Cabot Cape Breton (Cliffs course)

The Cabot Cape Breton resort, with its two stunning 18-hole coastal courses (Cabot Links and Cabot Cliffs) provides an unrivalled links golf experience on Canada's Atlantic coast. The younger Cliffs course is located just 1.5 km along the road from the original Cabot Links and the town of Inverness.

Laid out on undulating terrain behind Broad Cove, Cabot Cliffs is another world-class seaside links, crafted by the inimitable team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw. As the sensational sister course to Cabot Links, the Cliffs layout is also a championship test of golf that ranks with the best. With six par-3s, 4s and 5s, ten of the holes have you golfing directly alongside the shoreline of Broad Cove on the Gulf of St Lawrence.

The terrain is more undulating than on its sister course, which allows greater elevation changes on some holes. Pockets of trees also put in occasional appearances. But this is certainly not a tree-lined course. Similar in style and length to the neighbouring Links, here you'll find equally impressive man-made dunes, rugged bunkering, large sloping greens and huge chip 'n' run green surrounds.

Mike Keiser once famously contended that the fame and notoriety of golf courses is a reflection of their "holy shit!" holes. If that's the case, then the closing stretch at Cabot Cliffs will be its passport to the top. The incredible par-3 16th plays across a small cove into a green perched above an extraordinary formation of gypsum and sandstone cliffs. It is destined to become a world beater.

The short par-4 17th plays back towards the cliffs, a daunting blind drive has to be made across the cove and over the cliffs. The views from here, and many other parts of the course are simply stunning. The par-5 18th plays straight downhill in the direction of Margaree Island (Cabot's "Ailsa Craig"). The final green hangs out over the coastline. A thrilling closing hole to a spectacular golf course.