Sam Cooper is the only known person to have played every Links course in Great Britain - all 225 of them. Sam is an architect with Clayton, DeVries & Pont, and shares his extensive knowledge of links golf by writing for various golfing magazines. He is also a passionate co-host of the Golf Badgers podcast, which focuses on the design, construction, and maintenance of golf courses in the UK. Sam has a great interest in sharing the stories of these golf courses, including their strategies, evolution, and histories.
‘Nostalgia. It ain’t what it used to be’. So quipped American satirist Peter DeVries. Over the last few months, the nostalgia for me has been real. Every time I walk... read more →