LINKS Golf Podcast

Dr. Lou Riccio is a golf pace of play expert and the founder of the Three/45 Golf Association, a not-for-profit organization that teaches the principals of faster play. Riccio joins Digital Editor Al Lunsford on the LINKS Golf Podcast to discuss the issue of slow play—the factors that contribute to it, the detriments it has on daily play, and ways that clubs can control and improve their daily course flow.

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Lt. Col. Dan Rooney—a fighter pilot with three combat tours in Iraq, a PGA professional, and the founder of the Folds of Honor Foundation—joins Digital Editor Al Lunsford on this week’s episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. Rooney, who played golf collegiately at Kansas, discusses his collaboration with Jack Nicklaus on the newly designed American Dunes Golf Club in Michigan, his motivational speeches to the U.S. Ryder Cup team, and his new book, Fly Into The Wind.

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In the Season 7 premiere of the LINKS Golf Podcast, golf author Luke Reese joins to talk about his critically acclaimed writing debut, One For the Memory Banks. Reese chats to Digital Editor Al Lunsford about the inspiration to write his first novel, his golf travels in the UK and Ireland, and the motley crew of characters he’s met along the way. Visit TheMemoryBanks.com/links to order your copy of One For the Memory Banks.

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What’s it like to play the No. 1 ranked course in the world? On this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, Digital Editor Al Lunsford is joined by one of his best friends, Lee Goehring, who recently received an invitation to play Pine Valley Golf Club in New Jersey. From the signature amenities to a round alongside an 8-time Champions Tour winner, Lee offers an inside look into a special day at one of the most exclusive clubs in all of golf.

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Tony Dear has been friends with Scottish golf course architect David McLay-Kidd for many years, and recently joined the designer of Bandon Dunes and Mammoth Dunes on a trip to preview McLay-Kidd’s new short course at Washington’s Gamble Sands. On his way there, Dear flew with McLay-Kidd—a licensed pilot—but altered course on the journey home by hopping in the car with a Super Bowl champion.

Digital Editor Al Lunsford chats with Dear about his storybook golf weekend on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast.

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The PGA Tour has a big opportunity with legalized gambling, but there’s also a potential downside, writes George Peper. George discusses his column, “Risky Business,” from the Fall issue of LINKS Magazine with Digital Editor Al Lunsford on this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast.

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Digital Editor Al Lunsford recaps his trip to Missouri’s Big Cedar Lodge and the Payne’s Valley Cup in this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast. Al talks to Big Cedar’s Assistant Director of Golf Sales and Marketing Matt McQueary, who gives a detailed guide to how one should plan to explore the golf and much more at Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris’s nature retreat in the Ozark Mountains.

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Planet Golf’s Darius Oliver joins the LINKS Golf Podcast from Australia to detail his LINKS Magazine series “Ranking the World”—where he ranked the nations of the world (outside of the U.S.) according to the quality of their golf. Darius, who has played more than 2,000 golf courses worldwide, shares some of his favorite U.S. states for golf as well.

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On this week’s episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, LINKS contributor David DeSmith talks to Digital Editor Al Lunsford about the golf, gastronomy, and much more from his trip to France’s famed southeastern corner of Provence—the subject of David’s feature piece in the Fall issue of LINKS Magazine.

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LINKS President and Publisher Jack Purcell joins Digital Editor Al Lunsford on the show to provide an insider’s perspective on Winged Foot, where Jack has been a member for more than 30 years. Jack gives the scoop on the preparation of the West course for this year’s U.S. Open, the things players need to do to score well, and the elements outside of golf he enjoys about the club.

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