{"id":499191,"date":"2026-02-25T19:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/499191\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T19:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:33:09","slug":"these-are-10-of-canadas-best-18th-holes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/499191\/","title":{"rendered":"These are 10 of Canada\u2019s best\u00a018th\u00a0holes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finishing holes can sway your opinion of a golf course one way or the other. A great home hole leaves you satisfied; a weak one leaves you puzzled and questioning the architect\u2019s routing. <\/p>\n<p>These are 10 of the best finishing frames in Canada. Disagree? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>(We said 10\u00a0of\u00a0the best; not\u00a0the\u00a010\u00a0best.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bigwin\u00a0Island\u00a0(Baysville, Ont.)\u00a0<br \/>Par 5, 574 yards\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bigwin-Island-1024x576.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Muskoka, Ont.-area course on an island in the Lake of Bays offers only one hole\u00a0on\u00a0the water, but what a hole it is. The par-5 finisher is postcard-worthy\u00a0for sure with its drop-shot tee shot and green tucked around an inlet.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cabot Cliffs\u00a0(Inverness, N.S.)\u00a0<br \/>Par 5, 532 yards\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"543\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cabot-Cliffs-1-Fourth-Frame-Films-1024x543.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The 16th and 17th get much of the buzz among the finishing trio at Cabot Cliffs, but the 18th might be the best hole of all three. The straightaway par 5 on the ocean requires two mighty shots to get near the green beyond a clifftop crevice.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Country Club\u00a0(Calgary, Alta.)\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Par 4, 472 yards\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"493\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calgary-Country-Club-1024x493.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Willie Park, Jr. design offers plenty of movement around its small, billowing property, with its fantastic finishing par 4 playing downhill to an angled fairway bordered by the Bow River. The approach is played to a green backdropped by the steep face of the Bow River bluffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Log in to continue reading &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Finishing holes can sway your opinion of a golf course one way or the other. A great home&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,18692,199770,82],"class_list":["post-499191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-golf-course","tag-golf-course-architects","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}