[hhuffines]

Glad to hear you guys had a great time!  Mike, it looks like your weather streak continues on... Thanks for the pics!

[Jonathan Webb]

Who’s responsible for the yardage book renderings?

[Bill_McBride]

Who’s responsible for the yardage book renderings?

Just looked through the book. There is no attribution or copywrite, etc.  Maybe someone from Cabot Links will see this and reply.  

[Michael Whitaker]

The walk from 3 to 4 crosses a wetlands area.

[Michael Whitaker]

The tee shot on 4 is blind and must clear a hill with a couple of bunkers with sleeper retaining walls. It looks much scarier than it really is.

[Michael Whitaker]

This sign posted on the course gives the player without a course guide an idea of what the hole is all about. The 4th and 13th holes share a massive double green.

[Michael Whitaker]

A properly executed tee shot on 4 will leave a good angle into the green



Go safe by hitting the tee shot to the left and you'll have a difficult approach that must contend with the fronting bunkers



From behind the green you can see the great width of the fairway and how it slopes to the left off the tee



Looking across the massive double green that is shared between the 4th and 13th holes

[Jim Colton]

Who’s responsible for the yardage book renderings?

Just looked through the book. There is no attribution or copywrite, etc.  Maybe someone from Cabot Links will see this and reply.  

Lee Wybranski

[Michael Whitaker]

Hole #5 is a short par 4 with a scattering of bunkers to confound your strategy to play the hole.

[Michael Whitaker]

The tee shot is played from an elevated box. There are lots of options here... do you go down the left? Up the middle or the right? Do you try you hit it as close as possible to the green or lay back for a full shot?

You can see the 2nd fairway on the left side of this picture.



From the right side



From behind the green looking back at the tee. Note the 2nd fairway to the right of the picture and the 6th fairway on the left.

[Michael Whitaker]

The 6th hole is a par 5 that reminds one a bit of the opening hole at Lost Farms in Tasmania.



The tee shot must be played over or (for the average golfer like me) around a fairway bunker on the left



A closer look at the fairway corner bunker... which catches a LOT of tee shots!



From the fairway the golfer must play his second shot between (or short of) a pair of bunkers that are around 75 yards short of the green



Looking back up the fairway from the green. Cabot Links uses the Riksha trolleys, just like Bandon and Barnbougle... and like Barnbougle you can roll the trolley across the greens. As big as these greens are it is often a blessing that you can roll across the green instead of having to go all the way around.

[Michael Whitaker]

7 is a long par three with an outstanding Biarritz green. This holes plays into the prevailing wind and we used everything from long irons to drivers on our five times around the course.



The tee shot





Hit to the wrong section of the green and you face a tough two putt



From behind. The channel is much more pronounced than it appears in this picture... it is formidable!!!

[Tom Fagerli]

What perfect weather! Thanks for the pics. Beautiful place.

[Charlie_Bell]

Michael, I chuckled at your grammatically correct observation that the sixth hole "reminds one... of the opening hole at Lost Farms in Tasmania,"  for I suspect it may also be correct (or nearly so) numerically!

Thank you for the wonderful report.  I've been lucky enough to play Cabot two summers in a row.  From which tees did your group play?  Or did you experiment a bit, round to round?

[John Foley]

Who’s responsible for the yardage book renderings?

Pretty sure it's Lee Wybranski - he has a great style

http://leewybranski.com/

[Bill_McBride]

Michael, I chuckled at your grammatically correct observation that the sixth hole "reminds one... of the opening hole at Lost Farms in Tasmania,"  for I suspect it may also be correct (or nearly so) numerically!

Thank you for the wonderful report.  I've been lucky enough to play Cabot two summers in a row.  From which tees did your group play?  Or did you experiment a bit, round to round?

Mostly silver with an occasional green.

[George Pazin]

The first hole at Cabot Links is a devilish short par 4 with a blind tee shot. The fairway tilts from right to left (toward the ocean) but the hole moves from left to right. We found the green to be one of the most difficult to hit. In five rounds (15 trys ) I think we kept an approach shot on the green only three or four times!

