LINKS Golf Podcast

Digital Editor Al Lunsford sits down with professional player turned golf course architect Davis Love III at Harbour Town Golf Links for a quick-hitting interview covering the South Carolina course’s completed restoration. Later, Al is joined by co-host Joe Passov to discuss more about the updates and the significance of Harbour Town to golf course design and Pete Dye’s legacy. This season of the...

The hosts are joined by LINKS contributor Tony Dear to discuss his “Mount Rushmore” golf article series and debate about the choices made for each category—including clubhouses, greens, seaside courses, and mountain courses. The group also discusses the recently announced renovations at the Old Course at St. Andrews and great places to play in the Pacific Northwest. This season of the LINKS Golf P...

The hosts detail their favorite “short wonders”—that is, 18-hole golf courses that play under 6,000 yards from their back tees—on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by Tourism Ireland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Branded collectibles on the first tee; inexpensive F&B; GREAT—not good—showers. These and more make our list of golf resort essentials on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by Tourism Ireland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sand Valley Golf Resort co-owner Michael Keiser Jr. joins the hosts on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast to chat about the latest developments at the Wisconsin golf resort and other properties in the Dream Golf collection—including Rodeo Dunes in Colorado, Wild Spring Dunes in Texas, and Old Shores in Florida. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by Tourism Ireland. Learn more a...

Kicking off Season 20 of the LINKS Golf Podcast, the hosts give their takeaways from the 2025 Ryder Cup and run down the topics covered in the recently released Fall 2025 issue of LINKS Magazine. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by Tourism Ireland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Digital Editor Al Lunsford and photographer Billy Richards (carolina_pines_golf) recount their four-day road trip in South Carolina discovering historic public golf courses and a collection of museums in this travelogue-style episode. Discover all South Carolina has to offer at discoversouthcarolina.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The hosts of the LINKS Golf Podcast talk about this year’s venue Bethpage Black, the players who will be the stars, their favorite all-time Ryder Cups, and the past venue they each love the most on the final episode of Season 19. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by PerryGolf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A tandem of golf course architects, Brian Ross and Jeff Stein, join the LINKS Golf Podcast to discuss their joint effort building a new Walter Travis-inspired 18-hole course at Jekyll Island in Georgia, Travis’s unique design style, and more. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by PerryGolf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feeling hungry? You will be after this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, as our hosts each pick their three favorite destinations to combine a round of golf with a plate of barbecue. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by PerryGolf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The hosts of the LINKS Golf Podcast begin this episode by discussing their takeaways from Scottie Scheffler’s triumph at the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush. Later, they take turns answering a broad range of listener questions including their thoughts on the courses that deserve to host a major championship, favorite bunkers in golf, and ideal summer golf destinations. This season of the...

The hosts are joined by golf course architect Jay Blasi on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. Blasi details his work rejuvenating the public gem at Poppy Ridge in Northern California, building Chambers Bay, how he would reroute several holes at Pebble Beach Golf Links, and more. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by PerryGolf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

In the second episode of a two-part podcast installment, the hosts continue playing the “Eclectic 18” game—building a fantasy golf layout with 18 holes from 18 different courses—and choose the routing for their back nines using only public golf courses in the U.S. The rules are simple: 1) Any course can only be used once; 2) Holes must be used in accordance with their original place on the scoreca...

The hosts play the “Eclectic 18” game—building a fantasy golf layout with 18 holes from 18 different courses—and choose the routing for their front nines using only public golf courses in the U.S. on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. The rules are simple: 1) Any course can only be used once; 2) Holes must be used in accordance with their original place on the scorecard. This season of the LI...

In this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, the hosts weigh in on super-sized par-three holes. Digital Editor Al Lunsford and LINKS contributor Joe Passov talk about the merits of long par threes and detail some of the world’s best examples as well as their personal favorites. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by PerryGolf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

The hosts begin this episode by giving their thoughts about the compelling U.S. Open Championship at Oakmont. Later, Digital Editor Al Lunsford sits down with golf course architect Gil Hanse at Baltusrol Golf Club for a quick-hitting interview covering the New Jersey club’s completed restoration, A.W. Tillinghast’s design strengths, what is next on Hanse’s agenda, and more. This season of the LINK...

Golf course architect Martin Ebert joins the LINKS Golf Podcast to discuss his work readying the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush for the 2025 Open Championship, the brilliance of Harry Colt, his firm’s new project in the Caribbean at Moncayo, and more. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by PerryGolf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What have been the best, worst, and most bizarre U.S. Open Championships in the 21st century (since 2001)? The hosts take turns making their picks on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by PerryGolf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While most of the great courses designed during golf architecture’s Golden Age belong to private clubs, there are a handful of examples across the country that are accessible to the general public. Co-hosts Joe Passov and Al Lunsford take turns detailing some of the “Golden Age Publics” on the Season 19 debut of the LINKS Golf Podcast. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by PerryGol...

What has drawn celebrities, golfers, and vacationers of all kinds to Casa de Campo Resort & Villas for 50 years running? Gilles Gagnon, senior golf sales director at Casa de Campo, joins the LINKS Golf Podcast to cover everything you need to know about the Caribbean’s most complete resort—from the ongoing updates to the iconic Teeth of the Dog course, to stories about legendary golf architect Pete...

Our Masters Tournament primer will give you all the things you need to know and a list of must-dos as a patron at Augusta National—from the basics and ground rules to insider tips on how to get the most out of a golf fan’s day of a lifetime—on the 200th episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by FootJoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

The hosts are joined by Mike O’Reilly, General Manager of Whistling Straits and Blackwolf Run at Kohler Wisconsin, who breaks down the golf offerings and more at the Midwest destination on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. Topics include the design variety of Kohler’s four 18-hole courses and 10-hole short course, the must-do activities off the golf course, and what to expect from the itiner...

Dew-sweeping as the first group out on a golf course. Playing a great short par-three hole. A hot dog at the turn. These and much more make our host’s lists of favorite “things” in golf on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by FootJoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all have golf courses on our personal “bucket lists,” but what about individual holes? Our hosts discuss the ones they hope to one day play on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. This season of the LINKS Golf Podcast is presented by FootJoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, the hosts are joined by Cynthia Dye McGarey and her son, Matt McGarey, of the Dye Designs Group golf architecture firm. The team from DDG talk about the influence of the Dye lineage (Roy, Pete, Perry, etc.), building the first golf course in Iraq, renovating the George Cobb-designed Ocean Point at Fripp Island in South Carolina, their current and upcoming...