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From bracing crosswinds to tumultuous sand dunes -- links courses such as Turnberry's Ailsa Course, offer a wide-variety of challenges. Here's a collection of the best advice from British Open champions and Golf Digest playing editors on battling a links course

July 2009

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Butch Harmon's advice for better chips and pitches

April 2009

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Hitting it fat out of the rough is a product of the backswing.

March 2009

By Butch Harmon

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Play the numbers

April 2007

By Lorena Ochoa

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Controlling the clubface is equally important on long and short shots. When pitching from the high stuff, the secret is to keep the face from closing through impact.

March 2009

By Tiger Woods

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Golf Instruction

Butch Harmon's advice for hitting approach shots out of the rough

March 2009

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Golf Instruction

Take a firm grip; hit it with your right side

November 2008

By Tiger Woods

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Golf Tours & News

Lou Riccio, who teaches rational decision making at Columbias Graduate School of Business and has served the USGAs handicap research team for three decades, takes on a lingering question from the U.S. Open: Did Phil Mickelsons decision not to use a driver make rational sense?

By Lucius Riccio