The other day I was paired up for a round of golf with a fellow who I had never played with before. As often happens
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thought of one of the newer courses in our loop called Glencairn, just outside
of Milton, Ontario, Canada. "That's not a North American style course" he said
somewhat derisively. Right at that point we were interrupted, so I didn't have
the opportunity to ask him what he meant by the comment. But having had this
discussion with quite a few fellow golfers, I had a pretty good idea. When it
was opened, Glencairn was promoted as a "links style" course, and playing there
was supposed to make you slap yourself and say, "Hey, did I just get
transplanted to Scotland." But the truth is, for most of us, our preconceived
notions about "links style" golf are based on nothing more than this sort of
advertising hype. There is some debate about just what a "links style" course is
supposed to be. Things that come to mind are the absence of trees, firm sandy
turf, large gently undulating greens, and areas around the greens where the ball
can be run up or even putted. In North America fabricated links courses like
Glencairn also include other features intended to "make you think you are in
Scotland" -- deep bunkers that sometimes even try to be "sod-walled", the
occasional "burn" meandering through or across several fairways, high uncut
grass that is referred to as "fescue", lots of pictures in the club house of St.
Andrews, Muirfield and other famous Scottish courses, tartan carpets
nike air force 1 mujer baratas , and of course lots of Scottish sounding names for the restaurant, lounge, and so on. Judging from the conversations I
have had with fellow golfers, what they do not like about these "links style"
courses is mostly an aesthetic thing. They don't have enough trees and they are
not green enough. First of all there is the lack of trees. In large parts of
North America the soil and climate are ideal for trees. Generally speaking, the
most heavily populated areas -- the areas that have the most golf courses --
also have the most temperate climate, and therefore the most trees. So the
original North American courses were often cut out of forested land. Even if it
was not the intent of the original course designer, the trees became an
important part of the "look and feel" of the course. Tree lined fairways are
what many North American golfers came to expect. The matter was quite different
with the original links courses of Scotland, England and Ireland. In these
places "links land" referred to the area along the sea coast between the sand
dunes and the more useful land further inland. This was considered ideal for
golf courses because, generally speaking, it was not useful for much else,
vegetation was relatively sparse so maintenance could be kept to a minimum, and
it was often viewed as quasi-public land -- much like beaches still are in many
places, and so was ideal for recreational purposes such as golf. Trees were
absent from these courses because they could not grow in this seaside
environment. The soil was generally too sandy and not mineral-rich enough to
support the kind of trees we are used to in North American forests. The other
thing most North American golfers like is lots of green. Green grass, green
trees, green greens. If their golf course is not lush and green they think
something is wrong. This "need for green" also has its origins in our climate,
vegetation and soil conditions. The same soil and rain conditions that support
towering maples, oaks and pines, are also ideal for the thick, lush varieties of
grass we use in most of our fairways and greens. It also explains the lack of
green in traditional seaside links courses like St. Andrews, Royal
Dornoch
nike air force 1 hombre baratas , Ballybunion, and all the others. The kind of lush green grass we are used to in North America simply cannot grow in
the relatively harsh, wind swept sandy areas where seaside links are generally
built. But the fact is brown fairways and the lack of trees are just superficial
differences between different styles of golf courses. At one level these
differences give rise to different types of golf games requiring somewhat
different skills -- for example, the ability to play in the wind and rain, and
to run the ball up rather than simply plunking it on the green. But at a deeper
level the links experience is about a different type of interaction with our
environment. An authentic links course is much less subdued and controlled than
your average North American park land course. It is somewhat less the product of
golf course design, and more the result of a long series of accidents of nature.
Rather than being a submissive, manufactured creation built simply for the
enjoyment of our mastery over it, the course has a character of its own which we
cannot control. It stands apart from us, and remains always changing, always
challenging, always worthy of our respect. Author's Resource Box Rick Hendershot
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