Twin Rivers Golf Course

Terra Nova Golf Resort
Club information
Location Terra Nova National Park,
Newfoundland Canada
Established 1984
Owned by Sports Villas Resorts Inc.
Operated by Sports Villas Resorts Inc.
Total holes 18
Website www.terranovagolf.com
Twin Rivers
Designed by Robbie Robinson and Doug Carrick
Par 72
Length 6546 yards
Course rating 74.3
Eagle Creek
Designed by Robert Walsh
Par 35
Length 2,593 yards

Twin Rivers Golf Course, is a public golf course located near the village of Port Blandford in Newfoundland, Canada. The Twin Rivers Golf Course is part of the Terra Nova Golf Resort located in Terra Nova National Park.

History

Twin Rivers Course officially opened in August 1984 as a nine-hole public course in Terra Nova National Park. Robbie Robinson designed the original nine holes, while Doug Carrick designed the second nine-holes, which opened in July 1991.

In 1993, Sports Villas Resorts Inc. began operating the Twin Rivers course and named the hotel and golf course property as the Terra Nova Park Lodge & Golf Course, renamed Terra Nova Golf Resort in 2001.


The course

The Twin Rivers Golf Course has been given the rank of Platinum by the Canadian Golf Course Ranking Magazine, Score Magazine for the past three years, ranking the course as one of the top 30 courses in Canada and one of the top six in Atlantic Canada. It was also ranked by Golf Digest as one of the top ten courses in Atlantic Canada in 2002. This seaside course that criss-crosses two salmon rivers, has been often referred to as "Canada's Pebble Beach." [1]

References

  1. http://www.top100golfcourses.co.uk/htmlsite/productdetails.asp?id=1454 Top 100 Golf Courses


Coordinates: 48°23′20.70″N 54°12′01.70″W / 48.3890833°N 54.2004722°W / 48.3890833; -54.2004722

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