Why is a golf course called links?
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A regular golf course has a fairway from the tee box to the green.  The links golf course has hitting areas.  The area's in between are left in it's natural state.  \n\nLinks  The term for a course built on linksland, which is land reclaimed from the ocean. It is not just another term for a golf course.  \nhttp://www.playgolfamerica.com/pages/glossary.cfm?letter=L
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What does this have to do with Golf?
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The USGA references the term as long ago as the 1700's and the British Golf Museum has referenced it as far back as 1881, no direct definition but there are basically two explanations that make the most sense.\n\n1.) Think of the word “fore” like a ship’s fore and aft (forward and back), so instead of yelling “watch out ahead, or “ball heading forward”, for short you can just yell “fore”. \n\n2.) Or think of “fore” like “before”, as you might say “watch out before you get hit by my golf ball that I hit so badly that it might hit you even if you are 2 fairways over.”\n\nThe word fore is also short for yelling to your forecaddie to let them know the ball is headed their way.
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See http://www.scottishgolfhistory.net/golf_word.htm
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The first link is preferred the second link is thier world locations. Be advised some people might be offended by the content of these sites. But this is a very high class and legitimate vacation company.
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go to www.playgolfamerica.com enter the zip code in and it will provide you a list of golf courses in that area
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http://www.saline-golf-club.co.uk/\n\nhttp://www.fifegolf.com/html/body_saline_golf_club.html
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Ask and you shall recieve.. you asked "how" the term bogey came into the game --not what a bogey is correct? \n\nhttp://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/a/hist_wordbogey.htm
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Its a nice golf course.
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Las Vegas! Here is a link for you: http://www.vegas.com/golf/index.html
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Ling Hongling of Lanzhou University suggests that golf may have originated in China at least 500 years before it was first mentioned in Scotland. Archives called the Dongzuan Records from the Song Dynasty describe a game called chuiwan and also include drawings. It was played with 10 clubs including a cuanbang, pubang, and shaobang, which are comparable to a driver, two-wood, and three-wood. The archive also includes references to a Nan Tang Dynasty magistrate who asked his daughter to make "holes" for him to play, and describes his "tee" as being jewel-encrusted. There were further descriptions of clubs being inlaid with jade and gold, suggesting golf was for the wealthy. Hongling suggested golf may have been exported to Europe and then Scotland by Mongolian travellers in the late Middle Ages. [4] [5] [6] [7]\n\nGolf was usually regarded as a Scottish invention, as the game was mentioned in two 15th-century laws prohibiting the playing of the game of "gowf". Some scholars, however, suggest that this refers to another game which is much akin to shinty or hurling, or to modern field hockey. They point out that a game of putting a small ball in a hole in the ground using golf clubs was played in 17th-century Netherlands. Primatively, the action of using a stick with a boxed attachment to hit stones close to a marked target, similar to that of bocce, originated in Italy. The term golf is believed to have originated from a Germanic word for "club". It has been hypothesised that golf is actually an acronym for gentlemen only; ladies forbidden, but this is believed to be an urban legend.\n\nIt is an urban legend that golf courses contain 18 holes because that was the number of shots it took to polish off a fifth of scotch. According to the USGA however, this is incorrect. The links at St. Andrews occupy a narrow strip of land along the sea. As early as the 15th century, golfers at St. Andrews established a customary route through the undulating terrain, playing to holes whose locations were dictated by topography. The course that emerged featured eleven holes, laid out end to end from the clubhouse to the far end of the property. One played the holes out, turned around, and played the holes in, for a total of 22 holes. In 1764, several of the holes were deemed too short, and were therefore combined. The number was thereby reduced from 11 to nine, so that a complete round of the links comprised 18 holes.