Links - The Best of Golf | 
| Publisher: Purcell Enterprises
List Price: $35.00
Buy New: $9.95
You Save: $25.05 (72%)
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1595
Format: Magazine Subscription
Type: Consumer magazine
Subscription Issues: 7
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 7
First Issue Lead Time: 12-16 Weeks
ASIN: B00005N7Y4
Release Date: November 23, 2001
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 4 months
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Product Description
LINKS brings the history, traditions and spirit of golf to life. You're escorted down the fairways of the world's classic courses. See stunning photography throughout every issue. The previews of the majors are simply the best. LINKS is the premier source for planning a golf trip or purchasing golf course real estate.
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| Customer Reviews:
 A huge improvement for 2008! May 14, 2008
M. Oconnell (Connecticut)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
LINKS has finally broken the old mold of issues past!
On reading the last few issues, I noticed that they've done away with the enormous card bank that made the magazine akin to a plank of wood. The design is now much cleaner and looks often rival their much larger competition, Golf Magazine.
New columnists, more sections, better content. Overall, a much needed improvement successfully pulled off by the folks in Hilton Head.
Great job guys!
Links-A Classy, upscale publication May 13, 2006
Greg GREAT GOLFER (NEW YORK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The magazine has great, quality pictures and some interesting articles.
The pictures of some golf courses are amazing and very professional.
I love reading this magazine in my spare time. Yes, the magazine is for golfers who always tended to have higher incomes. Golf was always an expensive sport anyway.
For golf instructions, I recommmend THE ULIMATE GOLF INSTRUCTION GUIDE: KEY TECHNIQUES FOR BECOMING A ZERO HANDICAP GOLFER OR BETTER. This is written by Patrick Leonardi
I wanted to share with other readers because this book made my golf game get much better. If you are like me, I was stuck around the same handicap. However, this book got me playing much better golf.
For golf equipment, I definitely recommmend PING IRONS. Great feel and distance with these clubs. For putters, I also recommend PING. They are the best. The ball putts straight and true. The feel is natural and unforced.
 Over-rated December 1, 2003
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Where's the content in this magazine. ADs...ads...ads. They try and make themselves out to be a great golf travel magazine, but I have seen much better in other publications. I agree with the woman from England...Links loads up on these inserts. I like to read a magazine like The Golfer, where they travel all over the world and review spectacular courses from the Carribbean to New Zealand.
Very Serious Golf Magazine but a bit high on the Snob-factor September 2, 2002
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
The Good: Links is for players who take golf very seriously. It usually contains one or two excellent journalistic articles. They have an immense appreciation for golf course architecture. It contains articles on 'classic courses', 'modern classics' (which usually reads a bit like a sales pitch for a private course), as well as 'great courses' in the UK & the Republic of Ireland (which is why I subscribe). The photography is always first-rate, and it occassionally includes some of the most visually stunning photo's of the some of the greatest courses on the planet (e.g. Cypress Point).The Bad: Links includes a small section on golf clothing and equipment, but it seems they usually water-down any critical comments, which makes me a bit suspicious that they're afraid to offend any potential advertisers, so what's the point? Also, Links doesn't contain any articles on the technical/mechanical aspects of the swing (e.g. how to hit the ball further and straighter); they leave that to Golf Digest & Golf Magazine. The Ugly: Links magazine is clearly aimed at the high-end, upper crust, elitist, fat-cat end of the market i.e. it's very high in snob-appeal. It's absolutely overloaded with advertisements (as well as those incredibly annoying inserts) for very exclusive, ultra-private country club estates that offer courses designed by Jack, Tom, or Arnie and include equestrian/polo facilities, spa's, marinas for your yacht, etc., not to mention the luxury homes at > $2MM. If your preferred drink is light beer, your golf attire includes muscle shirts, or perhaps you have a hat that says 'old fart' on it, then this magazine is definitely NOT for you. I've been a subscriber for > five years, and although I find the 'ugly' part a bit annoying, I simply ignore it and find that the good outweighs it.
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