Twin Rivers Golf Course, is a public
golf course
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located near the village of
Port Blandford
Port Blandford is a town in eastern Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 7 on Clode Sound. The population in 1940 was 539, and increased to 631 by 1956.
Climate
Port Blandford has a humid continental climate ...
in
Newfoundland,
Canada
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It is part of the Terra Nova Golf Resort located in
Terra Nova National Park
Terra Nova National Park is located on the east coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, along several inlets of Bonavista Bay. The park takes its name from the Latin name for Newfoundland; it is also the orig ...
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History
Twin Rivers Course 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
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 crosses two salmon rivers, has been often referred to as "Canada's Pebble Beach."
See also
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List of golf courses in Newfoundland and Labrador
The following are incomplete lists of golf courses in Canada by province and territory.
Alberta
All golf courses listed and their related information are from Alberta Golf's member club directory unless referenced otherwise.
The fol ...
References
External links
Official website
Golf clubs and courses in Newfoundland and Labrador
1984 establishments in Newfoundland and Labrador
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