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    Best golf courses: Cape Breton (Cabot Trail)

    Cape Breton (Cabot Trail): the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in this country or region. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key for the rating definitions.

    Rating key

    5-PLUS: In the world’s elite - has few peers; one of our top-rated 5s! 5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this. 4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars. 4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit. 3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars. 3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game. 2-star: Reasonably okay course - if better courses not available. Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team. Private: A course for members and their invited guests only. Stay & Play Golf Resorts: Golf Clubs and resorts with onsite accommodation

    Course name

    Rating

    Visitors?

    Nearest city

    Designer

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    Bell Bay
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Sydney, NS
    McBroom, Tom

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Sydney, NS

    Designer

    Tom McBroom

    Cabot Cliffs
    5-PLUS: In the world’s elite - has few peers; one of our top-rated 5s!
    Visitors welcome
    Sydney, NS
    Coore & Crenshaw

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Sydney, NS

    Designer

    Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw, with input from Rod Whitman.

    Cabot Links
    5-PLUS: In the world’s elite - has few peers; one of our top-rated 5s!
    Visitors welcome
    Sydney, NS
    Whitman, Rod

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Sydney, NS

    Designer

    Rod Whitman

    Cape Breton Highlands
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Sydney, NS
    Thompson, Stanley

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Sydney, NS

    Designer

    Stanley Thompson

    Lakes, The (NS)
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Sydney, NS
    Cooke, Graham

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Sydney, NS

    Designer

    Graham Cooke

    Le Portage, NS
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Sydney, NS
    Moote, Robert & David

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Sydney, NS

    Designer

    Robert & David Moote

    Lingan
    3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
    Visitors welcome
    Sydney, NS
    Thompson & Robinson

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Sydney, NS

    Designer

    Original nine-holes designed by Malcolm Martin (1914), with later modifications by Stanley Thompson (1922). Second-nine developed by Clinton E. "Robbie" Robinson (1964).

    Seaview, NS
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Sydney, NS
    Club member designed

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Sydney, NS

    Designer

    The original nine-holes and subsequent additional nine were designed by the founders and club members.

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