Golf in the Northwest Territories!
“The countdown is on” – that is what my friend Judith Venaas up in Inuvik tells me, referring to the fact that they are down to only 5 hours of darkness per night. It won’t be long before there are 24 hours of daylight throughout the Northwest Territories and that will last through the late summer to early fall. If you are a Breakfast Television watcher, as I am, you may have seen the latest Tropicana commercial that coincides with Inuvik’s annual Sunrise Festival. As a “Lot’s of Pulp” Tropicana guy, and a fan of the Territories, the ad certainly caught my attention. The filming of the commercial was very exciting for the people of Inuvik and as the orange juice is…
Just a hop, skip and a few nine irons from the Canadian border, Jay Peak is proving that it’s much more than a sensational ski resort. Turns out the golf at the course, in its fifth year of operation, is spectacular, too. Golfers are finding out that the Jay Peak Championship golf course, a Graham Cooke design, is a thing of beauty. Both playable and enjoyable, Jay Peak, in a fully wooded area, stretches out to 7,000 yards from the tips, with five sets of teeblocks. The course also offers its challenges (from the back, the rating is 73.1, with a slope of 138). “We’re a mountain course, but we’re different than many others,” says Jay Peak’s GM of Golf…
Located less than two hours from the Canadian border, Timber Banks is quickly establishing itself as an outstanding golf community. And it’s also about to turn itself into a “gotta-play” golf course. In Upper New York State, just outside of Syracuse, in Baldwinsville, Timber Banks has 18 holes open. It’s an impressive debut for the Jack Nicklaus-designed course, which opened nine holes last year and has unveiled nine more this year. The course was fully up and running in early April, with spectacular conditions. A planned unit development community with resort style apartments, villas, cottages, single family and estate homes, Timber Banks should quickly stand front and centre in an area with some great golf courses. “A lot of people like to go to Turning…
There’s probably never been a better time to get great golf at a great price, with many bargains to be found in the southern U.S. With more than 400 golf courses, a diverse landscape and 300 miles of coastline, North Carolina is one of the five most popular destination states for golf travelers. Golf Digest has also ranked 70 of North Carolina¹s golf courses as four star or higher. Now, North Carolina’s fabulous courses in the Pinehurst area are even more affordable than ever with Canadian specials starting from $69 per person, per day for golf and accommodation, based on quad occupancy. For $499 US, you can get four nights lodging in a two-bedroom villa at Talamore Golf Resort, along with breakfast each morning, and…
The final day of our South Carolina golf holiday had been memorable. Seven glorious days of good times, good food and great golf might have been winning the race over sleep but no one in our foursome complained about another 6:15 am wake up call. No one missed it either. Thirty-six holes would close out this fun filled golf sabbatical in the Gamecock state. We would do so in the heart of Myrtle Beach, referred to appropriately as Golf Town U.S.A. It’s a fitting title. Where in this world can you enjoy the golfing diversity, challenge and pure enjoyment of nearly 100 golf courses in one location better than along South Carolina’s Grand Strand? But this holiday was not just about golf, golf and more golf. Good food après our rounds had been made…
From the Panhandle in the northwest to the Florida Keys in the south you will find an abundance of great golf throughout the state of Florida. And not only is the golf great there but the courses feature a great variety of wildlife, including alligators, as well as some spectacular flora and fauna. Many of the world’s top golf course architects, including Donald Ross and all of the modern designers, have laid out courses in the state that has become the winter destination for so many Canadians, many of whom own homes and trailers there. There’s also no shortage of courses that are part of luxurious resorts. Here’s a sampler of what you can find in Florida. (1) Doral Golf…
Anyone who watched the final round of this year’s PGA Championship could see the changing nature of golf. With the pressure of an entire continent on his shoulders, on the final hole, Y.E. Yang from South Korea feathered his hybrid 210 yards, over the bunkers to a pin tucked in the back corner of a nasty green. Yang calmly stepped up and sunk the birdie putt, then double fist pumped in celebration as he became the very first Asian male to win a major title. The guy he beat, Tiger Woods, is half Thai and when you add the 50 Korean women who now regularly tee it up on the LPGA Tour, it’s becoming clear that the future of the game is in Asia. Besides…
You wouldn’t think it, but golf and the blues are inseparable. Fact is golfers love the blues. We must because we’re forever singing them when our game is bad, play is slow, and so on. This brings me to a proposition! What if you could combine golf, real blues, and some other fun and games into one memorable trip? Ten days where it’s up to you whether you play a round, or just play around. The trip that you are about to experience was in fact a trip that was orchestrated by the Mississippi Development Authority, Division of Tourism for a group of international golf tour operators that had desires to provide the Mississippi experience to their international clients. Sit back…
Close your eyes and think of grass – as green as the first day of creation. Breathe in the crystalline air that tastes as if it was distilled through pine branches. Picture a kaleidoscope of flowers – dogwood, azaleas, magnolias, and camellias. Pretend you’re walking along a twisting pathway with a pine-straw floor that leads to a storybook village with a chiming church bell, a village green, and dozens of clapboard cottages with names like Red Gables, White Shingles, Whispering Pines, and The Hawthorne. Now open your eyes. Welcome toPinehurst, North Carolina. Designed by Frederick Law Olmstead at the turn of the last century, the village offers the quiet serenity of a New England style village. Beside it, and tucked between long leaf and loblolly pines…
There are few places, if any, on earth that can offer the variety and depth of golf facilities, coupled with world class attractions that Ontario can. Southern Ontario and the near-north especially, are blessed. The Niagara region offers outstanding golf courses like Peninsula Lakes, Grand Niagara, and the Niagara Parks Commission’s Legends on the Niagara and Whirlpool with après golf attractions like the casino, landscaped gardens, War of 1812 battlefield site and Niagara Falls itself, one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World. The Muskoka area offers breathtaking golf courses carved out of the rolling hills and rock outcroppings like Muskoka Bay, Taboo, Bigwin Island, Ridge at Manitou, Grandview and Rocky Crest. And in between, the Greater Toronto Area…
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