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Links-A Classy, upscale publication
The magazine has great, quality pictures and some interesting articles. <
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>The pictures of some golf courses are amazing and very professional. <
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>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. <
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>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 <
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>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. <
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>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.

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Over-rated
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.

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Very Serious Golf Magazine but a bit high on the Snob-factor
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.