When you go to a caddie friendly course like Pinehurst Number Two, Pebble Beach Golf Links, or Bandon Dunes, the caddie gives you course advice, yardages, and help reading putts.

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I've got a pretty good record at links golf and I also held the course record at Kingsbarns for a couple years.

BBC: SPORT | Golf | In through the back door

Design work for a second golf course close to the Trump International Links is now under way.

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This course is so good at getting you ready for playing links golf.

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While the British Isles is the home of links golf, known for its coastal courses, Lough Erne is the rare inland course worth seeking out, probably the best in Ireland.

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St Andrews, regarded as the home of golf, is typical of a particular type of course, known as a links .

BBC: The course

Highland Golf Links is intended to pick up on the high profile given to the new Castle Stuart course at the Scottish Open championship last week.

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The closest you'll come to golf course living in Augusta is renting one of several homes near the tournament's luxe links.

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Last summer saw the opening in Aberdeen, Scotland, of Trump International Golf Links after a bitter, yearslong fight waged by environmentalists and local residents against government leaders and, of course, Trump.

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