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 […]
Kiawah Basks in PGA Championship Glow
August 15, 2012 by
(Last updated November 2022.) South Carolina’s Kiawah Island Golf Resort, home to the famously difficult Ocean Course, is still riding the high of having hosted the thrilling 2021 PGA Championship, the resort’s second staging of the major tournament in less than a decade.
Mix Golf and Baseball in Chicago and St. Louis
August 14, 2012 by
For golfers who also love baseball, Chicago and St. Louis, the primary business and tourist destinations of the American Mid-West, offer the opportunity to tee off at top local courses before attending a Cubs, White Sox or Cardinals game. Within an hour’s drive of Chicago are several excellent courses, including George W. Dunne National, located 51 […]
Toronto: Canada’s Great Unsung Golf Destination
August 5, 2012 by
(Last updated November 2019.) When people talk of great Canadian golf destinations, Toronto is inevitably overlooked in favour of Whistler, the Alberta Rockies, Muskoka, Mont-Tremblant and other popular resort areas. Yet Canada’s largest city tops them all. Found within an hour’s drive of Toronto’s downtown core are more than 200 courses, including several of the country’s top […]
Teeing It Up and Reeling Them In on Vancouver Island
July 30, 2012 by
(Last updated November 2022.) When I travel, I’m always on the lookout for authentic local experiences to mix with golf. So I was thrilled to discover that at Vancouver Island’s Campbell River, the self-proclaimed “salmon fishing capital of the world,” you can tee it up and cast your line all in the same day.
