Links golf is a reminder of what golf once was and what it always should be

As your American-based golf correspondent, I’ve got a confession to make. I didn’t fancy my first pints of Guinness. In fact, I didn’t acquire a taste for it until my first trip to Ireland a little more than a decade ago and a visit to Temple Bar’s cobbled streets between the River Liffey and Dame Street in Dublin.

Guinness may be one of Ireland’s best exports, but it truly tastes better here. It’s so much better that it’s almost worth the price of a flight over here.