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Courtesy of Highlands Links/Chris Gallow
Cape Breton Highlands Links
Cape Breton Highlands Links
Middle Head Peninsula, 247 Keltic in Rd
Ingonish Beach, NS B0C 1L0
Canada
Telephone
Primary:
902-285-2600
Overview
On the opposite Nova Scotia coast from Cabot Cliffs and Cabot Links is the 80-year-old Highlands Links in Cape Breton, a sterling Stanley Thompson design routed to give golfers the full coastal experience, from ocean beach, to deep forest, to river’s edge and back. Thompson even shaped greenside mounds to mimic certain mountain ridges in the distance. A national park operation, Highlands had long been criticized for spotty maintenance, but after a 2010 flood, serious efforts, directed by Canadian golf architect Ian Andrew, were undertaken to restore its luster and improve its turf quality.
About
Holes
18
Length
6592
Facility Type
Public
Year Opened
1941
Designer
Stanley Thompson (1941), Ian Andrew (2011)
