Brad Klein: "It's not an American-style golf course, and it's not one that most Americans would imagine for their own home course. What's interesting is that most Americans fall in *love* with these places while they're over there. The greens are not particularly fast; they might be Stimping at 8-1/2 ... well, 9-1/2 ... maybe 10 for the British Open. So, after a while ... Americans go over there, fall in love with it, and then come back, and they *still* turn their back and forget all the lessons of links golf. But for the moment, they're happy they've spent their money, they've seen these great links courses, and they've adjusted their game, and they're hitting the ball a little lower, and they're hitting bump-and-run shots for the first time in their life. So in that sense, it becomes a kind of educational experience for them."
Brad, I'm curious:
What, in your view, are the lessons of links golf?
And: Having seen the great links courses, how would they ... how would *we* NOT turn our backs upon our return to America (presuming we don't have regular access to courses where the lessons of links golf apply)? What would be the evidence that we had not turned our backs on the lessons of links golf?