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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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
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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, 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
nike air max thea noir femme , 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
nike air max tn noir homme , 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, 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.
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