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If you are going to check out some LPGA golf this year, this week at Carnoustie is a good one. I have been lucky enough to play there a couple of times and love it. They say in Carnoustie that St. Andrews has the history and they have the course. It looks like a wasteland when you get there and the variety of holes and shots to be played is fantastic. It is often times called the toughest course in the world, but I don’t think so. Unless they grow the rough two feet tall, like they did during the famous tournament in which Jean Van De Velde melted down, it is very fair and playable for all players.

The greens are massive—some fifty yards deep. Distance control, judgment of when the ball will stop after it lands, and strategy off the tee are key. Depending on the changing and often times fierce seaside winds, you could play each hole so many different ways day to day—even hour to hour. My only criticism of the track would be the finish. Seventeen and eighteen have the winding burn that is often times blind that makes them awkward at best. If you go to St. Andrews, make sure you take the time to travel the hour to Carnoustie for a truly lovely town and one of the most interesting courses in the world. Stop over to the Stagshead and have a pint for me. Check out the best ladies in the world and dream.

What I love most about Links golf is that there are options to how you want to play the hole. The best route is not as obvious or automatic as the American styled inland courses. Here in the states you are best off in the middle of the fairway and for the most part can stick the ball on the green. This makes it about execution as compared to judgement. On the links you have to figure out where the ball will stop. Often times the best play is either short or away from the hole.

This style of course opens up the game to more than just the hottest ball striker or putter. You need to have imagination to play all the varieties of shots required on the windy links. Look at what Tom Watson did two years ago at the age of 59. I can’t wait for the next three days. A twenty year old named Tom is leading, and he could lose to the man he was named after, who is 61. Cool.

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