Location: Inverness, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada | Ranking: #87
Designer: Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (2015) | Type: Clifftop Links | Green Fees: From CAD $360
Editor’s Note: Cabot Cliffs entered the world top 20 within months of opening — Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw’s clifftop masterpiece on Cape Breton Island’s Ceilidh Trail is among the finest courses built anywhere in the 21st century. Eight holes drop directly to the Gulf of St Lawrence; the views of the Highlands of Cape Breton from multiple elevated tees are among the most extraordinary in North American golf.
Travel & Logistics
- Airport: Sydney, Nova Scotia (YQY) — 1h 30m | Halifax (YHZ) — 4h | Direct flights from Toronto and Montreal to Sydney year-round.
- Booking: cabotlinks.com | Rating / Slope: 74.6 / 139
Championship Scorecard
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | OUT |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 |
| Yards | 408 | 548 | 195 | 418 | 412 | 425 | 188 | 548 | 415 | 3,557 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | IN | TOTAL |
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Yards | 418 | 188 | 422 | 548 | 418 | 430 | 192 | 552 | 432 | 3,600 | 7,157 |
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Key Notes & 19th Hole
- Hole 16 — Par 3, 192 Yards: One of the great par 3s in modern golf — from an elevated clifftop tee directly above the Gulf of St Lawrence, the green below is surrounded by rugged Cape Breton coastline. The combination of height, exposure and beauty is extraordinary.
- Cabot Links: The companion course by Rod Whitman (2012) — a pure links laid directly on the Gulf of St Lawrence shore. Playing both courses in a two-day stay is the optimal Cabot experience.
- Cabot Cape Breton Resort: On-site lodge accommodation — the most complete golf resort east of Bandon Dunes. Book via Expedia →