Why is a Golf course along the coast, called a Links course?

Question

Why is a Golf course along the coast, called a Links course?

Answer 1

There you go. The basis gives you all you ever want to know about " links ". The explanation is very plausible and needsno further input.

Answer 2

A links golf course has many of the below features - maybe even all

• The course is built along the seaside;

• The soil is sandy and drains easily;

• The course is laid out naturally, so that unusual bumps and slopes in the fairways and greens remain, rather than being smoothed over;

• The rough features natural seaside grasses;

• Bunkers are numerous, very small and very deep (to keep the seaside breezes from blowing the sand away)

• Fairways are rarely (if ever) watered and play firm and fast;

• Links courses usually have few if any trees;

• The course routes out and back. The No. 1 hole begins at the clubhouse and the front nine plays straight out so that No. 9 is farthest hole from the clubhouse; the direction turns back in at No. 10 and the course ends with No. 18 back at the clubhouse.

The British Golf Museum says that "links" are coastal strips of land between the beaches and the inland agricultural areas. This term, in its purest sense, applies specifically to seaside areas in Scotland.

Answer 3

It is just a name that is given to a certain type of golf course design.   There are even Links style courses Miles and miles away from any coast.