Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - No. 14
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Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - No. 14
A large gypsum boulder guards the front of the par-3 14th green at Cabot Cliffs, which has been seeded for over a month and has grown in nicely. Brandon Tucker/GolfAdvisor
Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - back nine
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Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - back nine
From the course's highest point, the views go on for miles back towards Cabot Links and the town of Inverness. Brandon Tucker/GolfAdvisor
Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - No. 15
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Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - No. 15
The par-5 15th hole will trudge downhill towards the ocean. Brandon Tucker/GolfAdvisor
Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - No. 16
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Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - No. 16
The spectacular oceanside par-3 16th hole will require all-carry over the ocean and over rocks. Brandon Tucker/GolfAdvisor
Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - No. 2
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Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - No. 2
The 2nd hole at Cabot Cliffs features an elevated tee shot played to a fairway that curves right around wetlands. Brandon Tucker/GolfAdvisor
Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - No. 7
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Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - No. 7
The 7th hole requires a long carry over a pond to an elevated fairway. Brandon Tucker/GolfAdvisor
Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - No. 6
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Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - No. 6
The 6th hole at Cabot Cliffs sits inside a bowl. Brandon Tucker/GolfAdvisor
Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - No. 5
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Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - No. 5
A candidate for the best hole of the front nine, the risk-reward, par-5 5th hole wraps around wetlands from tee-to-green. Brandon Tucker/GolfAdvisor
Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - Logo
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Cabot Cliffs preview, Cape Breton - Logo
The logo for Cabot Cliffs will be this blue lobster, a rare find around the Maritimes. Brandon Tucker/GolfAdvisor
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Sneak Peek: Tour Cabot Cliffs in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, opening summer 2015

CAPE BRETON, Nova Scotia, Canada -- It's nearly August, and the clock is ticking out at Cabot Cliffs, the new Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw designed encore to Cabot Links. Cabot Cliffs is currently scheduled to open by mid-summer, 2015, though a prolonged winter followed by drought certainly haven't done any favors at the construction site.

The golf course, located on the northern side of the original Cabot Links, features a very different topography. The front nine plays through lower-lying dunes and around wetlands, while the back side trudges up the cliffs, which end up growing to nearly 100 feet high. By the time you reach the course's highest points, around the 14th and 15th holes, the views of the beach of Inverness and town are expansive.

Unique to Cabot Cliffs will be it's 6-6-6 routing of par 3s, 4s and 5s. There will be a number of exceptional holes, but the early pick for signature hole has to be the par-3 16th, which features a tee shot played over the ocean to a green guarded in front by jagged cliffs. It's certain to become one of the most famous par 3s in North America.

Brandon Tucker received a tour of the site on July 30, which saw the back nine entirely seeded and growing in, while the front nine still had areas that needed to be sand-capped and seeded. Rod Whitman, architect of Cabot Links and the shaper at Cabot Cliffs, was busy on the bulldozer putting the finishing touches on the front side, while Bill Coore was also on site. Ground has also broken on the addition of 24 more guest rooms to house an expected surge in golf groups once it opens.

Here are some pictures from the site and what to expect when the course opens as early as summer 2015.

Video: Ginella visits Cabot Cliffs with Coore & Crenshaw

Brandon Tucker is the Sr. Managing Editor for GolfPass and was the founding editor of Golf Advisor in 2014, he was the managing editor for Golf Channel Digital's Courses & Travel. To date, his golf travels have taken him to over two dozen countries and nearly 600 golf courses worldwide. While he's played some of the most prestigious courses in the world, Tucker's favorite way to play the game is on a great muni in under three hours. Follow Brandon on Twitter at @BrandonTucker and on Instagram at @btuck34.
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Sneak Peek: Tour Cabot Cliffs in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, opening summer 2015