Any good links courses in the NY/NJ Metro Area?

[Comeback City]

Never played a links course before but I'd love to hit up a links course with good views of the Atlantic. Thanks.

[iWALK18]

Never played it but an irish guy i was paired up with the other day suggested I check this course out:

http://www.thelinksatunionvale.com/

I'm heading up on Friday.

[gilbert]

Play Lido, an old Charles MacDonald links style course on a barrier island, not far from the city, classic links redesigned by RTJ, here's a link:
http://•••••••••••••.com/course/lido...lub_long_beach

[flap]

Best real links courses close to NY are in Ocean city Maryland about a 3 hour drive from Long Island

[iWALK18]

Never played it but an irish guy i was paired up with the other day suggested I check this course out:

I hit this course up last week. Fun layout, I really enjoyed it. Definitely not a true links design at all, but there were some fun shots to be made. Greens were absolutely lightning fast. Check it out if you can.

[Treetop]

I have yet to play it but I have passed it a few times, looks really nice. I hope to get out there this fall.

http://www.longislandnationalgc.com/golf.cfm

[TheGolfingDetective]

I played The Links at Brigantine Beach for the past few summers, down near Atlantic City. Front nine weren't very links-y, but on the back I was waist deep in the fescue. Worth a play if you're in the area.

http://www.brigantinegolf.com/index....8&openitem;=298

[sabram]

You will not get a real appreciation of what a true links is all about by playing any courses in NY, MD or most of the rest of the US. While there are some courses that have some features of a links, the land and overall style of the courses here in the US is almost always nothing like the linksland courses of the UK or Ireland. Even courses like Whistling Starits that look like a links don't play like a links as the soil is different and doesn't allow for the bump and run ground game that a links call for. Here are links to a couple good articles about what makes a links:

http://www.linksmagazine.com/best_of...a_links_1.aspx

http://www.linksmagazine.com/best_of...the_links.aspx