Bandon Preserve golf course
Always hard to leave buddies and Bandon. - @MattGinellaGC
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Old Course - St. Andrews
coffincorner: The only thing right about this photo is that it's on the Old Course.
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Carnoustie golf course
Yesterday, I experienced quite a number of Carnoustie's lovely bunkers. #golflife
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North Berwick golf course
The memorable par-4 13th rock wall hole at North Berwick. The atmosphere is religious and the place simply never disappoints.
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Gleneagles - Queens golf course
The 17th green on the #Queenscourse at #Gleneagles is out there somewhere #visitscotland#whyilovethisgame #livingthegreen#imthekingofqueens
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The Island Golf Club
#tbt The 1st green at The Island Golf Club, Ireland. You know you're in for a treat from the start. #links
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Gullane Golf Club - No. 1 Course
Stop No. 1 on our Scottish adventure ... Gullane. The downhill, downwind, par-4 17th was so fun.
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Renaissance Club
Stop No. 2 on our Scottish adventure ... Renaissance Club, where we had some real Scottish weather: rain, cold, wind. Fun.
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Pitlochry Golf Club
Yesterday I played the best course in the world ... under 6,000 yards. #pitlochry will surprise and delight as you climb like a mountain Sherpa up and down beautiful hills on the edge of the#scottishhighlands #visitscotland#whyilovethisgame
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Royal Troon - Old Course
@lusk78/Instagram shoots the Old Course at Royal Troon.
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Whistling Straits - Straits golf course
weeks from tomorrow! #cantwait#straits #whistlingstraits #livingthegreen#whyilovethisgame #pga365
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Brora Golf Club - 13th hole
@BroraGolfClub's landscape was artfully used. Beautiful meadow/burn on the 13th is a fun change of pace. - @GeoffShac
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St. Andrews, Scotland
Perfect night in St Andrews
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When the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open and The Open are staged, it's a two-week long celebration of links golf. Pure links golf is a small but enduring segment of our game. It can only truly be played on sandy soil beside the sea. For those of us watching from home, it's a chance to remove manicured fairways and deep ball marks on the green in favor of yellow and brownish hues, grey skies, waterproofs and sea breeze.
Much of the golf media who cover The Open find a way to sneak in a few rounds of their own prior to reporting on the pros. In this edition of Living the Green, we've found the best posts from Instagram, Twitter and our reviews of links courses and others around Scotland.
Jay Coffin reviewed several courses prior to covering The Open for Golf Channel. Two of them were in East Lothian, including Renaissance Golf Club, designed by American architect Tom Doak:
The weather was good and bad at times, which made the round more of a challenge. But thankfully we had our trusty forecaddie Callum. He was great and probably saved 8-10 shots for me. The par 3s were great, especially the short sixth hole. Callum insisted it was Scotland's only 111-yard par-5. He wasn't too far off. I did think that the greens were overly difficult on purpose. They were fair, but they were just not easy to judge. And on this windy day, it often was a chore.
Meanwhile, Morning Drive's Damon Hack found some time to tee it up at Prestwick in between shows live from Royal Troon:
Chased the sunset at @PrestwickGC. Thanks, @prestwickgcpro! A glorious walk! #11tee @TheOpen pic.twitter.com/C8Yyxi5YFI
— Damon Hack (@damonhackGC) July 11, 2016
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Always hard to leave buddies and Bandon. - @MattGinellaGC @MattGinellaGC/Instagram
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coffincorner: The only thing right about this photo is that it's on the Old Course. coffincorner/Instagram
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Yesterday, I experienced quite a number of Carnoustie's lovely bunkers. #golflife obiwankanbogey/Instagram
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The memorable par-4 13th rock wall hole at North Berwick. The atmosphere is religious and the place simply never disappoints. coffincorner/Instagram
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The 17th green on the #Queenscourse at #Gleneagles is out there somewhere #visitscotland#whyilovethisgame #livingthegreen#imthekingofqueens jasondeegangolfadvisor/Instagram
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#tbt The 1st green at The Island Golf Club, Ireland. You know you're in for a treat from the start. #links kenminschwaner3/Instagram
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Stop No. 1 on our Scottish adventure ... Gullane. The downhill, downwind, par-4 17th was so fun. ryanlavner/Instagram
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Stop No. 2 on our Scottish adventure ... Renaissance Club, where we had some real Scottish weather: rain, cold, wind. Fun. ryanlavner/Instagram
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Yesterday I played the best course in the world ... under 6,000 yards. #pitlochry will surprise and delight as you climb like a mountain Sherpa up and down beautiful hills on the edge of the#scottishhighlands #visitscotland#whyilovethisgame jasondeegangolfadvisor/Instagram
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@lusk78/Instagram shoots the Old Course at Royal Troon. @lusk78/Instagram
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weeks from tomorrow! #cantwait#straits #whistlingstraits #livingthegreen#whyilovethisgame #pga365 mcrevie2/Instagram
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@BroraGolfClub's landscape was artfully used. Beautiful meadow/burn on the 13th is a fun change of pace. - @GeoffShac @GeoffShac/Twitter
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Perfect night in St Andrews MattAdamsFoL/Twitter
Brandon Tucker is the Sr. Managing Editor for GolfPass and was the founding editor of Golf Advisor in 2014, he was the managing editor for Golf Channel Digital's Courses & Travel. To date, his golf travels have taken him to over two dozen countries and nearly 600 golf courses worldwide. While he's played some of the most prestigious courses in the world, Tucker's favorite way to play the game is on a great muni in under three hours. Follow Brandon on Twitter at @BrandonTucker and on Instagram at @btuck34.
