In Praise of Predator Ridge Resort

Brian Kendall, Editor, Canadian Golf Traveller (Image: Sharon McAuley)

Earlier this summer, Links Magazine, an American golf publication, listed its top 10 Canadian golf resorts. Though it’s not a badly done list, as a Canadian writer who has visited virtually every leading golf property in this country, I do have a serious quibble. How could they possibly have left out British Columbia’s Predator Ridge Resort?

Cape Breton Golf Rides the Perfect Wave

Brian Kendall, Editor, Canadian Golf Traveller (Image: Sharon McAuley)

Like the waves crashing against the shoreline at Cape Breton’s recently launched Cabot Links, golf’s hot spots come one upon the next. In their turn, the courses of Whistler, Prince Edward Island, Muskoka, Niagara, the Laurentians, the Alberta Rockies and more recently the Okanagan Valley have all been the toast of Canadian golf. Now, for [...]

Golf Courses We Love: Fairmont Banff Springs

Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, Alberta

Set amid majestic Rocky Mountain peaks, Alberta’s world-famous Fairmont Banff Springs Golf Course is a showcase for the genius of Stanley Thompson, Canada’s most revered golf course architect.

Play Two in Beautiful Cape Breton

Highlands Links, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Together Highlands Links and Bell Bay Golf Club make one of Canadian golf’s most irresistible combinations. Ultimate Golf Vacations offers a four-night package that includes accommodation at Keltic Lodge Resort and Spa, three rounds of golf (two at Highlands Links and one at Bell Bay) and a four-day midsize car rental with unlimited mileage. Cost: $1,239 to [...]

Five Favourite Cape Breton Experiences

Sharon McAuley, Publisher, Canadian Golf Traveller

Despite my full rain gear, a steady cool drizzle and light Atlantic fog had me chilled to the bone after our golf round. Even a quick change of clothes and our rental car’s heated seats couldn’t stop the shivering. That’s how we ended up pulling in to the Wreck Cove General Store, on the famous Cabot [...]

Canada’s Bucket List Golf Courses

Muskoka Bay Club, Gravenhurst, Ontario

From the sand dunes of Prince Edward Island to the mountain valleys of Alberta and British Columbia, our roundup of Canadian courses every golfer must play at least once — or regret it forever.