I like to watch golf sometimes but am no expert, so what exactly is a links course ?|||In simplified terms, a Links Course is coastal and especially the greens are sandbased.
Parkland for example will be soil based.
When you watch a Links course being played from Fairway to Green one notable difference is their approach shots. Rather than pitch directly at the flagstick they will chip/pitch and run and let the ball bounce on the surface prior to the green and work its way to the flag. The reasons behind this is that on a links course the greens are so hard because of the moisture they easily absorb meaning that if you pitch from 100 yards onto the green it will bounce straight off it unlike on a parkland course it will stick, briefly spin or roll in the direction of the ridges (depending on the weather).
Go to youtube and type in St Andrews Open and watch a few shots being played on the greens.|||A links course in a rough grassy area between the sea and the mainland.|||I was wondering about this myself.|||A links course is a course that is within 4 miles of the coast|||A Links course is by water or the sea!|||it's a course by the coast among dunes.
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