Missing Links
Crail Golfing Society's Balcomie Links
A friend recently made the amusing observation that he thought “links” golf courses were defined by holes strung one after the next like sausages. While I’m all for sausages, the true definition of a links is that it occupies a seaside location that was once under water. In most cases, these sandy stretches now linking salt water and inland topography consist of dunes grown over with such flora as gorse and fescue grass. Links golf courses tend to feature deep bunkers (originally grazed by sheep); firm, fast, undulating turf; and stiff breezes. Most of the best links courses are located along the perimeter of the British...
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In October 2001, the inaugural Alfred Dunhill Links Championship was played on three of the greatest links golf courses on the planet: the Old Course at St. Andrews, the Carnoustie Links, and Kingsbarns Golf Links. Kings who, you might well have asked? How could...
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Birdies, Eagles, and Turtles, Oh My. Golfing Riviera Nayarit, Mexico
Driving across the muddy Ameca River— just north of the airport in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico— I adjusted not just the...
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Smoke It Off The Tee
This came to me via email today-- if you love cigars and golf check it out . . . And for more on great cigars, see my... -
Chile Reception: Hot Mexican Golf
Mexico presents a menu full of tough choices for travelers. Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, or Cancun? Tecate or Corona...
Surely it’s more than mere happenstance that the game of golf and the drinkable artwork that is Scotch whisky were both created in the gorgeously green, wind-swept, salty-aired duneslands of Scotland. Although the origins of golf are slightly shrouded in mist, many believe the game was invented as early as the 14th... Full Story
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En Fuego
Sure you can smoke a 460cc driver off the tee, but do you know the intricate fundamentals of smoking a...
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Spinning Records: Being Best, Being First, or Just Being?
It’s not every day that a fourteen handicap sets a course record, but on a trip to Portugal’s warm, sunny Algarve region, I...
In my own humble opinion as a former professional guide, there is no better way to travel than on a river, whether you’re after a white-knuckle whitewater adventure or a floating meditation, a remote escape beyond the reach...
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High Places: Metaphor and Individualism in the American West
Sometimes we find ourselves in the most unexpected places without any notion of how we got there, or why we...
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Passport to Adventure: The Best International River Trips
All photos by Leon Werdinger/Ottertrack Productions.
As a former...
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Darkness in a Sun-Bleached Land
Photo by Leon Werdinger.
Introduction to "In a Dark Land: Murder, Mysticism, and the Militia in the Remote Desert...