Question:
Being able to hook or slice upon demand is more useful in target golf.
I think that is draw or fade. Hook and slice is what this 25 handicappers does.
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LOL! Great explanation. Now we know! TNX, Peter – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Links land is the ribbon of land that connects the inland farming area to the sea shore. Traditionally golf courses were formed on this land. In Scotland the sandy soil was not much good for farming, and it was used mostly for grazing. The men who herded the sheep would get board and hit rocks with their crooks into rabbit holes. Eventually this turned into a crude game. One day one of the shepherds came to the links land with an Integra Titanium 500cc head graphite shaft driver and a high tech 2 piece syrulyn-balata ball and "links golf" was born! I left some stuff out but you get the idea. — The DeMented Golfer "Golf spelled backwards is flog Rick DeMent "Time to pull a quick Hank Snow." RSG roll call http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/dementr.htm Every year about this time I hear the term playing the links. What exactly does this mean?
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Every year about this time I hear the term playing the links. What exactly does this mean?
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Links land is the ribbon of land that connects the inland farming area to the sea shore. Traditionally golf courses were formed on this land. In Scotland the sandy soil was not much good for farming, and it was used mostly for grazing. The men who herded the sheep would get board and hit rocks with their crooks into rabbit holes. Eventually this turned into a crude game. One day one of the shepherds came to the links land with an Integra Titanium 500cc head graphite shaft driver and a high tech 2 piece syrulyn-balata ball and "links golf" was born! I left some stuff out but you get the idea. — The DeMented Golfer "Golf spelled backwards is flog Rick DeMent "Time to pull a quick Hank Snow." RSG roll call http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/dementr.htm
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Every year about this time I hear the term playing the links. What exactly does this mean?
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I have always thought of links golf as that emulating the golf at sea shores that go up and down the shores. It has become very popular for new courses as it allows one to build lots of expensive houses right next to the fairways. But I was listening to the radio and they were asking callers whether they preferred links style golf or target style golf. I was trying to infer the differences by what they said: In links courses, the ball rolls more. In target courses, there are more trees. In target courses, there is more strategy in picking the club. In target courses, what happens in the air is more important. Being able to hook or slice upon demand is more useful in target golf. I’m still not sure which golf courses around here (Denver and north Colorado), are target courses. Certainly the square shaped old fashioned courses are not link courses – but are they target courses?