LINKS Golf Podcast

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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 of Clemson University and University of South Carolina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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/adchoices

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/adchoices

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-designed East and West courses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 caters to much more than just avid golfers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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