I spent the day playing one of the best golf courses in the world, Highlands Links in Ingonish, NS, alongside its intrepid GM Graham Hudson. Hudson is a survivor who helped keep the course...
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Busy summer on Nova Scotia courses
It was a great summer for golf and tourism in Nova Scotia and in particular Cape Breton Island. The slide of the Canadian...
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Canada’s best par 5s: The experts weigh in
It wasn’t hard for our panel to find great three-shot holes scattered across Canada, and there was some general agreement on a...
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Canada’s Best Par 4s: The panel weighs in
There was a little consensus in picking the top two-shot holes in Canada. Other than the 16th at Cabot Links, which was picked by...
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Cabot Links debuts in world Top 100
Golf Magazine unveiled it list of newcomers to its world Top 100 golf course list yesterday. Along with Donald Trump’s course in Scotland and a Coore/Crenshaw design in China, Cabot...
Highlands Links to stay in government's hands
Highlands Links, the terrific Cape Breton course designed by Stanley Thompson, will continue to be operated by the government. Chip Bird (and yes, a great golf name indeed), field unit...
Highlands Links "is the latest in [Harper's]...
The discussion of the privatization of Highlands Links continues, this time with an op-ed in the Chronicle-Herald written by Mark Anderson, who I think doesn’t really have much of a...
In Photos: Highlands Links and Stanley Thompson...
As Rob detailed in his post last week, Highlands Links is in as good a shape as its ever been. It still needs work in many areas (most notably 6), but the restoration spearheaded by Ian...
Highlands Links RFP: Seeks operator for up to 42 years
Chip Bird was keeping a low profile at the dedication ceremony for the statue of Stanley Thompson that was being unveiled at Highlands Links on Sunday. Bird, the field unit...
Highlands Links: The comeback isn't quite complete
Can you call it a comeback? Four years ago when I arrived at Highlands Links in Ingonish, NS, I was staggered. Sure it still had the key elements that have made it Stanley Thompson’s...
Mike Keiser: Interested in Highlands Links, but not...
A few weeks back it was announced that the federal government, which operates Highlands Links in Cape Breton, NS, was seeking an interested party to lease the Top 100 in the world course...
Government seeks lease deal for Highlands Links and...
Interesting that just as the restoration of Highlands Links nears completion, the Federal government and the Nova Scotia provincial government have announced they are seeking an operator...