The opening tee shot... blind over the ridge. Best line seemed to be just inside the bunkers on the right.

Haven't even taken the time to look at the other pics, yet, just had to say, this is a terrific photo. You should make a big print for your wall, well done.

[Bill_McBride]

The first hole at Cabot Links is a devilish short par 4 with a blind tee shot. The fairway tilts from right to left (toward the ocean) but the hole moves from left to right. We found the green to be one of the most difficult to hit. In five rounds (15 trys ) I think we kept an approach shot on the green only three or four times!

The opening tee shot... blind over the ridge. Best line seemed to be just inside the bunkers on the right.

Haven't even taken the time to look at the other pics, yet, just had to say, this is a terrific photo. You should make a big print for your wall, well done.

Does that photo remind anyone of North Berwick?  It sure does me!  (Bass Rock in the background in the ocean)

[Niall C]

Mike

Looking at those photos of the wide open spaces, and the contrast between the fairways grasses and the off fairways fescues, it does remind me of Castle Stuart. Fair comparison or not ?

Niall

[Michael Whitaker]

Mike

Looking at those photos of the wide open spaces, and the contrast between the fairways grasses and the off fairways fescues, it does remind me of Castle Stuart. Fair comparison or not ?

Niall

Niall - There is nothing similar between Cabot Links and Castle Stuart.

We did a lot of thinking about which course, if any, was the most similar in "design characteristics," "feel" and "playability" to Cabot Links. My first thought was North Berwick. Then I moved to Crail Balcomie. But, the course that Cabot Links most reminds me of is Royal Porthcawl. Very similar topography. If Cabot Links had revetted bunkers it would be a kissing cousin of Porthcawl.

[Michael Whitaker]

Number 8 is a very short par four with two tricky mounds in the fairway... one about 120 yards from the green, the second just on the left front of the green.



Missing your tee shot off the right side of the fairway is the death penalty. Everything is covered in thick marshland vegetation.



The greenside mound makes this hole. Here is a look from the 9th tee showing how the mound protects the green. Approach shots would be coming in from the right in this photo.

[Michael Whitaker]

We finish the front nine with a great par 4! This hole would fit right in at Dornoch... hit your tee shot down into a low area, then launch your approach to a huge raised green that is angled from left to right.



The tee shot



Down the right leaves a difficult approach protected by two very deep greenside bunkers



Down the middle and the approach starts to open up



Successfully challenge the fairway bunkers on the left with your tee shot and you have a completely open approach



Looking back from behind the giant green

[Michael Whitaker]

We start the back nine by crossing a road to play the two holes farthest from from the clubhouse. Situated on non-linksland these holes offer a different flavor than what has come before and what will follow.



#10 is a medium length par 3 with an interesting multi-level green and one gathering bunker



Tee shot





From behind

[Michael Whitaker]

Number 11 is the one hole on Cabot Links that looks as if it were transplanted from a different course. It plays around MacIsaacs Pond within Inverness Harbor.



This hole proved to be the toughest par 4 on the course for our group. Scary hard tee shot... difficult approach... coupled with a severe green. It is truly the triple threat!

The tee shot on this dogleg left hole is one of the "bite off what you dare" variety... but, don't bite off much or you will be swimming! The wind is generally coming from the left on this shot, pushing the ball away from the green. Being brave enough to attempt holding a driver into the wind is daunting.



From behind the green you can see how the hole swings around the pond. The approach is hard into the prevailing wind.



The walk from 11 to 12 takes one along the Inverness Harbor and back across the road, past some of the most beautiful pictures on the course.

[Michael Whitaker]

After crossing the road we are back on the linksland for #12, a difficult par 3 that plays at the ocean into a quartering wind from the left.



From the Green tee at 190 yards



and the Silver tee... 50 yards closer!



This green had been buried under several inches of blowing sand and had to be sodded, thus it doesn't look too healthy in the photos... but, it putted fine... not too receptive, though!



Hidden bunker right of green

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