With just a few weeks left in the European Tour’s regular season, Thorbjorn Olesen came into the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship — the Euro Tour equivalent of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am — on the verge of losing his playing privileges. Then he went out and did something a promising young player would: he […]
Your winner and forever U.S. Am Pub Links champion: Byron Meth
April 7, 2015 by
Byron Meth will forever be the reigning U.S. Amateur Public Links champion. That’s because he’s the last one. The University of the Pacific senior won the 2014 and final U.S. Am Pub Links title, earning a Masters berth with a victory at Sand Creek Station Golf Course in Newton, Kan., last July. Following a grueling […]
Dog picks up Paul Casey’s golf ball at the Dunhill Links Championship
October 7, 2012 by
Paul Casey’s golf game has been in the doghouse this year. With only five made cuts in 17 events, 2012 has been a forgettable one for the Englishman. And on Friday at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, his season took another bizarre turn when a dog ran onto the 12th green at Kingsbarns Golf Links […]
Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps holes 153-foot putt at Dunhill Links
October 6, 2012 by
All that work with noted golf instructor Hank Haney on the driving range appears to be paying off for Michael Phelps. The Olympic golf medalist, who’s going to be on the “Haney Project” in 2013, is already making strides on golf’s biggest stage, after he holed a 153-foot putt at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Playing […]
What is the difference between a “links” course and any other kind of golf course?
July 25, 2012 by
QUESTION: I’ve heard commentators on televised golf matches talk about links courses, but have never known how they are different from other kinds. What other kinds of courses are there? ANSWER: Answer by Pooty PootwellI’m pretty sure links courses have shorter-length holes, and they may be only 9 holes total. I think par 3 courses […]
