Is Links Golf the Antidote to Technology Overload?
Canadians use laser finders and have GPS systems and digital ads in our power carts (buggies). But when Athlone’s golfing clients want to play links golf in the UK and Ireland the word “technology” is never raised. They know they have to walk and wind and rain is part of the experience. A range finder may come into the round and that is it. Simple. They want to escape the gadgets and distractions found at home. For those privileged to play in linksland it is hard enough to circumnavigate a pot bunker with your brain let alone a contraption. This is artisty and feel and and that is the way we like it.
