Links Corner Forum

................... Sidenote - with chipping (and approach shots), if you hit from the rough or deep rough balls WILL have a much, much harder time stopping, even after they've stopped bouncing and started rolling. That could be it. Truth be told I did not make the green every single time, but play...

Following the useful thread of Stimp-meter and speed of greens, I decided to start playing again from scratch. I had reached a point where in non challenging settings I could play on average -4 and had several -9 and -10 scores. I always play with difficult pin positions, although I am not sure that...

I think that if it had not been for RTS, I would not be playing this game at all. This just illustrates the genius that went into the making of Links, providing multiple ways of hitting the ball. I'm the complete opposite; if the only available swing had been RTS, I would never have played it. I th...

I was just curious as this game is so special and so much ahead of his time that it is almost mind boggling. Agree. I am still amazed how well say the ball physics replicate real life. It is a very complete golf game. Not sure if we’ll ever see anything like it again. Yes, This game is mesmerizing....

I noticed that in Classic Swing it is possible to hit further than in RTS, although not by a huge amount. This was brought up during Links's prime period several times. You can't increase the distance. I only did some experimenting on my own. I could hit further while driving in Classic than in RTS...

MrT, one way of seeing it is that Links club head speeds and shot distances are more realistic (maybe not fully realistic - I dont know) if you consider club- and golf ball technology from back when Links was made. There is a specific mod of the game that allows significantly further distances per ...

This weekend I have paid a lot of attention to the US Open played in Torrey Pines. According to data I found online Torrey Pines South has a stimpmeter of 11. Hence that can be reproduced. (Mc/Mc or roughly that). I paid close attention to how the golfers were putting, the nasty trajectories the bal...

@doclawer .. Yes, the Royal Melbourne is a "bitch"... in some challenging settings a couple of times felt like setting the course on fire! Or, at least the greens

More curious than anything. I probably do not have the experience that other players have here. But I pay very close attention to details (I am a mathematician by training). My experience with the game, helped by internet reading of serious golf articles, led me to believe that Oakmont greens if pla...

Yes, Adelade, that is what I will do. Also, in consideration of the fact that the thing I would like to achieve the most is to play without top view like on a real golf course. So that is currently goal #1 for me and it is going to be plenty of challenge, in particular on older or less detailed cour...