Cambridge,
Nova Scotia
Cambridge,
Nova Scotia
| Minas View Golf Links is a 9
hole course with some of the most spectacular views in the province.
Each hole offers is own special view of the Minas Basin with Cape Blomidon, Nova Scotia in the background. There are many spectacular views of the world famous Bay of Fundy tides. These are the highest tides in the world. If you play 18 holes you probably will see most of the change of these tides. In this area they raise and fall 45 ft twice a day. Even though this is a smaller course it offers all golfers some interesting challenges. The course offers 5 par 3's and 4 par 4's and is easy walking on rolling hills. It's too bad that hole #8 couldn't have been at the end of the course. It offers a real challenge of hitting the green in one stroke This requires a 146 yard drive to carry a deep ravine and the Ocean below. If you miss this one your ball is gone. Don't think that hole 9 is an easy one. It ends with a fairly steep incline from the stream to the green. All the holes have their own little secrets.
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Minas View Golf Links was first
opened in 1967 by Charlie Smith and his brother in law, Lloyd Baird.
These two got interested in golf by watching it on TV. They began playing using a tin can on the front lawn. The back pasture seemed an ideal to built a real golf course. Lloyd was the behind this idea and Charlie at first thought that Lloyd was a bit of a dreamer but he was just being optimistic and he convinced Charlie that it would work. Lloyd predicted that the day would come when the course would take in over $100 a day. Remember green fees were $1.25 for 18 holes. When Charlie Smith passed away in 1988 the course was left to his nephew Joe Smith and his niece Paige Smith. Upon Paige's untimely passing in 1997 Joe became sole owner. The course had been leased to Barry Wilson and remained so up until 2004 when both Joe and his wife Twyla retired from their careers and moved back home. They took over running Minas View and Barry stayed on as greens keeper. From the very beginning Minas View Golf Links was known for it magnificent views of the Minas Basin and the worlds highest tides. We have been told by many golfers from around the world that our views are second to none. It just something that has to be seen to believed. The name "Minas View Golf Links" came from the official name of the Charlie's farm, Minas View Farm. On a final note, Joe and Twyla are please to see Lloyd and Charlie's prediction of $100 days surpassed. |
||||
|
It is a short drive to Windsor and the Annapolis Valley and it's also only a hour to Halifax Nova Scotia. |
||||
 |
||||
|
Follow Highway 215, the picturesque Gloosecap Trail, from either direction along the Minas Shore to Cambridge. Turn towards the water at the Dragon Fly Convince Store. |
 |
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
pop and chips also available |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Yes, Minas View Golf Links is
unofficially open and will be fully up
and running for the season on
May 10, 2008
|
|
Minas View Golf Links presents the 34th
|
Many of the player have attended this event for over 30 years with Tom , Rosterman, MacAskill attending 33. he missed the first one 33 years ago but once he fould out what he was missing he just wouldn't quit. |
If there are any changes that you feel should be made please use
the EMail link below
Now a look at the course
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
goldfish. The green is small but straightaway and it's a great way to begin the round. |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
hidden by a slight elevation: Always aim on the high side to approach the slopping green. |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
little room for error. The rolling fairway can cause some grief just before the green. |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
for 250 yards and narrows with a large spruce tree directly in front of the green about 100 yards out. Stay away from the edge of the green because it's 200 feet straight down to the beach. |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
on the immediate right. Avoid the right side at all costs. This hole can easily turn into a nightmare if you loose your concentration. |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
opportunity for the large driver. Excellent green and a sand trap to the right offers every golfer a challenge. |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
wedge shot makes this hidden green worth the price of admission. The green is sloped towards the Minas Basin and the view upon reaching the hole is spectacular. |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
are choices here: it is to follow the fence line and dog leg right to the green or challenge the Minas Basin and straight away to the green over the cliff to a beautiful green for par. Most golfers will want to take this route all the time thinking they are at Pebble Beach. |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
has yet to make par for this year or last. It's a sharp dog leg and up the hill to the best green on the course is always a challenge |
|
 |
 |
|
green on hole 9 |
over these trees from the T |
 |
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
So why not take a few friends and try Minas View Golf Links.
It's a hidden jewel on the Minas Basin shore.
Credits: The hole descriptions were by Brian Johnson
Links
John
MacDonald
 |
 |
 |
