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The Links at Crowbush Cove

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A golf vacation at Prince Edward Island couldn’t get any better than visiting The Links at Crowbush Cove. The pot bunkers, water holes, undulating fairways, and challenging greens provide the guests with a great golf experience. Designer Thomas McBroom stretched his creativity to make the course unique while preserving its natural surroundings. This astonishing course is a combination of nature and imagination.

Debuted in 1993, The Links at Crowbush Cove is the toughest among the other Prince Edward Island golf courses. It plays over 6,900 yards and comes with lots of long water carries. The 11th hole demands a long shot over a pond between the fairway and green. The 15th hole has a traditional links look that heads straight for the sea. Providing the signature view at Crowbush, the 16th hole continues along the beach and looks back from the green towards the dunes. The most controversial 17th hole is just a pitching wedge over no-man’s land to an elevated green that is guarded by deep pot bunkers. Furthermore, the course’s location makes it subject to most of the island’s higher wind. So scoring in this place on a windy day is even more challenging. Taking a golf trip to this course is a good way of improving any golfer’s skills.

The Links at Crowbush Cove integrates eight dunes holes, nine water holes, and greens built to USGA specs. This is just some of the factors why this course has earned a five-star rating from Golf Digest. Aside from that, because of its tough holes and beautiful surrounding, it was also recognized as Canada’s Best New Course in 1994 by Golf Digest. A golf triphere will be the centerpiece of every guest’s visit to Prince Edward Island.

Glasgow Hills Golf Club

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The recipe for a good golf vacation destination is simple, but not everyone achieves it all too perfectly. A great location, an excellent designer, and a passion for bringing out the best golf course anyone could possibly experience – what could be so hard in that? Most others have found the ingredients, but not everyone got the right mix of it. Fortunately, though, there are those who have perfected the recipe, and have been bringing the best golfing experience to countless golfers. One perfect example is Prince Edward Island’s Glasgow Hills Golf Club.

Located in New Glasgow, a few minutes from Cavendish, the Glasgow Hills Golf Club features backdrops of the scenic St Lawrence Gulf, the River Clyde, and the picturesque rolling hills of Prince Edward Island. Famous Canadian architect, Les Furber, carved out the layout of this golf vacation hotspot. The course features highly dramatic elevation changes and fast greens that make for a challenging round for golfers of every ability. It has four sets of tees and could stretch from 5,279 yards to 6,915 yards. Since its opening in 2001, it has been hailed as one of Canada’s best, thanks to precise and meticulous conditioning.

Among those who have recognized its supreme quality as a golf course are Golf Digest (which awarded it a four-star rating on Best Places to Play) and Globe and Mail News (List of top 70 Golf Courses in Canada) – they, along with so many other happy golfers who have spent memorable golf trips at the Glasgow Hills Golf Club. And that is the secret ingredient that makes this truly great.

 

Green Gables Golf Club

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From its name alone, and even from the looks of it, Green Gables Golf Club is literally one golf course straight out of a storybook. This picturesque golf vacation destination is at the same place where Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic tale, Anne of Green Gables was set. But unlike the rolling farmlands in the story, this Green Gables is of rolling oceanside fairways, championship holes, and memorable games of golf everytime. It is a product not of a literary geniuses, but of two legends from separate generations.

Green Gables Golf Club was originally designed by The Stanley Thompson in the late 1930s. He molded the 18-hole par-72 course that stretched over 6,400 yards from the natural terrain. A little more than seven decades later, another legendary golf course architect, Thomas McBroom, did his handiwork in the golf course. To pay homage to the legend that first built it, and to bring out the natural splendor of this side of Prince Edward Island, McBroom only did so much to improve and work on wat Thompson originally made. McBroom stretched the course to 7000 yards and reinstated the old bunkers and expanded the ocean views. But golf trips here are not made of dallying around. Just because it’s beautiful does not necessarily mean golfers can read a novel in between holes.

The golf course’s deep bunkers, deceiving layout of the greens, the strategic positioning of the water holes and the breeze coming in from the ocean all play a role in making rounds at the Green Gables Golf Club as challenging as they are beautiful. And like the story in the book, there is not a dull moment here. Everything is beautiful, everything is fun, and each golf vacation here deserves a storybook of its own.

Dundarave Golf Club

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Spending a golf vacation in a peaceful and quiet island where the atmosphere is so relaxing is a good way of rewarding one’s self from the sweats of everyday life. Located at Prince Edward Island, Dundarave Golf Club is an excellent destination that gives the guests a solemn yet challenging golf vibe. This place is just steps away from the Callaway Golf Performance Centre of Atlantic Canada and The Callaway Golf Divine Nine. Designed by architects Dana Fry and Dr. Michael Hurdzan, this red sandstone golf course opened in 1999.

