These are hectic days for golf die-hards, with major events unfolding from coast to coast.
In Connecticut, Yale Golf Course is back in business, it is CB Macdonald/ Seth Raynor’s gem newly painted by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner. Meanwhile, out west, the same duo is redoing Spanish Bay, while down in Orange County, Brian Curley is renovating all 36 holes at Pelican Hill.
Almost everywhere you turn, a brand project is underway. Candyroot House in the Carolinas. River Ranch Golf Resort in Washington State. In the high plains outside Denver, Dunes Rodeothe latest from Sand Valley co-developer Michael Keiser opens this month, nearly half a year ahead of its Texas sister Wild Spring Dunes, which is slated for a grand opening this fall.
But the news is not limited to American soil. Cross the border into British Columbia and the buzz is growing Cabot Revelstoke. First announced in late 2020, the project has progressed in the relative quiet befitting a luxury alpine resort, tucked into the folds of the Monashee and Selkirk mountain ranges, in a town long known as a magnet for heliskiing.
And it will soon lay claim to destination golf. Word broke this week: Preview play at Cabot Revelstoke will begin this fall.
The resort’s namesake 18-holer was designed by Alberta native Rod Whitman of Whitman, Axland & Cutten, who played a central role in Cabot’s origin story. He was the architect of the developer’s first course, Cabot Links, which opened in 2012 on Cape Breton Island, when the brand’s global ambitions were still taking shape. Since then, Cabot has spread its reach to Florida, St. Lucia, Scotland and beyond. Revelstoke is his first foray into the mountains.
The trail runs along a ridge above the Columbia River, winding around creeks, cliffs and rock outcrops, with long views of the surrounding peaks. Whitman has spoken of the country’s kinship with mountain courses in Banff and Jasper designed by Gilded Age giant Stanley Thompson, Canada’s most famous golf course architect. Resort plans also call for a par-3 course, the Railyard, its name a nod to Revelstoke’s history as it spoke in the late 19th century: trains, in essence, put the place on the map. These days, a lot of people fly in, and not just in helicopters that drop them into the dust. Kelowna International Airport is two hours away.
Along with the limited fall preview game, Cabot also announced a timeline for a 155-room lodge slated to open in early 2027, along with updated real estate offerings: four-bedroom residences starting at C$7.6 million. More information is available here.
