CANADA MICHIGAN


PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND


to kitchen. Seated on the oceanside decking sipping chilled beers, we watch an intense orange sun slowly morph into a gorgeous sunset that competes for our attention with the delicious mussels and chowder placed before us.


LINKS & LOBSTER Overlooking the island’s north shore


dunes is The Links at Crowbush Cove, the third course on our trip. Undulat- ing fairways, water holes with a wisp of wind, pot bunkers, knee-deep fescue grass and challenging greens all come together to create the top pick of PEI’s golf scene and a worthy centerpiece to any golf vacation. After four run-of-the-mill holes


through a parkland setting, Crowbush really kicks into gear, offering a string of classics routed within a coastal land- scape of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Two in particular are standouts. The 219- yard par-3 8th is set among the sand dunes and requires a testing strike over a tidal estuary and the par-5 11th, called Sully’s Run, played from an elevated tee, offers fabulous 360 degree views especially from the back tees marked by the course’s trademark “black crows.” After playing Crowbush, we drive


Carr’s Shellfish at Stanley Bridge


to the capital Charlottetown and The Great George, a gorgeous historic boutique hotel dating back to the 1800s. Located conveniently in the heart of downtown, the Great George consists of 60 tastefully restored guestrooms plus a unique cluster of 15 award-winning heritage buildings along Charlottetown’s most famous street. Later in the afternoon we stroll


down to the waterfront to join fourth SPRING 2012 / NCGA.ORG / 33


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