In The News
We have had a couple of nice pieces on Cabot, for those of you who may have missed them, here are some choice quotes and links to the full stories!
In The News
"Welcome to Cabot Links, a golf resort that conventional wisdom says shouldn't exist, but which so brilliantly evokes the game's Scottish linksland heritage that connoisseurs can hardly believe it's barely five years old."
Golf world falls for Cabot Cliffs Globe and Mail
"Canada shines again. Cabot Cliffs, the newest 18-hole course in Inverness, Nova Scotia, is Golf Inc Development of the Year Best of Show winner."
2015 Development of the Year Golf Inc
"Welcome to Cabot Cliffs, the headline attraction at a 36-hole hangout on Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island that boasts about four kilometres of rugged oceanside wow-factor and an equally lengthy — maybe even longer — scroll of awards and accolades."
It's no wonder Nova Scotia is a golfer's must-play destination Calgary Sun
"Golfers, when they have to walk, enjoy doing so. Isn’t this one reason why places such as Bandon Dunes in Oregon and Cabot Links in Cape Breton Island are popular?"
On walking, the best medicine SCOREGolf
"Strung along Cape Breton’s rugged northwest coast, Cabot Cliffs is a topographical masterpiece, boasting forested glades, low-lying dunes, deep ravines and ragged cliffs with expansive views of the sea."
The best of Cabot Cliffs Westjet Magazine
"Midway through my maiden round at Cabot Cliffs, strung along ocean bluffs above the town of Inverness, Nova Scotia, I became overwhelmed by an emotion best described as giddy...The sense of awe and discovery was so intense."
Best New Course 2015: Cabot Cliffs Golf Digest
"Who wouldn’t return to Links and Cliffs? Certain places in the game call us back, time and time again."
Cabot Cliffs: An edge course SCOREGolf
"Cabot Cliffs is a course that will overload your senses with views...The experience is enthralling and exhilarating.
Wow Factor Personified SCOREGolf
"It’s not just a golf course; it’s a celebration of Cape Breton."
Cape Breton's new golf course: stunning scenery, exhilarating play Globe and Mail
"Before I left Cabot, a few of us sat around a table and played course match play, going hole-by-hole, Pebble Beach vs. Cliffs. Cliffs won holes 1 through 5. Pebble won holes 6 through 10. It was 5 to 5 going to the 11th tee. Cliffs won 11 through 17 and Pebble took the 18th. Cliffs wins 12-6."
Cabot Cliffs debuts among North America's best Golf Advisor
"Every hole has a possible wow factor overload. Every shot has the potential for excitement. There can be no better testament to a great course than the fact that you just want to play it again and again."
"The reason Cabot Cliffs is the most anticipated new course of 2015 is that we've seen it all before—just not in one location."
Cabot Cliffs: Instant Classic Golf Digest
"Cabot Links — one of a handful of new courses opening in North America this year — is a resort-quality, high-end layout designed to be a true links golf course, a boutique category of oceanside golf architecture exceedingly rare outside the British Isles."
"The Increasing Allure of Faraway Fairways" New York Times
"To me, Cabot Links is simply the best golf I have experienced."
"Cabot Comes True" SCOREGolf
“Cabot Links is a spectacular success – and it is only just out of the gates.”
"Cabot Links opens and brings Scottish golf to Cape Breton Island" Sympatico.ca
"On this continent, seaside-links golf of Cabot’s caliber is matched only by Bandon Dunes. Heading east, the next stop would be Ballybunion, in Ireland."
"Exceptional Golfing in Nova Scotia" Departures
"Golf course brings hope - and jobs - to Cape Breton community."
"Golf course brings hope - and jobs - to Cape Breton community" Globe and Mail
"Cabot Links, a true oceanside links."
"When Building a Course Makes Sense" Wall Street Journal
"Cabot Links is the most talked-about course in Canada - and it's not even open yet."
"A Legend in the Making" Toronto Star
"Turn loose Bandon Dunes' Mike Keiser on any coastal property and the result is likely to be successful."
"The Class of '13" Sports Illustrated
“Cabot Links may be the best true links in North America.”
"Editor's Page" Clublink Life
"Conceived as this country's answer to Oregon's Bandon Dunes, Cabot is Canada's first true coastal links course-think timeless, iconic classics like Pebble Beach Golf Links and Scotland's Royal Aberdeen-and belongs atop every serious golfer's bucket list."
"Ultimate Golf Guide" WestJet up!
“There has never been a new golf course in Canada that has captured as much attention, headlines and hype as Cabot Links.”
"Turning a dream into a dream course in Nova Scotia" Toronto Sun
"Cabot Links is bound for Bandon-level success."
"Cape Breton Island Golf" Fairways & Greens
"Has any Canadian golf course been more eagerly anticipated than Cabot Links?"
"Canada's first links course is a golf purist's paradise" Globe and Mail
"Bandon Dunes builder Mike Keiser’s latest effort on Cape Breton in Nova Scotia is yet another deeply impressive seaside course that presents golf in its more traditional and most enjoyable form."
Hideaway Report
"The World -or at least that part interested in golf -is watching."
"Cape Breton's Big Bet" National Post
"The dream continues to grow."
"Canada's newest links to the past" Toronto Star
“...the golf world is eagerly awaiting the debut of Cabot Links. Located on the west coast of Cape Breton Island, it will be Nova Scotia’s—and Canada’s—first links. Like St Andrews and Lahinch, this course will be wedged between a town and the sea.”
“What’s going on with Mike Keiser’s project in Nova Scotia?” I get that question as often as I get “Where should I go next?”
"Where's Matty G" Golf Digest
“...situated on sandy swath of land between the town of Inverness and the sea it will be Canada’s first true links. And from what I saw during a site tour, the Rod Whitman design is going to be brilliant.”
"Cape Breton Charm" SCOREGolf
“The course shaping is complete and the fescue grass is now being planted at Canada's most anticipated new course, Cabot Links. Situated in the town of Inverness on the west coast of Cape Breton Island, N.S., this Scottish throwback--a public, walking-only design--provides ocean views of every hole, eight of which play directly along the warm waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, with a beach below separating land and sea. That sandy soil makes it a true links course-the only one of its kind in Canada.”
Ontario Golf
"Tipped by the cognoscenti, to become Canada's top course."
Golf World (U.K.)
"Canada's Next Great Golf Course."
SCOREGolf
"Cabot Links: the new Scotland?"
Golf Course Architecture
"The opening of Mike Keiser’s Cabot Links will be a boon for golf in Nova Scotia."
"...with holes against which all others in Canada - and perhaps in the world - will be judged."
Going for the Green