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| Link courses are the most traditional type of golf course. Some of which are centuries-old examples and have survived in the British isles. Situated in coastal areas, on sandy soil and often amid dunes it has few artificial water hazards and few if any trees. Traditional links courses are built on "land reclaimed from the sea," land that was once underwater, such as The Old Course at St. Andrews. It is sometimes said that Linksland has"linked" the beach to the arable land. However, the more actual etymology is from the Middle English that stadns for "hill." It was historically suitable predominantlu for grazing sheep.A links golf course, sometimes referred to the oldest style of golf course, as a seaside links and was, first developed in Scotland, where golf originated. The word arrieved from the Scots language and means to an area of coastal sand dunes. It also has more general meaning in the Scottish English dialect. It is considered as singular even though it has an 's' at the end, and occurs in place names which precede the development of golf, for example Lundin Links, Fife. Links are situated in coastal areas, on sandy soil and often amid dunes. Thye have few water hazards and few if any trees. This reflects both the fact that only limited resources were available to golf course architects at the time, and any earth moving had to be done by hand, so it was kept to a minimum and the nature of the scenery where the sport happened to originate. It is believed that the term "links" originates from the fact that the land used for golf actually was the land near the sea and that was not good for cultivating. This land was situated between the sea and the farmland and thus formed a "link" between the two.There are two categories in which the challenges of links golf fall into. Firstly the nature of the courses themselves. This has the characteristics of uneven fairways, thick rough and small deep bunkers. Secondly, for the coastal location many links courses are often full of windy. This affects the style of play favouring the players who are able to play low and accurate shots. Links courses are mostly common in the United Kingdom mainly in Scotland, and in both parts of Ireland. There are also some famous links courses in other countries. These courses are in the U.S.: Pebble Beach Golf Links (on the Pacific Ocean), Whistling Straits in Wisconsin (on Lake Michigan), Seaside Golf Course and Ocean Forest Golf Course (on Sea Island, Georgia), Bandon Dunes in Bandon, Oregon, and Shinnecock Hills (between Peconic Bay and Shinnecock Bay) in Southampton, New York and Harmon Seaside Links (in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador). Links courses sited on the, or at least very near to, a coast, and the term is thus associated with coastal courses. However, even hundreds of miles or kilometres inland, links conditions can be duplicated on suitable ground as there is one in Nebraska. |
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