{"id":10048,"date":"2025-11-19T14:17:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/?p=10048"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:32:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:32:45","slug":"around-the-world-with-cabot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/around-the-world-with-cabot\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the World with Cabot: A Tour of Golf&#8217;s Most Captivating Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"851\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Generation-Golf-_-Cabot-Cliffs-_-Cabot-Cape-Breton-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cabot Cape Breton\" class=\"wp-image-10049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Generation-Golf-_-Cabot-Cliffs-_-Cabot-Cape-Breton-3-1.jpg 851w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Generation-Golf-_-Cabot-Cliffs-_-Cabot-Cape-Breton-3-1-340x220.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Generation-Golf-_-Cabot-Cliffs-_-Cabot-Cape-Breton-3-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Generation-Golf-_-Cabot-Cliffs-_-Cabot-Cape-Breton-3-1-150x97.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s golf, and then there\u2019s golf that truly belongs. You know it when you see it. The kind of courses that don\u2019t fight the land, but follow it. Where if you closed your eyes, you could just about imagine what the place looked like before fairways and greens were mowed. That\u2019s precisely the philosophy behind <a href=\"https:\/\/cabot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cabot<\/a> &#8211; a global golf empire built not on excess, but on place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cabot started on a quiet patch of Canadian coastline, but it\u2019s now everywhere worth chasing &#8211; stretching from the wind-whipped links in Nova Scotia to cliffside fairways in Saint Lucia, vineyards in Bordeaux, misty Scottish Highlands, and beyond. No gimmicks. No filler. Just golf that belongs wholly to its surroundings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cabot is subtly redefining what destination golf looks like. The only question left: which one do you play first?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1k3OhoM9EKKcEjQVPD9zg5DjM15aumGU&#038;ehbc=2E312F&#038;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where it All Started: Cabot Cape Breton<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nova Scotia, Canada<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Home-in-Two-_-Hole-15-Cliffs-_-Cabot-Cape-Breton-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cabot Cape Breton\" class=\"wp-image-10051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Home-in-Two-_-Hole-15-Cliffs-_-Cabot-Cape-Breton-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Home-in-Two-_-Hole-15-Cliffs-_-Cabot-Cape-Breton-1-340x220.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Home-in-Two-_-Hole-15-Cliffs-_-Cabot-Cape-Breton-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Home-in-Two-_-Hole-15-Cliffs-_-Cabot-Cape-Breton-1-150x97.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If golf heaven had an address, it would read Inverness, Nova Scotia. This is where Cabot was born, where it all began. At <a href=\"https:\/\/cabotcapebreton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cabot Cape Breton<\/a>, two of the world\u2019s top-ranked courses, Cabot Links and Cabot Cliffs, tumble along the edge of the Atlantic. It\u2019s golf played the way it was meant to be: firm, fast, and fully at the mercy of the elements. And for some of the best views on the property, head to The Nest, an 11-hole par-3 course perched at the highest point of Cabot Cliffs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ocean crashes, the gulls cry, the wind whispers, and the spirit of the place has a way of capturing your heart. You\u2019ll leave questioning every life decision you made that didn\u2019t involve moving here permanently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Caribbean Daydream: Cabot Saint Lucia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Point Hardy, Saint Lucia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jacob-Sjoman-_-Hole-16-_-Cabot-Saint-Lucia-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cabot Saint Lucia\" class=\"wp-image-10054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jacob-Sjoman-_-Hole-16-_-Cabot-Saint-Lucia-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jacob-Sjoman-_-Hole-16-_-Cabot-Saint-Lucia-1-340x220.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jacob-Sjoman-_-Hole-16-_-Cabot-Saint-Lucia-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jacob-Sjoman-_-Hole-16-_-Cabot-Saint-Lucia-1-150x97.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two worlds apart, yet both unmistakably Cabot, we swing way south with this next destination: <a href=\"https:\/\/cabotsaintlucia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cabot Saint Lucia<\/a>. And trust us, you\u2019ve never played a course like this. Perched on 1.5 miles of rugged Atlantic coastline, Point Hardy Golf Club was conceived by the design duo of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw. The site is as dramatic as it gets: sheer cliffs, rocky outcrops, rolling dunes, and beaches of white sand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nine greens play directly along the ocean, with more than a few swings over the Caribbean itself, but all 18 afford views worth bragging about. Point Hardy is a masterclass in restraint and respect for the land, woven so seamlessly into its surroundings that the result feels both improbable and inevitable. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ship your sticks<\/a> ahead, because you\u2019ll want both hands free for photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Home of Golf: Cabot Highlands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inverness, Scotland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jacob-Sjoman-_-Castle-Stuart-_-Cabot-Highlands-5-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cabot Highlands\" class=\"wp-image-10052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jacob-Sjoman-_-Castle-Stuart-_-Cabot-Highlands-5-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jacob-Sjoman-_-Castle-Stuart-_-Cabot-Highlands-5-1-340x220.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jacob-Sjoman-_-Castle-Stuart-_-Cabot-Highlands-5-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jacob-Sjoman-_-Castle-Stuart-_-Cabot-Highlands-5-1-150x97.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Golf in Scotland always feels like a step back in time, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cabothighlands.