Types of Golf Courses Explained
Links, parkland, heathland, desert and mountain courses play very differently. A guide to what sets each type apart, and how weather changes the way each one plays.
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A playability score for every tee time, how far your ball will carry in today's air, and the best times to play this week.
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Course Guides Parts of a Golf Course Explained
Tee boxes, fairways, bunkers, penalty areas and greens: a guide to the parts of a golf course, what the rules say about each, and how weather changes the way they play.
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Course Guides Course Rating and Slope Rating Explained
What the two numbers next to each set of tees on a scorecard mean, how they turn your Handicap Index into strokes for the day, and how the handicap system adjusts when the weather makes a course play harder.