Links Courses?

Question

what qualifies a course to be called a links course that is different from a regular course?

Answer 1

Links courses usually refer to golfing venues which are wind blown, close to the sea, not irrigated, hard as rocks with heather  separated fairways which avid American golfers pay big bucks to play in England, Scotland and Wales.

Answer 2

A links golf course is natural a regular golf course is manicured and someone has planed it out like they wanted it to look and be as difficult to play as they want it.

Old St Andrews gold course in Scotland is a Links Course that every golfer would love to play.

Answer 3

Generally, links courses are located by the sea.  They usually have holes which are connected to each other, like links, and go out and back.

Answer 4

Go to www.chambersbaygolf.com to see a true links style american golf course.  Home of the 2012 US Open and the 2010 US Amature.

Answer 5

A true links course is usually seaside, has no trees on it, has lots of swales, hollows, and bunkers.  There are very few true links courses in the US, but many "links style" which means not many trees and rolling grounds.