Magilla62

Planned a trip for US Open / Father's Day weekend and had been looking forward to this for months. We played June 14-16 and played in 50 to 65 degree weather with variable wind conditions throughout our stay. As with most links courses, the weather can have a dramatic impact on the difficulty of play. We played two rounds each on the Links course and Cliffs. Both courses were outstanding. While Cliffs seems to get the press, Links in and of itself would be worth the trip. Courses were in excellent condition and offer a varying degree of challenge for every level of play. Their tee classifications are Black, Green, Silver, Orange and Royal Blue. The black tees will give single digit and even scratch golfers all they can handle and anyone above a 15 likely has no business playing the greens. 15's to 20's will have plenty of challenge with the Silvers and Orange are Senior tees and Royal Blue Ladies. As you probably know, both courses are walking only and I would highly recommend taking caddies, while they provide complimentary pull carts. While the majority of caddies we had were younger (late teens to early twenties) they knew the course well and were helpful with strategies on how to approach each hole and of course reading puts. The staff at Cabot couldn't be nicer. I really can't come up with any drawbacks. There are a couple of great breakfast places downtown, but for dinners your best bets are the Cabot restaurants or bars. For a good meal off campus you will need to head about 15 mins South to Mabou which has the Glenora Distillery where they have a nice restaurant or the Red Shoe Pub in Mabou, just 5 mins further South from the distillery. The only drawback I can come up with is it is a bit of a challenge getting there (more than 3 hrs from Halifax airport) but I clearly felt it was worth the trip. I've played Pebble and may have enjoyed this more.