Dundarave Golf Club mixes traditional and modern designs to attract both old and fresh golfers. The signature red sand traps frame almost all shots. Each green is guarded by bunkers of different sizes and shapes. The par-4, eighth hole heads towards the river with a deep ravine, guarding the left portion from tee to green. This course is not so long from the back tees at 6,606 yards. It is also not a pushover with a slope rating of 135. The natural setting, tough holes, and other amenities of this place ensure that every golf trip here is one that will be long remembered.

Dundarave Golf Club was the host of the 2006 Legends of Golf that featured Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus. ScoreGolf Magazine recognized the club as the 43rd most underrated courses of the country. Golf Digest gave this place a 4-star rating. This golf club is a world-class layout that should be included on every golf vacation at Prince Edward Island.

La Bete (The Beast)

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This young yet defiant course is quickly becoming one of Canada’s best golf courses. La Bete (The Beast) is one tough course that always looks so ready for a fight with its perfectly situated holes, smartly positioned sand traps, and wide fairways. It is one of Mont Tremblant’s outstanding courses – always in good shape with the wonderful mix of manicured and natural landscape. The course layout will challenge even the lowest of handicaps. Spending a golf trip in La Bete will test the golfers’ patience due to its demanding holes, and will captivate them with its one of a kind beauty.

La Bete (The Beast) is an 18-hole championship course with four tee offs, including a gold tee that plays 6,840 yards. Just like its sibling course, the Beast also has La Belle’s natural scenic beauty – the flawless greens and sloping greenery. It shakes along the raised plateaus and showcases the godly mountains and lake views. It lives up to its name as the centerpiece of Mont Tremblant’s spectacular Gray Rocks Resort. If an ideal golf trip is what the golfers are after, then this is their place.

La Bete (The Beast) winds along the Riviere du Diable and the plateaus with splendid perspectives of the Laurentian Mountains. The challenge of this course is difficult but fair. Players must employ strategy and skill to score well. But it is well conceived so a good swing is always rewarded with a good view of the next shot. It has plenty of lefts and rights, ups and downs, and no two holes are similar. Having a golf vacation here will allow guests to truly discover unique holes that inspire strategic play with every shot. Booking a game at this Graham Cooke-designed course will leave the visitors with great memories of their toughest shot.

Le Geant Golf Tremblant

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A golf trip to a place that is surrounded by gigantic mountains brings an intense vibe to golfers. Sometimes known as “The Giant”,Le Geant Golf Tremblant is neighbored by hugely picturesque mountains. After the 18th hole, the whole golf experience will remain in the hearts of the players. The place is best for golfers who like to play along the giant, surrounding mountains.

 Le Geant Golf Tremblant has a truly monumental feel with the spectacular beauty of its setting. The course is designed to follow the natural elevation of the landscape. It ranges from elevated to plunging fairways. Every game played here serves as a big challenge – the strategically placed sand traps require great skill. Furthermore, every hole must not be overlooked; golfers need to play them strategically even though they may look so easy. There are two par-4 holes on the back nine – the 11th hole features a 90 degree dogleg while the 18th hole offers a 150 feet drop to the fairway. The gigantically glorious surrounding and the demanding game will make every golf trip of the visitors complete.

 Le Geant Golf Tremblant is an 18-hole regulation course. Because of its magnificent beauty and design, it has received awards that include “Best Course in Canada” and “Top 10 Best Courses in Canada”. This course has also received a rating of four and a half stars by Golf Digest. A golf vacation at this place will leave a BIG impacton the visitors from its epic features and amenities up to the friendly, world-class service of the staff.

 

Kananaskis Country Golf Club – Mt Kidd Course

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And so the old pop song goes, “too much of something is bad enough…” This line definitely finds untruth on the Mt Kidd Course of the Kananaskis Country Golf Club in Banff, Alberta, Canada. That, or “too much” is this golf vacation destination‘s definition of “just right”. Either way, nothing comes short or lacking in this paradise in the Canadian Rockies. There’s too much for a golfer to take in, so many things to do, and so much fun to take home they might as well not do anything fun for weeks for it could suffice.

Opened in 1983, this Robert Trent Jones Sr. design sits on a mountain surrounded by majestic granite formations, one from which it was named. Together with its sister course, Mt Lorette, the Kidd Course of the Kananaskis Country Golf Club boasts of breathtaking views and even better playing layout. The valley type course features few elevation changes and crushed granite bunkers. The whole course winds throughout the scenic Kananaskis River and several glacial creeks that both serve as picturesque backdrops and epic natural water hazards. This golf vacation favorite shares the 18th hole with its sister course, and stretches to over 7,000 yards of golf.

