Spotlight Destination

Stars Align on South Georgian Bay
Tom Lehman and Tom McBroom combined their design talents at the Golf Club at Lora Bay, the star attraction of a prime stretch of South Georgian Bay shoreline touted as Canada’s next great golf destination. … [Read More...]
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Editor’s Notebook

An Open Preview at Scotland’s Muirfield
Scotland’s Golf Coast includes fabulous links North Berwick, Dunbar, Gullane and, of course, Muirfield, the site of this summer’s Open Championship. In fact, there are so many outstanding local courses our editor is willing to forego — just this once — a visit to St. Andrews. … [Read More...]
Hot Deals

Happy Trails on Vancouver Island
Wending through some of British Columbia’s most stunningly beautiful landscapes, the Vancouver Island Golf Trail offers 10 top courses and a six-night, six-round deal that’s hard to resist. … [Read More...]
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The Après Golfer
Tea Time on Vancouver Island
Great golf and a spot of afternoon tea at Victoria’s stately Fairmont Empress Hotel make the perfect island blend. There may even be a tea leaf reading in your future as you tour the Vancouver Island Golf Trail. … [Read More...]
Feature Stories

Proudly Canadian: The Carrick on Loch Lomond
Toronto architect Doug Carrick’s brilliant heathland-style layout on the bonnie banks of the famous loch is the only Canadian-designed course in Scotland. … [Read More...]

Why Clear Lake’s Greens Smell Like French Fries
Once ranked alongside the razing of rain forests as an ecologically hostile activity, golf has embraced the green movement with the zeal of the converted. In the third in a series profiling Canada’s greenest courses, Manitoba’s Clear Lake Golf Course demonstrates how the irresistible smell of French fries can benefit the local environment. … [Read More...]

Nine Unsung—But Must-Play—Canadian Courses
From the forests of Newfoundland to the mountain valleys of British Columbia, a spring survey of unjustly overlooked golf courses offering bargain green fees, less crowded fairways and jaw-dropping scenery. … [Read More...]

Inside the Magic of Canada’s Best Par Threes
Through a magical mix of spectacular geography and artful design, Canada’s signature par threes often reflect not just the character of golf at a particular course, but of an entire region of the country. … [Read More...]

Enjoy Golf With a Gilt Edge in Anguilla
A tropical paradise made popular by Brad Pitt, Celine Dion, Robert De Niro and other A-list celebrities, Anguilla is also home to one of the Caribbean’s most graceful and challenging golf courses. … [Read More...]

Walk With Giants at the World Golf Hall of Fame
President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s golf shoes. Sam Snead’s lunchbox. Canadian legend Marlene Stewart Streit’s first hole-in-one trophy. These are among the thousands of artifacts displayed at the World Golf Hall of Fame, the centrepiece of Florida’s World Golf Village … [Read More...]

Join the Fun at Ireland’s The Gathering
Ireland’s The Gathering is a year-long “people’s party” designed to draw golfers, ex-pats, long-lost relatives and everyone else who loves the Emerald Isle back home. … [Read More...]

Tee Off Amid the Tumbleweeds in Scottsdale
Tom Fazio, Pete Dye, Jay Morrish, Tom Weiskopf and other top architects have built courses unique in the golf world by embracing the natural drama and beauty of the Sonoran desert in Scottsdale-Phoenix. … [Read More...]

Apes Hill Grabs the Spotlight in Barbados
Once reliant on a traditional sun, sand and sea tourism strategy, Barbados signaled its arrival as a major player in Caribbean golf with the 2009 launch of Apes Hill Club. … [Read More...]

Go Wild on a Kenya Golf Safari
Previously overlooked by golfers, Kenya — a dramatically beautiful land of big-game safaris and other exotic attractions — has almost overnight emerged as one of the game's hottest destinations. … [Read More...]





