Highlands Links

How Great is Highlands Links?

While there have been thousands of books written on the subject of golf there are only a few that standout as being truly seminal works. At the top of this list is the World Atlas of Golf, written by a panel of international experts and first published in 1976. If one were starting a library of golf books the World Golf Atlas would be among the first few books you would want to have. In the fall of 2008 a new version of the Atlas was published and in both editions Highlands Links is included among a very select group of the great courses in the world. Included in the courses featured in the World Golf Atlas along with Highlands Links are: St. Andrews, Royal Birkdale, Winged Foot, Bethpage Black, Shinnecock Hills, Riviera and Royal Melbourne to name just a few.

Anyone who has played Highlands Links knows the experience is special and experts agree—Highlands Links is a true National Treasure and has stood the test of time for almost 70 years and almost 1,000,000 rounds of golf.

Highlands Links Awards and Recognition:*

- Top Canadian Course (#71 in the World) Golf Magazine 2005
- Top Canadian Course (#79 in the world) Golf Magazine 2007
- Top Public Course in Canada (#22 Overall) 100 Best Courses Outside the
   U.S. - Golf Digest May 2005
- #1 Public Course in Canada (#5 Overall) Canada's Top 100 Courses -
ScoreGolf July 2004
- Best Course and Best Golf Value in Atlantic Canada ScoreGolf Golfer's
Choice Awards 2005
- #3 Public Course in Canada; Best Design; Best Walk (Clyburn Brook)
100 Best Public and Resort Courses in Canada - Globe Golf April 2005
- #2 Golf Resort in Canada - Keltic Lodge/Highlands Links GolfStyles
Boston May 2005
- Best Golf Value in Canada ScoreGolf Magazine July 2004
- Best Course to Walk ScoreGolf Golfer's Choice Awards 2003
- #1 Course in Canada "Canada's Top 100 Courses - A New Name At The
Top" ScoreGolf Magazine - July 2000
- 5-star Course Ranking "Best Places to Play" - Golf Digest May 2000
- Top 100 Golf Holes in the World Highlands Links - Hole #6 - Mucklemouth
   Meg GOLF Magazine January 2000
- Top 500 Golf Holes of the Millenium Highlands Links - Hole #2, Hole #6
(Only Canadian Course to have two holes listed) - GOLF Magazine -
   December 1999
- #2 National Park in North America - Cape Breton Highlands National Park
of Canada (Home of Highlands Links)   National Geographic Traveler
2005
                                           *NOTE: there are aproximately 32000 golf courses in the world