In September I had the opportunity to travel to Highlands Links in Cape Breton to give a speech as part of a symposium on Stanley Thompson. It was a great experience, as I had the...
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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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The Restoration of Highlands Links Con't
I arrived home on Friday night quite excited by the possibilities of what might happen at Highlands Links on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. No guarantees of course — money will...
Highlands Links: A Restoration in the Offing?
Twelve years ago, Graham Cooke completed a $4-million renovation of the venerable Highlands Links Golf Club in remote Ingonish, NS. The course, which was always splendid, was held up as the...
Thompson and Highlands Links
I’m off for a few days to Nova Scotia to give a speech at a symposium on Stanley Thompson at Highlands Links in Ingonish, on the north-east side of Cape Breton Island. That means...
Stanley Thompson Symposium At Highlands Links Next Week
I’m heading to Ingonish, NS, next week to participate in a symposium on the life and work of Stanley Thompson alongside some of the game’s most distinguished Canadian...
From Highlands Links With Love
[photopress:highland_links.jpg,full,centered] Yes, the headline may be a bad Bond steal, and I’m sure as hell not Matt Munro, but I’ll tell you I was thrilled, dear readers, to...
Canada's 25 Best
I’ve been working on a list of the Top 25 courses in Canada alongside my Golf Club Atlas compatriots, Ben Cowan-Dewar, Ian Andrew and Jeff Mingay. We’ll eventually post a full...
Top courses in the world…
With a baby in the house, I realize there is little chance I’ll play anything further in Golf magazine’s top 100 in the world. But it has been a good year nonetheless…...