IronMike72
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Not a single PEI thread on this whole forum and honestly that feels like a crime.
Went two summers back, flew into Charlottetown with three buddies, 25 minute drive to the north shore. The Links at Crowbush Cove is the headliner and it earns it. Red sand dunes, fescue up past your knees, and the wind off the Gulf of St Lawrence does NOT care about your yardage book. We got it in a steady 25 mph and I think I hit four greens in regulation. Score? We don't discuss it.
But here's what nobody tells you: Dundarave at Brudenell might be the better round. McBroom design, more inland, tree lined, and it just eats you alive if you're spraying it. Mill River and Glasgow Hills are solid fillers. And the whole island is stupid cheap for Americans right now with the exchange rate. We were paying like 90-120 CAD at the mid tier tracks, which is under 90 bucks US. Lobster rolls, mussels, the Cavendish boardwalk if you want to pretend you've read Anne of Green Gables. My buddy's wife made him buy an Anne mug. He was not thrilled.
One warning: late August is still peak tourist season up there and Crowbush tee times vanish. Book 60 days out, not joking.
If you've dealt with Bandon wind this will feel familiar, there's a thread that nailed that exact feeling
https://usagolfers.com/threads/pacific-dunes-first-time-wind-apocalypse.121
Same deal at Crowbush, just warmer water and cheaper beer. Anyone else been up there? And how does PEI stack up against this Kiawah Ocean Course review when it comes to wind just beating you down all day? Kinda wondering if I'm overrating the place because we got lucky on day 2.