Golf travel
Golf in Canada
Canada's golf-travel star is Cape Breton's wild Atlantic coast, home to Cabot — a modern links pilgrimage that rivals Scotland or Bandon, far closer to home for North American players.
Short season — roughly May–Oct; peak Jul–Aug; closed in winter
Canadian golf travel spans two extremes, and both punch at world level. On the Atlantic coast, Cabot Cape Breton is a true seaside links — walking-only and gloriously remote — that delivers the Scotland-or-Bandon experience within reach of the eastern US. Out west, the Fairmont Banff Springs course is Stanley Thompson's 1928 mountain masterpiece in the Canadian Rockies, and, unusually for a course of that stature, it's public.
We cover both poles of Canadian golf — the Cabot links and the Banff mountains — and will build out from there.
Destinations
Nova Scotia
Cabot Cape Breton: the guide to Canada's links pilgrimage
Two world-top-100 links — Cabot Links and Cabot Cliffs — on the wild Nova Scotia coast. How to play them, when to go, and how to reach this glorious remote resort.
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Alberta
Banff Springs golf guide: Stanley Thompson in the Rockies
Stanley Thompson's 1928 mountain masterpiece beside the Bow River, home of the par-3 Devil's Cauldron. The course, how to book it, when to go, and getting there from Calgary.
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