\n\nThe oldest playing golf course in the world is The Old Links at Musselburgh. Evidence has shown that golf was played on Musselburgh Links in 1672 although Mary Queen of Scots reputedly played there in 1567. The major changes in equipment since the 19th century have been better mowers, especially for the greens, better golf ball designs, using rubber and man-made materials since about 1900, and the introduction of the metal shaft beginning in the 1930s. Also in the 1930s the wooden golf tee was invented. In the 1970s the use of metal to replace wood heads began, and shafts made of graphite composite materials were introduced in the 1980s.\n\nSocial aspects of golf\nIn the United States, golf is the unofficial game of the business world. It is often said, in fact, that board meetings merely confirm decisions that are actually made on the golf course. For this reason, the successful conduct of business golf (which extends beyond merely knowing the game) is considered a useful business skill; various schools, including prestigious universities such as Stanford University, have started both undergraduate and graduate-level courses that teach "business golf." The PGA of America, an organization separate from the PGA Tour, helps to sponsor these programs at universities nationwide.\n\nGolf is not inherently an expensive activity; the cost of an average round of golf is USD $36 [8], and the game is regularly enjoyed by over 26 million Americans and many more world-wide. In fact, most regio
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Oahu is golf country, with 5 municipal, 9 military, and 20 private courses to choose from. The courses range from 9-hole municipals, perfect for beginners, to championship courses that stump even the pros. \n\nKo Olina Golf Club (tel. 808/676-5309): Here's a course that's not only in a beautiful setting, but is also downright challenging. In fact, Golf Digest named this 6,867-yard, par-72 course one of "America's Top 75 Resort Courses" when it opened in 1992. The rolling fairways and elevated tees and a few too many water features (always where you don't want them) will definitely improve your game or humble your attitude.\n\nTurtle Bay Resort (tel. 808/293-8574): Of the two courses to choose from here, we recommend the 18-hole Arnold Palmer Course (formerly the Links at Kuilima), designed by Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay; Golf Digest rated it the fourth best new resort course in 1994. Palmer and Seay never meant for golfers to get off too easy -- this is a challenging course. The front nine holes, with rolling terrain, only a few trees, and lots of wind, play like a course on the British Isles. The back nine holes have narrower, tree-lined fairways and water. In addition to ocean views, the course circles Punahoolapa Marsh, a protected wetland for endangered Hawaiian waterfowl.\n\nMakaha Resort Golf Club (tel. 808/695-7111 or 808/695-5239): The readers of a local city magazine recently named this challenging course "The Best Golf Course on Oahu," and the readers of Golfweek rated it one of Hawaii's top 10. Away from the crowds of Honolulu and about an hour's drive, this William Bell-designed course is in Makaha Valley on the leeward side of the island. Incredibly beautiful, sheer, 1,500-foot volcanic walls tower over the course, and swaying palm trees and neon-bright bougainvillea surround it; an occasional peacock even struts across the fairways. "I was distracted by the beauty" is a great excuse for your score at the end of the day.\n\nOlomana Golf Links (tel. 808/259-7926): This is a gorgeous course located in Waimanalo, on the other side of the island from Waikiki. The low-handicap golfer may not find this course difficult, but the striking views of the craggy Koolau mountain ridges are worth the greens fees alone. The par-72, 6,326-yard course is popular with local residents and visitors. The course starts off a bit hilly on the front nine, but flattens out by the back nine. The back nine have their own special surprises, including tricky water hazards.
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Maybe a long time ago it was that way, but there are more golf courses with different price structure and the same goes of the equipment.  The PGA is promoting golf to all the classes.  Take a  look at www.playgolfamerica.com or take a look at the golf focus group at www.golf2020.com.
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Yea, by pure luck! I'm not a golfer and couldn't tell you what club. I do use the Happy Gilmore swing. People laugh at me but that's how I got my hole in one! Good luck!
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Thor's Golf Links....\n\nhttp://www.ttsoft.com/thor/golflinks.html
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Go to www.playgolfamerica.com and put in your zip code.  It will give you a list of golf courses.
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At a golf course, you can be a caddy.