Cabot Links

Cabot Links is a golf course located in Inverness, Nova Scotia. It is the only true Links golf course in Canada.[1][2] It is a full 18-hole course, but a 10-hole version of the course was opened in 2011. It is located on a former coal mine.[2]

Construction and development began in the late 2000s (Although the town had been trying to get a golf course well before then). The golf course was the creation of Ben Cowan-Dewar, a Toronto-born 33-year old, with the financial backing from Mike Keiser. Mike Keiser was the creator of Bandon Dunes.

The golf course land also includes a restaurant,[3] a golf shop,[4] hotels[5] and, mid-way through the course, a food and drinks stand.

The golf course has assisted with the rebirth of the Inverness economy, which went into decline after its coal mines closed. It has been successful enough that a second golf course is being planned, called the Cabot Cliffs.[6] Cabot Cliffs is planned to open in 2015.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Peper, George; Malcolm Campbell (November 2010). True Links. Artisan. ISBN 1-57965-395-2.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nicholson, Guy (27 August 2012). "Cabot Links: Catapulting Cape Breton from Celtic kitsch to laid-back luxe". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Restaurant".
  4. ↑ "Shop".
  5. ↑ "Hotels".
  6. ↑ Lambie, Chris (14 August 2012). "Cabot Links offshoot may be on way". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  7. ↑ Olmsted, Larry. "Cabot Links, The Must-Play Golf Course Opening Of 2012". Forbes. Retrieved 1 September 2012.

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