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A links is the oldest style of golf course, first developed in Scotland. Links courses are generally built on sandy coastland that offers a firmer playing surface than parkland and heathland courses. The word "links" comes via the Scots language from the Old English word hlinc: "rising ground, ridge" and refers to an area of coastal sand dunes and sometimes to open parkland; it is cognate with lynchet. "Links" can be treated as singular even though it has an "s" at the end and occurs in place names that precede the development of golf, for example Lundin Links in Fife. It also retains this more general meaning in standard Scottish English. Links land is typically characterised by dunes, an undulating surface, and a sandy soil unsuitable for arable farming but which readily supports various indigenous browntop bent and red fescue grasses. Together, the soil and grasses result in the firm turf associated with links courses and the 'running' game. The hard surface typical of the links-style course allows balls to "run" out much farther than on softer turf course after a fairway landing. Often players will land the ball well before the green and allow it to run up onto the green rather than landing it on the green in the more targeted-landing style used on softer surfaces.

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Article Title : Links (golf)
Article Snippet :surface than parkland and heathland courses. The word "links" comes via the Scots language from the Old English word hlinc: "rising ground, ridge" and refers
Article Title : The Links
Article Snippet :The Links is an American, invitation-only, social and service organization of prominent black women in the United States. Founded in 1946, it is the largest
Article Title : Musselburgh Links
Article Snippet :Musselburgh Links, The Old Golf Course in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland, is generally accepted as being one of the oldest golf courses in the world
Article Title : Old Tom Morris
Article Snippet :in St Andrews, Fife, the "home of golf" and location of the St Andrews Links, and died there as well. Young Tom Morris (died 1875), also a golfer, was
Article Title : List of links golf courses
Article Snippet :following is a list of links golf courses; also included are many "links-style" courses and courses that share many of the features of links courses. Dumfries
Article Title : St Andrews Links
Article Snippet :Strathtyrum, New, and the Old Course all on the links, and The Castle Course, a mile to the east of the town. The famous Old Course is widely considered
Article Title : Old Course at St Andrews
Article Snippet :as the Old Course. The Old Course at St Andrews is considered by many to be the "home of golf" because the sport was first played on the links at St Andrews
Article Title : NTFS links
Article Snippet :symbolic link depending on a way it's stored on the filesystem. Symbolic links to directories or volumes, called junction points and mount points, were
Article Title : Backlink
Article Snippet :the database backend. MediaWiki specifically offers the "What links here" tool, some older Wikis, especially the first WikiWikiWeb, had the backlink functionality
Article Title : Golf Links, New Delhi
Article Snippet :September 1997, Golf Links was the site of a major kidnapping in which a four-year-old was abducted by gun-toting youths. "Golf Links revisited". The Times

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