By Jeff Lancaster | April 1, 2012
The oceanside finishing hole at Varadero Golf Club - Cuba.
While our Robert Thompson was off checking out
Teeth of the Dog in Casa de Campo Dominican, I had the chance shuttle my way down to the island of Cuba for the first time. It was a relaxing time with a few days spent on the beach and hanging around the pool, but it also included a few days golf on Cuba’s only 18 hole golf course – Varadero Golf Club on Varadero Beach.
Designed by Canadian architect Les Furber on behalf of the Cuban government (see some of the back story here) Varadero Golf Club is an interesting resort course built to service the visitors of the myriad of hotels in the Varadero Beach area. Built on the site of the former Dupont family estate, their summer home – the Mansion Xanadu – still sits alongside the clubhouse and makes an interesting centerpiece for the property.
With two holes along the ocean (including its signature 18th seen above), some challenging water holes on the back nine – Varadero presents a fun, yet relatively straight forward challenge of golf.
Green on the dogleg left par-5 7th at Varadero.
Oceanside par-3 8th hole at Varadero Golf Club
9th hole and clubhouse at Varadero Golf Club
God of Life statue hanging out oceanside on the 18th hole at Varadero Golf Club
Check out the rest of our Varadero Golf Club photo gallery below:
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The oceanside finishing hole at Varadero Golf Club – Cuba.
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Green on the dogleg left par-5 7th at Varadero.
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Oceanside par-3 8th hole at Varadero Golf Club
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9th hole and clubhouse at Varadero Golf Club
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16th hole at Varadero Golf Club
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God of Life statue hanging out oceanside on the 18th hole at Varadero Golf Club
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Varadero Golf Club clubhouse
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Varadero Golf Club
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Varadero Golf Club overhead
Tagged: cuba, Les Furber, Mansion Xanadu, Varadero, Varadero Golf Club |
By Jeff Lancaster | February 18, 2012
Found this wonderful Youtube video on legendary Canadian golfer George Knudson and thought it would be great to share. Has some nice interviews with Hale Irwin, Lee Trevino (among others) talking about the prolific ball striking of Knudson as well as some great swing sequences. He was definitely one of a kind. Where does he ... read more »
Tagged: canadian golfer, George Knudson, Professional Golf |
By Jeff Lancaster | July 23, 2011
A tip of the hat today to all the fine folks at Cabot Links as they open to the public for the very first time for preview rounds at their new seaside links in Inverness Nova Scotia. A realization of a dream for Ben Cowan-Dewar and Mike Keiser who will both be on hand to ... read more »
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By Jeff Lancaster | July 10, 2011
Perched high above the quaint town of Baddeck, Nova Scotia on Cape Breton Island is the acclaimed Bell Bay Golf Club. We paid a visit last week as part of our tour of the island and we treated to a wonderful mix of fine weather (finally), awesome views of the Bras d’Or lake below and ... read more »
Tagged: Baddeck, Bell Bay, Bell Bay Golf Club, Bras d'Or Lake, Ted Stonehouse, Tom McBroom |
By Jeff Lancaster | July 8, 2011
By now you’ve read about the preview rounds we played at the new Cabot Links in Inverness, Nova Scotia. Here are some additional photos from the day that should add some colour and give you some additional flavour of the course as it takes shape. Click here to browse the photo gallery of Cabot Links ... read more »
Tagged: ben cowan-dewar, cabot links, rod whitman |
By Jeff Lancaster | June 29, 2011
Greetings from a cool and somewhat foggy Ingonish Beach Nova Scotia, site of Cape Breton’s Highlands Links Golf Course. Thought I’d share a couple of quick pics from our day touring this gem of Canadian public golf. Above you’ll see a first look at new renovated bunkers on the par-3 10th hole, a renovation overseen ... read more »
Tagged: Highlands Links, Nova Scotia |
By Jeff Lancaster | June 18, 2011
An exciting weekend is upcoming at Congressional GCC as Rory McIlroy enters the weekend with a 6 stroke lead at the U.S. Open. McIlroy set a number of U.S. Open records with his first two rounds – including hitting 13 under par – a score that had never been achieved at any previous open. Ever. ... read more »
Tagged: Adam Hadwin, Rory McIlroy, U.S. Open, Wes Heffernan |
By Jeff Lancaster | March 31, 2011
The buzz surrounding the opening of Inverness Nova Scotia’s Cabot Links continues to grow this morning as the club unveiled a new video trailer in anticipation of its’ Canada Day opening. Legendary Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has narrated a new introductory video of the course. The trailer was produced and directed by Michael Robin, the ... read more »
Tagged: cabot links, donald sutherland |
By Jeff Lancaster | December 29, 2010
As 2010 draws to a close I thought it might be a good idea to highlight the top posts from the past year (our inaugural year) here at CanadianGolfer.com. We’ve been privileged to have been joined by so many great readers this year, and for that we thank you and we hope you choose to ... read more »
Tagged: Gary Slatter, James McCarten, Nick Starchuk, Robert Thompson, sean foley, Stevie Waxman |
By Jeff Lancaster | July 31, 2010
During RBC Canadian Open week last week the fine folks at Weston Golf And Country Club in Toronto were kind enough to host the top golf scribes in this country for the annual Golf Journalist Association of Canada golf tournament. A great day was had by all as the rains held off and made for ... read more »
Tagged: Donald Ross, Golf Journalist Association of Canada, Toronto,Ontario,Canada, Weston, Weston Golf Club |
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