Breaking The Mold You may have read once or twice in past reviews I have referred to Jack Nicklaus’ comments a couple of years ago about the future of golf and its growth. Perched next to CBS TV commentators Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo, “The...
Category - Golf Course Reviews – Canada
It is hard to imagine a decade has past since I first set foot on Tarandowah. I’d driven by the property while it was under construction for a couple of years, always wondering whether the promise of a links-style course in rural...
I’ll admit to having been slammed with a variety of projects I’ve been involved with lately and not writing for the blog much. In any case I’ve been meaning to do a series on the best public courses you can play from coast to...
It wasn’t hard for our panel to find great three-shot holes scattered across Canada, and there was some general agreement on a couple of truly genius designs, namely Stanley Thompson’s incredible 7th (Killiecrankie) at Highlands Links, as well...
Back in the late 1980’s two significant golf construction projects were undertaken in Saskatoon, the Les Furber GDS team designed and built Moonlake Golf and CC and the other known as the Willows Golf and CC. At that time there was a...
Over the Moon in Saskatoon With some great rounds in Michigan under our belt we made the turn around and headed back towards Vancouver Island to our home in Parksville, BC. We had previously thought of retracing our steps somewhat and perhaps...
Course: Links at Brunello (Halifax, NS) Designer: Thomas McBroom Overview: A new high-end public course located outside of Halifax, McBroom has talked about this as being his homage to Highlands Links. I don’t get that, but there are a...
Review: Cabot Cliffs (Inverness, NS) Designer: Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw Overview: Cabot Cliffs is the most exciting and significant golf design to open in Canada since Highlands Links opened 74 years ago. Majestic in scope, bold in its...
The second hole at Cabot Cliffs is amazing for its setting, and how the shaping might convince you that some elements are natural, though they are created by the Coore/Crenshaw team. On Thursday I’ll play the newly opened Cabot Cliffs, a site...