Course Review: Le Portage (Cheticamp, NS) Designers: Bob, David Moote and Terry Burns The scorecard: Le Portage has often been billed as part of the top four courses in Cape Breton, but to...
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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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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 in late June and the Telus Skins Game in late July, just to...
A year in review: Ireland, Oakmont, Cape Breton and...
There is little doubt that, for me at least, 2011 was a busy, productive year full of interesting stories and fascinating golf. Over the the year I visited the west of Ireland, Cape Breton...
Parks Canada Comes Through for Highlands Links
I’ve been concerned about the lack of interest Parks Canada has had for Highlands Links for some time. In fact, I’ve been writing about it for almost a decade. Parks Canada only...
Sympatico: The restoration of Highlands Links
My weekly Sympatico column is now up, and this week includes a video interview with golf archtect Ian Andrew. What more can you hope for from free media? Contrary to at least one media...
The 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...
Course Review: Highlands Links (Ingonish, N.S.)
Course Review: Highlands Links (Ingonish, NS) Architect: Stanley Thompson (1941 The Scorecard: I’ve been coming to Highlands Links for more than a decade, making six or seven pilgrimages...
In Photos: Highlands Links Day 1
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...
Cabot Links Pushes Opening Back, Highlands Links Reno...
Some unrelated notes for Monday morning: Cabot Links, the much anticipated course on Cape Breton Island created by partners Mike Keiser and Ben Cowan-Dewar, has moved the date of its soft...