Canada's first true oceanside links course, built on a reclaimed coal-mining site along the Gulf of St. Lawrence; the original course at what's become the Cabot golf destination, alongside its more famous sibling Cabot Cliffs.
This course is in our GSPro library — pull it up in any bay and play it wall to wall.
"The original Cabot course, built before Cliffs made the resort world-famous — genuinely reclaimed from an old coal mine."
Rod Whitman's 2012 design in Inverness, Nova Scotia, is widely called Canada's first true links — fescue turf, sea breezes, and a seamless routing where every hole has an ocean view and five play directly along the beach. Built on a reclaimed coal-mining site, it launched the entire Cabot brand (Cliffs, Saint Lucia, Citrus Farms, Highlands) and proved a remote Cape Breton fishing town could anchor a world-class golf destination.
Links purists who want the ground game, Bandon veterans, and anyone doing the Cabot Cape Breton double. It's the thinking-golfer's half of the 36.
The beachside stretch where holes hug the strand is the soul of the course, and the routing's constant ocean presence means no dead holes. Whitman's green sites reward running approaches — the rarest pleasure in North American golf.
Friendlier than Cliffs: fewer forced carries and a walkable, natural routing. But it's real links golf — wind, firm ground, and pot bunkers will humble anyone expecting target golf. Fun at any level if you keep it on the ground.
In GSPro — a community recreation exists with flyovers circulating. In the sim it's a wind-management and ground-game exam; pair it with Cabot Cliffs for a virtual Cape Breton 36 without leaving Wesley Chapel.
Public resort, walking-only (carts only for medical need). Green fees have run roughly CA$300–435 depending on season — expensive but well under Pebble money. Resort guests get booking priority; reserve early for summer.
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