MAP18 holes · 3 views
See every hole from above
The shape of each hole, where the trouble sits, and where the green is, traced from satellite photos.
Course intelligence · est. 2026Live in 4 destinations · 190 courses
Find the right course for your game.
Pick a destination and Linksmith ranks every course for the way you actually play, then decodes each one down to its routing, hazards, wind, and how tough the walk is. Honest course discovery for the traveling golfer, built on open data with no paid placements.
Featured · Caledonia Golf & Fish ClubSatellite · 18 holes
02What you get
What the locals know, for every course.
The things a buddy who has played it would tell you before your round: the layout, where the trouble is, which way the wind blows, and how tough the walk is. For every course, backed by real data.
FITYour tees, your number
Which tees to play
Tell us your handicap and how far you hit it, and we point you to the right tees and the score to expect.
WIND18 holes · 7-day forecast
Wind on every hole
Which holes play into the wind, and which ones help, on the day you are there.
ELEVTotal climb, hole by hole
Walk it or ride it?
How hilly the course is and how far the walk runs, so you know whether to walk or take a cart.
HAZEvery bunker and water hazard
Where the trouble is
Every bunker and water hazard, counted and pinned on the map before you get there.
PLAY7-day forecast
The best day to play
Wind, rain, and temperature for the week ahead, so you can book the best day of your trip.
03Destinations
Where we’ve done the homework.
We take one golf destination at a time and cover it completely. Every course mapped and measured, not just the famous names.
SC
Myrtle Beach
The Grand Strand: the densest stretch of public golf in America.Courses
40
SC
Hilton Head
Lowcountry resort golf, anchored by Harbour Town and Sea Pines.Courses
39
NC
Pinehurst
The Sandhills: golf's American cradle, anchored by Pinehurst No. 2.Courses
28
AZ
Scottsdale
Desert-target golf in the Sonoran foothills, from TPC Scottsdale to Troon North.Courses
83
Destinations4
Courses190
Courses mapped152
Data sources4
04Find your course
Your game, ranked against the field.
Set your handicap, tell us how far you hit it, and pick what matters to you. We rank every course in the destination for your game and explain why each one fits.
05Why trust it
Built on open data. Nobody pays to rank.
Every number comes from public data anyone can check. No course can pay to rank higher, and none does. When the data changes the rankings change, and nothing else moves them.
Source 01
OpenStreetMap
We trace every fairway, green, and bunker from open map data.
152 courses mappedSource 02
Esri · Maxar
Satellite photos sharp enough to see every hole from above.
Hole-by-hole detailSource 03
Open-Meteo
The wind forecast for the day you play, broken down hole by hole.
Wind on every hole