WTF Does "Links" Mean

**PAPSMEAR** · 07-19-09, 06:52 AM

i think it has something to do with the design of the course. I think lynx courses are those grubby little cow paddocks they play on in the UK. Not 100% sure though.

**Commander McBrag** · 07-19-09, 06:52 AM

Originally posted by redore33

as opposed to regular golf? Substitute for UGLY?

US Fairways tend to be continuous lengths of short green grass. The European links courses have patches of short fairway grass in between patches of longer rough type grass. Therefore, you have to be very specific in your club selections to hit the "link" of short fairway grass.

**MartinBlank** · 07-19-09, 06:55 AM

Originally posted by redore33

as opposed to regular golf? Substitute for UGLY?

Pretty much. But "links" golf as defined as it can be....is usually bordered by a sea, is laid out naturally...with all the natural contours of the land kept, and not bulldozed over as they are in making US golf courses...they also contain few if any trees, the fairways are hard and fast, and another interesting item is that hole number begins at the clubhouse and number 9 is the farthest from that point---whereas in the US--9 is usually back at the clubhouse.