For a country like Canada that has been blessed by nature with countless fascinating wonders turned into some of North America’s best golf courses, the Mt Kidd Course of the Kananaskis Country Golf Club does not fall low on the list. And there’s nothing surprising about it, considering how generous it is in challenge, fun, and scenery. With a course this outstanding, there’s not a thing called “too much golf trip” this way either.

Stewart Creek Golf Club

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To some, golfing is just a pastime. But when they experience the excellence of Stewart Creek Golf Club, they will definitely eat their words for the place is very comparable to their dream paradise. Once they’ve set foot in this club, it will make them want to spend another week in the place. It is located in Alberta, Canada and it opened in 2000. It is less than ten minutes from downtown Canmore, so there’s no need to get up too early for the morning tee time. Designed by Gary Browning, the place is very playable that it attracts different types of golfers. Because of its friendly environment, many visitors include the course on their list of ideal golf vacation spots.

Stewart Creek Golf Club plays every inch of 7,195 yards. Every hole is unique, taking full advantage of the place’s terrain at the base of the Three Sisters, Canada’s major mountain feature in Canmore. Selecting the right tee box for the handicap is the key to finish each hole – the fourth, fifth, and sixth holes are long, uphill, and will definitely test the players’ game. The back nine is where the enjoyment begins. “Hole No. 9 is what it is – hit an eight iron out to the landing area, and then a six iron in,” said Jacob Sonn, an Alberta golf expert. He added, “Definitely the weakest hole on the course, but don’t let it take away from the overall experience on your Canadian golf vacation to Canmore, Alberta.”

Designer Browning wanted the course to be more than just a challenge; he wanted it to be an experience by carefully planning each hole to perfectly fit in with the landscape. Stewart Creek Golf Club is a successful masterpiece by Gary Browning that it was called “The Best New Course in Western Canada” in 2002 by Golf Digest, giving it a four and a half star in 2002, 2003, and 2004. A golf trip to this place offers the visitors not only tough and challenging rounds, but also a great and wonderful experience.

 

Silvertip Golf Club

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“Golf on the Roof of the World” is the tagline of Silvertip Golf Club. A golf trip spent in this golf club is like playing with the clouds. It offers magnificent views with its par-72 course that has 600 acres of peaks grasslands, and valleys that are perched on the bench lands of Mount Lady MacDonald, and are soaked in warmth and sunshine. The club can be located on the sunny side of the Bow Valley, in a mountain wilderness setting near the alpine village of Canmore. It offers fantastic views of the surrounding Rocky Mountains, and stands at the edge of an immensely undamaged wilderness.

Silvertip Golf Club has a slope rating of 153. It features from 5,100 to 7,200 yards of golf depending on the tee placement. The golf course is very accurate, as every hole offers a unique, splendid, and unbelievable alpine scene. Course designer Les Furber made sure that the course carried various picturesque views within each walk, from the glorious Three Sisters to thick alpine woods and glimpses of the welcoming Canmore. Taking a golf vacation at this club is a great way to experience one of Alberta’s finest golf courses.

Silvertip Golf Club offers guests with a unique golf trip due to its natural environment and tough holes. Aside from that, other outdoor adventures like rafting, skiing, and mountain biking are also available in the club. The place is known throughout the area as a main locale not only for golfing, but also for different occasions such as wedding events, business meetings, and friends and family outings.

Palmilla Golf Club

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A golf trip to Mexico must begin with Palmilla Golf Club. One of the world’s truly picturesque golf destinations, this golf club uniquely blends the desert and sea. Demanding, perfectly conceived, and stunningly gorgeous, the golf course of Palmilla has ocean views from every hole. It is the most classic of Mexican resorts in Los Cabos. This Latin American design club is recognized as the Grand Dame of golf in the place.

Palmilla Golf Club is one of Jack Nicklaus’ signature golf courses. This course features towering cacti, deep arroyos, and spectacular views of the Sea of Cortez. It also features 27 holes in three groups of nine – the Arroyo Nine, the Mountain Nine, and the Ocean Nine. The rolling fairways have unpredictable conditions – sometimes generous, sometime tight, but always stunning, taking in four lakes and a number of deep shifts in elevation. The undulating greens are fast and difficult to read. This Nicklaus-designed course is sure to give every visitor a memorable golf vacation especially if played with one or more of the other local championship courses.

Palmilla Golf Club has five sets of tee boxes that make for an enjoyable golf trip by players of different skill levels. Located in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, it has been honored as “One of the Top 100 courses in the World” by Great Golf Resorts of the World. It also hosted the 1997 PGA Senior TOUR. Having a skillful design, expert management, and peaceful environment, this golf club is recognized as one of the top four courses in Mexico as well as one of the finest in the world.