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Golf
In Atlantic Canada
By Bob Enzel
The four provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland/Labrador,
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island offer
a number of top rated championship courses
that should be of interest to East Coast
golfers.
It is reasonably priced; offers top-notch
golf courses; and is easy to get to from
New York, Boston, Washington, DC, Philadelphia
and Detroit via Delta, Continental, Northwest
and United. The arrival cities of Halifax,
Moncton, Charlottetown, and St. John’s
are all included in tour packages or can
easily be put together by do-it-yourselfers.
For instance, Maxxim Vacations offer’s
four to seven night fly/drive/golf packages
to New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Packages to Nova Scotia and PEI include
roundtrip air from several cities including
Los Angeles and Chicago.
There are lots of choices and very good
values for those golfers willing to take
a few moments to check out some of the
web sites.
Why golf in Atlantic Canada? Here are
a couple of very good reasons: the green
fees are approximately 50% lower than
the U.S.; the weather is temperate; the
resorts are luxurious and historic; and
there are 140 championship courses only
a two hour flight from East Coast gateways;
and the seafood is worth a visit all by
itself.
A couple of courses that ought to attract
golfers are: Canada’s newest, Humber Valley
Resort in Newfoundland was designed by
Doug Carrick and is spectacularly carved
out of the forest along the Humber River;
there is also the re-designed Algonquin
Golf Course with the highest rating in
New Brunswick Province located at the
picuturesque town of St. Andrews-by-the-Sea.
In PEI, the Links at Crowbush Cove located
at the Rodd Crowbush Golf & Beach
Resort just hosted Vijay Singh and Mike
Weir in a charitable event (see story
below.) Or, in Cape Breton Highlands Park
in a green natural setting sits Highland
Links, a Stanley Thompson designed course
presents one of the “few true links designs
in North America.”
Let the golfing begin…
www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/
www.tourismnovascotia.com/
www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/
www.gentleisland.com/
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