LINKS Golf Podcast

LINKS Publisher Jack Purcell details his recent trip to the Home of Golf along with a group of friends who were visiting Scotland for the first time. Jack runs through the nine courses he played and provides helpful tips on where to grab a pint, how to pack, and can’t-miss experiences along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Top 100 layout Whistling Straits will attract the full focus of the Ryder Cup, the four other golf courses at Destination Kohler provide the variety, challenge, and excitement that make the Wisconsin resort a must-visit. LINKS contributor Shaun Tolson breaks down all five golf options and the best off-course activities in this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. Learn more about your ad choic...

Digital Editor Al Lunsford and golf photographer Matt Hahn recount their four-day road trip around the state of South Carolina, discovering some of the best natural and recreational destinations the state has to offer which contain, or are close to, premier public golf options. The team’s journey included visits to South Carolina’s two state park golf courses, as well as stops at the home courses...

LINKS Senior Editor Jim Frank shares insider knowledge and humorous stories from his golf trip to the host country of the Summer Olympic Games in the Season 8 finale of the LINKS Golf Podcast, presented by Ashcroft Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Keiser discusses the recent announcements coming from Bandon Dunes, from hosting 13 USGA championships over the next 25 years (0:50) to a 6th course called New River Dunes coming to Bandon (25:18) and talks about developments at each of the Dream Golf properties on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, presented by Ashcroft Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

One of hockey’s all-time greatest players, legendary defenseman Chris Pronger, reveals his favorite courses, describes how golf has influenced his post-playing career, and explains what remains unchecked on his golf bucket list in this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, presented by Ashcroft Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LINKS contributor Nick Edmund has been to his fair share of Open Championships over the years—he shares his most memorable experiences, tips for first-time attendees, his favorite course in the Open rota, and must-play courses nearby the nine Open Championship venues in this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, presented by Ashcroft Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

Oak Hill Country Club’s East Course, host of the 2023 PGA Championship, six previous major championships, and the 1995 Ryder Cup, recently reopened for play after the completion of a 10-month restoration project led by architect Andrew Green. Digital Editor Al Lunsford sits down with Oak Hill golf course superintendent Jeff Corcoran who details the updates and the background of the Donald Ross-des...

Gil Hanse breaks down the details of his restoration work on the Lower Course at Baltusrol Golf Club in a conversation with Digital Editor Al Lunsford on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, presented by Ashcroft Capital. Lunsford also takes listeners inside his round and overnight stay at the historic club. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In addition to playing and writing about the game, LINKS contributor Ryan Asselta is a regular caddie for his two sons in major youth tournaments. He shares the top tips on how to get kids involved in the game, the most effective motivation tactics, and the best golf gift he’s ever received from his boys in this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, presented by Ashcroft Capital. Learn more about you...

The hosts review the across-the-pond features in the Summer 2021 issue on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, presented by Ashcroft Capital, including George’s “exclusive” interview with the Claret Jug. They also discuss 18 great courses in the shadow of the nine Open Championship venues, Old Tom Morris’s 200th birthday, and the best courses to play at twilight. Learn more about your ad choice...

As Jack Nicklaus has described, “Golf is 80 percent mental, 10 percent ability, 10 percent luck.” To help unlock the keys to mastering the mental side of golf, Digital Editor Al Lunsford talked to golf’s most accomplished sports psychologist, Dr. Gio Valiante, in this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, presented by Ashcroft Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Media personality Matt Cardis, better known as the man behind the “Golf in Your State” brand, lives out of his van and is changing the perception of golf in his own unique way. Digital Editor Al Lunsford caught up with the self-described golf hobo as he journeys across the country in this insider interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It can be difficult to stand out as a golf destination with only one 18-hole course, but as Digital Editor Al Lunsford and LINKS contributor Erik Matuszewski have learned, there are a few one-course clubs that golf aficionados need to add to their bucket list Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With all three of its golf courses appearing inside the top 40 of Golf.com’s “Top 100 Courses You Can Play” list for 2021–22, Streamsong has earned its place among America’s most coveted golf resorts. Recently, Digital Editor Al Lunsford sat down with Craig Falanga, the resort’s director of sales and marketing, to learn the history behind the former phosphate mining ground and how Streamsong cater...

George Peper details his unconventional solution to golf’s distance dilemma and provides a surprisingly cogent argument to back up his seemingly outlandish take in the Season 7 finale of the LINKS Golf Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Contributing writer Nick Edmund, founder of Global Golf 4 Cancer, hops on the LINKS Golf Podcast to talk about his feature on 12 dazzling courses from “Middle England” in the Winter 2021 issue of LINKS. Nick and Digital Editor Al Lunsford cover an array of topics including other underrated golf areas around the world, Nick’s foundation and his favorite 4th holes, and the best way to score a tee ti...

Golf course architect Agustín Pizá joins the LINKS Golf Podcast to discuss his outside-the-box approach to course design. Pizá shares with Digital Editor Al Lunsford his idea of “Wellness Golf”—creating a golf space for connecting with nature and “unlearning” the traditional way golfers think about the game—and details studying in Scotland, learning from greats like Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player,...

Golf clubs across the country have seen a large boom in participation in the last year. KemperSports CEO Steve Skinner joins Digital Editor Al Lunsford on the LINKS Golf Podcast to discuss what the courses, clubs, and leaders across the company’s portfolio are doing to keep these new players engaged and coming back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Digital Editor Al Lunsford and LINKS contributor Erik Matuzewski of the National Golf Foundation have traveled to golf resorts across the country and share their thoughts about what key elements are crucial to making a golf destination truly great. Erik also references survey data from the NGF that provides context into what core golfers deem most important to their enjoyment when visiting a golf...

PerryGolf’s Gordon Dalgleish returns as a guest on the LINKS Golf Podcast to discuss what under-the-radar courses offer the most authentic experience on a golf trip to Scotland or Ireland. Gordon chats with Digital Editor Al Lunsford about packages his company puts together that feature a collection of clubs which make golf in these countries, at it’s very core, unique and memorable. Learn more ab...

Golf course architect Bobby Weed details his work at The Grove XXIII, Michael Jordan’s course in Hobe Sound, Fla., on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. A protégée of the late Pete Dye, Weed talks to Digital Editor Al Lunsford about Dye’s legacy, what it’s like to be the PGA Tour’s in-house architect, his design firm’s approach, and the newest course he is building in northern Florida. Learn...

LINKS Editor George Peper is back on the LINKS Golf Podcast to reveal what’s new for LINKS Magazine in 2021. He discusses with Digital Editor Al Lunsford the focus of his newest column—breaking down some of the game’s most memorable opening shots—and also challenges listeners to take “The Ultimate Unpassable Golf Quiz” from the Winter issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

Golf clubs designed with the help of artificial intelligence. GPS-equipped robots that optimize daily course maintenance. Augmented reality allowing users to see the arcs of their shots in real time via shot-tracer technology. LINKS contributor David DeSmith joins Digital Editor Al Lunsford on the LINKS Golf Podcast to discuss the many ways in which widespread advances in technology and data will...

Dr. Lou Riccio is a golf pace of play expert and the founder of the Three/45 Golf Association, a not-for-profit organization that teaches the principals of faster play. Riccio joins Digital Editor Al Lunsford on the LINKS Golf Podcast to discuss the issue of slow play—the factors that contribute to it, the detriments it has on daily play, and ways that clubs can control and improve their daily cou...