I’m just working through a feature on Cape Breton Island’s Cabot Links, the best new course I’ve seen in some time, and transcribed a recent interview I did with Mike...
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Sympatico: Cabot Links, the sequel
My column on Cabot Cliffs, the second course at Cabot Links on Cape Breton Island, is now live: It is safe to say no new course...
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Golf In the Kingdom: Cabot Links, Ready At Last
“Forget about the pursuit of happiness; that way lies grief. Concentrate instead on the happiness of pursuit.” Now that they’ve...
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Eyes on Nova Scotia
There seems to be a lot of golf media focused on happenings in Nova Scotia. No wonder with events like the opening of Cabot Links...
Read MoreThe face of golf changing in Cape Breton
The face of golf in Cape Breton or dear I say Nova Scotia, is about to change. The partial opening of Cabot Links at Inverness, on the island’s west coast, has given golfers a taste of...
Sympatico: Anticipating Canada's Next Great Course
My preview of Cabot Links, along with a video interview shot with both co-creator Ben Cowan-Dewar and designer Rod Whitman, is now on the home page on Sympatico — thus lots of...
Sympatico Column: Cabot Links — Canada's...
This week’s Sympatico column, on golf course visionary Mike Keiser and his involvement with Cabot Links in Cape Breton, is now online. Here’s the first few paragraphs to...
Watch Cape Breton
Although golf has been a bit stagnant around North America it hasn’t really slowed down course construction in Cape Breton. The Lakes course, a Graham Cooke design, opened this year...
Atlantic Golf and other places
When it comes to golf, Canada’s ‘far east’ often gets overlooked on a national scale. Aside from Prince Edward Island and possibly Cape Breton, two destinations that have...
Postcard from Long Island: A Day at Friar's Head...
I’m on the road, staying at a fine motel outside Southampton, having spent the day playing two of the most stunning golf courses I’ve ever experienced — Friar’s...
Cabot Links Continues to Grow
I’ve written extensively about Cabot Links, the course being designed by Rod Whitman in Inverness, NS on Cape Breton Island. Construction started this past summer and here’s...