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cabot Highlands<\/a> proves that\u2019s not just marketing fluff. At its core is Castle Stuart, a design that honors the traditions of links golf while daring to reimagine them. Infinity-edge greens blur into the sea and sky, wild bunkers melt into the landscape, and clever contouring will keep your brain firing all round long. After the last putt drops, there\u2019s only one order of business: find the whisky bar and pour yourself a dram. You\u2019ve earned it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And soon, there will be even more reason to visit Cabot Highlands, with the upcoming opening of Old Petty. Crafted by visionary architect Tom Doak, Old Petty rolls out beneath a centuries-old castle and channels golf\u2019s golden age, where strategy, imagination, and the elements ruled supreme. Preview rounds are already underway, with the grand opening scheduled for May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sandbelt Meets Spring Break: Cabot Citrus Farms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brooksville, Florida<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Home-In-Two-Golf-_-Karoo-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cabot Citrus Farms\" class=\"wp-image-10056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Home-In-Two-Golf-_-Karoo-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Home-In-Two-Golf-_-Karoo-1-340x220.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Home-In-Two-Golf-_-Karoo-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Home-In-Two-Golf-_-Karoo-1-150x97.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you think Florida golf is all pancake-flat fairways and a palm tree here or there, think again. <a href=\"https:\/\/cabotcitrusfarms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cabot Citrus Farms<\/a>, the company\u2019s first American property, is rewriting the rules of golf down south. Sprawled across 1,200 acres in central Florida, you\u2019ll find dramatic elevation changes, bunkers that could swallow a sedan, and centuries-old oak trees draped in Spanish moss, hanging like chandeliers over every fairway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tee off on the resort\u2019s two championship 18-hole courses, Karoo and Roost. Or, embrace the fun of The Squeeze, the resort\u2019s aptly named 10-hole track. And wrap it all up with night golf on the 11-hole par-3 course, The Wedge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ski In, Tee Off: Cabot Revelstoke<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">British Columbia, Canada<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Harris-Kalinka-Rendering-_-Cabot-Revelstoke-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cabot Revelstoke\" class=\"wp-image-10055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Harris-Kalinka-Rendering-_-Cabot-Revelstoke-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Harris-Kalinka-Rendering-_-Cabot-Revelstoke-1-340x220.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Harris-Kalinka-Rendering-_-Cabot-Revelstoke-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Harris-Kalinka-Rendering-_-Cabot-Revelstoke-1-150x97.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabotrevelstoke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Revelstoke<\/a> is Cabot\u2019s highly anticipated next frontier, set to open in 2027. And trust us, it\u2019ll be well worth the wait. Rod Whitman, the Alberta-born architect behind Cabot Links, has channeled his site-driven philosophy into a course that really lets the land do the talking. Expect sweeping outlooks over the Columbia River, winding creeks, and greens and fairways of considerable scale that break the mold of typical mountain golf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cabot calls it a \u201cfour-season destination.\u201d We call it a masterpiece. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ship your clubs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shipskis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">or your skis<\/a>, and enjoy it all year long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pours and Pars: Cabot Bordeaux<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bordeaux, France<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"851\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Patrick-Koenig-_-Chateau-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cabot Bordeaux\" class=\"wp-image-10057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Patrick-Koenig-_-Chateau-1.jpg 851w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Patrick-Koenig-_-Chateau-1-340x220.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Patrick-Koenig-_-Chateau-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Patrick-Koenig-_-Chateau-1-150x97.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wine country just got a little more intoxicating. Set among rolling vineyards and open countryside, <a href=\"https:\/\/cabotbordeaux.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cabot Bordeaux<\/a> offers two distinctly different golf experiences. The Ch\u00e2teaux Course is a true heathland design &#8211; sandy underfoot, heather-lined, and effortlessly elegant. It\u2019s been favorably compared to legends like Sunningdale and Swinley Forest. Not bad company, we\u2019d say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vignes, the resort\u2019s second course, is part parkland playground, part inland links. Designed by Rod Whitman, it rewards imagination over muscle. Shorter holes, tighter corridors, and greens with just the right amount of mischief make it a real thinker\u2019s course.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Cabot Bordeaux, the post-round pour is as important as the golf itself. Trade the putter for a Pinot, relive birdies over Bordeaux, and toast to a course that proves good taste isn\u2019t limited to the cellar. Sant\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>There are golf brands, and then there\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cabot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cabot<\/a> &#8211; quietly stitching together the most interesting network of courses on Earth. From the cliffs of Nova Scotia to the beaches of Saint Lucia, the Highlands of Scotland to the pines of Florida, Cabot\u2019s making sure your next golf trip is more story than scorecard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pack up your sticks<\/a>, take to the skies, follow wherever the fairways lead, and let Cabot be your compass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s golf, and then there\u2019s golf that truly belongs. You know it when you see it. The kind of courses that don\u2019t fight the land, but follow it. Where if you closed your eyes, you could just about imagine what the place looked like before fairways and greens were mowed. That\u2019s precisely the philosophy behind&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":10049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destinations","category-travel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10048"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10064,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10048\/revisions\/10064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}