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links

  (lĭngks) pronunciation
pl.n.
  1. A golf course.
  2. Scots. Relatively flat or undulating sandy turf-covered ground usually along a seashore.

[From Middle English link, ridge of land, hill, from Old English hlinc, ridge.]


 
 
WordNet: links
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf
  Synonyms: golf course, golf links


 
Wikipedia: links (golf)

For the place in India, see Golf Links (India).

A links golf course, sometimes referred to as a seaside links is the oldest style of golf course, first developed in Scotland. The word comes from the Scots language and refers to an area of coastal sand dunes, and also sometimes to open parkland. It also retains this more general meaning in the Scottish English dialect. It can be treated as singular even though it has an "s" at the end, and occurs in place names that precede the development of golf, for example Lundin Links, Fife.

Many links – though not all – are located in coastal areas, on sandy soil, often amid dunes, with few water hazards and few if any trees. This reflects both the nature of the scenery where the sport happened to originate, and the fact that only limited resources were available to golf course architects at the time, and any earth moving had to be done by hand, so it was kept to a minimum.

At Bruntsfield Links in Edinburgh, Scotland, the course (a considerable distance from the coast) is still used for pitch and putt golf, and boasts a sign erected by the City Council which asserts that golf may have been invented there.

The challenges of links golf fall into two categories. Firstly the nature of the courses themselves, which tend to be characterised by uneven fairways, thick rough and small deep bunkers known as "pot bunkers". Secondly, due to their coastal location many links courses are frequently windy. This affects the style of play required, favouring players who are able to play low accurate shots. As many links courses consist literally of an "outward" nine in one direction along the coast, and an "inward" nine which returns in the opposite direction, players often have to cope with opposite wind patterns in each half of their round.

Links courses remain most common in Ireland and also in the United Kingdom, especially in Scotland. The Open Championship is always played on links courses, even though there are some celebrated courses in the United Kingdom which are not links, and this is one of the main things which differentiates it from the three major championships held in the United States. There are also some well known links courses in other countries, including these courses in North America: Pebble Beach Golf Links (on the Pacific Ocean), Whistling Straits in Wisconsin (on Lake Michigan), Seaside Golf Course and Ocean Forest Golf Course (on Sea Island, Georgia), Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Bandon, Oregon, and Shinnecock Hills (between Peconic Bay and Shinnecock Bay) in Southampton, New York, all in the U.S.; and, in Canada, Harmon Seaside Links (in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador),

Links courses tend to be on, or at least very near to, a coast, and the term is typically associated with coastal courses. However, links conditions can be duplicated on suitable ground, even hundreds of miles or kilometres inland. One especially notable example of an inland links-style course is Sand Hills Golf Club, a much-acclaimed early-2000s layout in the Sand Hills of Nebraska.

Famous links golf courses

Some of the famous link golf courses are in England, Scotland and Ireland (Northern and Republic). Famous courses include:

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Translations: Translations for: Links

Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - jævn sandet græsbevokset kyststrækning, golfbane

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoge zandgrond achter duinen, golfterrein

Français (French)
n. pl. - golf, terrain de golf

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Golfplatz, %

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αθλοπ.) γήπεδο του γκολφ

Italiano (Italian)
dune

Português (Portuguese)
n. - elos (m pl)

Русский (Russian)
поле для игры в гольф, дюны

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - gemelos, (golf) recorrido

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (konstr. ss. pl.) (Skottl.) svagt kuperad strandhed, (konstr. ofta ss. sing.) golfbana

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
高尔夫球场

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 高爾夫球場

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 골프 코스, 모래 땅

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ゴルフ場

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) روابط, صلات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮מגרש גולף, משטח חולי‬


 
 

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