Cape Breton Highlands Links

An amazing golf course! My Father and I played the course a few years back. My fondest golf memory when it comes to playing with my Dad!

Unreal course. Hard but extremely beautiful. If you're on cape Breton and like to golf, make the trek.

One of the amazing golf courses I've ever played. Reasonable green fees. Challenging track. Now I know why it's ranked in the top 10 in Canada.

Drive around Cape Breton Island in 2 days and 1 night with a 91 yr old Grandpa. A very easy drive from Halifax to Cape Breton. Check in the Air B&B, unload the luggages, drive around that area, check out the Lakes at Ben Eoin Golf Club & Resort. Go into a cozy little house by the Big Pond which also belong to the Air b&b. Grandpa can enjoy the beautiful sunset indoor other can have fun by the shore taking all kinds of sunset pictures. Supper in Sydney after the sunset is a challenge because most of the restaurants are closed. The Air b&b we stay in is very nice with 3 comfy bedrooms. We can have a good rest.Second day, have picnic in Ingonish Beach, then visit Keltic Lodge, not counting all the amazing look off sites, next stop is Meat Cove. the drive is a bit bumpy, but worth the ride, the view is breath taking. Last stop is the Skyline, take a short hike. another amazing scenery. I wish we can finish the whole trail and stay there longer, but with the 91 yr old grandpa, just go out to the west side of the path is good enough.During the trip, we see the autumn color, special vegetation pebbles beach, beautiful resort, splendid coast line, shapely cliffs, calm lakes, rough ocean, hidden streams, open rivers, up the highlands, down the valley, baby bear crossing the road, deer hiding behind the trees and porcupine walking into the bushes, seal diving into the ocean. I think we may see the whale if we can stay longer in Cape Breton.

Described by course architect Stanley Thompson as his masterpiece mountains and oceans course." Very old school in all the right ways. Crazy bumpy everywhere so driving a cart feels like an ATV offroad adventure. Gotta admit I absolutely love this course. Hole #7 Killiecrankie might be my favourite hole ever. Was made in the era when they only had horse power

The course is a national treasure, the routing is genius and the improvements being made to bring the course back to its original design are fantastic. Those that complain about not having little modern conveniences or the course not being in perfect condition are missing the point.The course takes you on a tour of Cape Breton itself, starting along the ocean, working it's way up through the mountains, across a gorgeous river valley, and finally back out to sea.Stanley Thompson showed great restraint by not over bunkering the course. Many of its best holes don't have a single bunker, instead the terrain itself provides all the challenge you need.I dream about the day I'll be able to return.

I played this course twice the last 2 days. Going into it the first day expecting the 8th best course and Canada (according to score golf) I was extremely let down. The views are superb. Conditions not so much. The bunkers aren’t good, fairways are long and there seems to be a lot of ground under repair. One thing I was impressed by were the greens, which rolled true and quick. The second day was much more enjoyable. I appreciated the views and expected the conditions we had seen the day prior and it was a fun time. One thing we had learned from the starter is that they were very short on staff which made me less frustrated with the conditions. But then lower your prices accordingly. Overall I was very disappointed with the course considering we booked the Keltic Lodge to play it, but I guess it wasn’t THAT bad.

Golfed three days and stayed at Ingonish Chalets. Chalets were fantastic. The golf was the best the Highlands has played in the last bunch of years. Greens were fast, and lies were tough! Fairways were in great condition as well.

Amazing golf course. Beautiful vistas. Excellent price. Get a cart and do not walk it like I did lol. Well deserved ranking to be in top ten. Glad I made it up there to play. Need to play again to get that score down. Yeesh.

First time golfing at Highlands and it was amazing. Staff were great and the course was in fantastic shape. Beautiful challenging course with such a grand history. It was nice to see the 1941 pictures at some holes. Now plans to go back!