Planes, Trains & Automobiles: A Travel Guide to Cape Breton

Nova Scotia has now re-opened to any fully vaccinated Canadian; and since that announcement, the most common questions that I get asked are variations on the following: “I want to play Highlands Links, but what’s the best way to get there?”, “What else should I see while I’m there?” and “Is the course really as good as people say it is?”. Well, the answer to the last question is the easiest. Yes! Cape Breton Highlands Links is arguably Stanley Thompson’s best work—and Stanley Thompson is arguably Canada’s best golf architect. Many of his courses are on various Top 100 lists, but this […]

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Summer Is Here: A Long-Awaited Cape Breton Golf Getaway

Despite all of this global chaos, one thing remains a certainty: Golf is essential. For some, golf is an escape. For others, golf is a hobby. But, for many of us, golf is a way of life. There’s just something magical about the way the pale ball sweeps the dew off the green as the sun rises above the Atlantic; the soothing sounds of distant mowers lopping off three days of lush growth; and the feeling one obtains after sinking a 25-foot birdie putt. Golf brings friends closer together. Golf bonds couples. And, of course, golf often serves as a […]

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