 24 Jul 2006 17:37 "Howard Brazee" <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote in message news:30m9c2pfqsr1jqjda7gp9n5o3t608harp4(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:09:45 GMT, "jeffc" <jeffc226(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>This is very clearly not a links course, regardless of what they call it. >>And it's not because it has trees (which technically could exist on >>linksland). It's not a links course because it's not on linksland. If >>it's >>not next to the ocean, it's not a links course. If it's next to the >>ocean, >>it might be a links course. > > I prefer definitions of various types of courses that describe how > they play. That would be called "links style" :-)
From: jeffc on 24 Jul 2006 17:39
"Howard Brazee" <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote in message news:30m9c2pfqsr1jqjda7gp9n5o3t608harp4(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:09:45 GMT, "jeffc" <jeffc226(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>This is very clearly not a links course, regardless of what they call it. >>And it's not because it has trees (which technically could exist on >>linksland). It's not a links course because it's not on linksland. If >>it's >>not next to the ocean, it's not a links course. If it's next to the >>ocean, >>it might be a links course. > > I prefer definitions of various types of courses that describe how > they play. But seriously, what they call a links when it's not really a links course, probably does not play at all like a links course. That is, usually windy, fairly unpredictable weather, lots of roll in dry weather on un-sprinklered fairways, etc. |