Q: Real definition of link
in [Golf]
|
Prev: Aaron Baddely hip shift drill
Next: Allen Doyle swing
From: JKC on 23 Jul 2006 23:54 What is a true definition of link? I thought any golf course on or adjacent to a body of water was a link. I heard commentators say "... knows how to play a link ..." What are they talking about? What is special or different about a link? What different strategy or approach should one take? Are they referring the wind???
From: Birdie Bill on 24 Jul 2006 02:49 JKC wrote: > What is a true definition of link? > I thought any golf course on or adjacent to a body of water was a link. Purists will tell you that it has to be built on "links land", the land between the ocean and the land used for farming. The main characteristic of links land is very sandy soil. Pebble Beach, even though it calls itself a links course is not really one, in the traditional sense of the word. The sandy soil drains quickly and is much nicer to play golf on especially in wet weather. Mud is virtually unheard of on a links course. > > I heard commentators say "... knows how to play a link ..." > What are they talking about? > What is special or different about a link? > What different strategy or approach should one take? > Are they referring the wind??? Ah, too many questions, my head hurts. Usually you play a lot of low running shots, as opposed to high shots that are supposed to stick. Yes, the wind has something to do with that, but the main reason is that the greens are very hard and fast, so it is difficult to get a shot to stop from spin. Pitch the ball up on the green, and it very likely will just roll down off the other side into that hell-hole bunker. You are often better off bump-and-running or chipping from off the green, rather than pitching - a lesson I spent several strokes learning at Pacific Dunes.
From: pete z on 24 Jul 2006 02:55 JKC wrote: > What is a true definition of link? > I thought any golf course on or adjacent to a body of water was a link. > > I heard commentators say "... knows how to play a link ..." > What are they talking about? > What is special or different about a link? > What different strategy or approach should one take? > Are they referring the wind??? The real definition of links course is that the front nine goes out, the back nine comes back in. Thus, the Links course at Grand National on the RTJ trail is a links course, but looks nothing like what is commonly referred to as a links course. It has trees! Which surprised the hell out of my son and me. I guess the commonly used defintion is a links course has no trees, and is near the ocean or a large lake, and goes out, and back in.
From: jeffc on 24 Jul 2006 10:09 "pete z" <pz0326(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:1153724129.146158.8920(a)p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com... > > The real definition of links course is that the front nine goes out, > the back nine comes back in. That is not the "definition" of a links course. It's merely a consequence of the land use of linksland. It is the land that defines the links course, and the land dictates the layout of the course, but does not define it. >Thus, the Links course at Grand National >on the RTJ trail is a links course, but looks nothing like what is >commonly referred to as a links course. 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.
From: Howard Brazee on 24 Jul 2006 10:25
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. |