Debuting in 2018, The Nest at Friday Harbour is one of Doug Carrick’s more recent creations and this out-and-back golf course occupies a third of the 600-acre, $1.5-billion Friday Harbour development. The earth certainly moved here – approximately 2½ million cubic yards – but the finished product looks almost as if kindly Nature had draped it alongside Lake Simcoe.
Overall rating
Debuting in 2018, The Nest at Friday Harbour is one of Doug Carrick’s more recent creations and this out-and-back golf course occupies a third of the 600-acre, $1.5-billion Friday Harbour development. The earth certainly moved here – approximately 2½ million cubic yards – but the finished product looks almost as if kindly Nature had draped it alongside Lake Simcoe.
The Nest at Friday Harbour
With 18 holes that are set on Lake Simcoe, The Nest course at Friday Harbour Resort is a Doug Carrick design that debuted in the year 2018. A significant quantity of earth was utilized in the creation of the course's contours and the majority of the soil coming directly from the building of the marina in the resort.
The original layout linked the course with the marina and resort area in a continuous layout of 18 holes which was then turned around to form a residential area, but environmental concerns designed to protect wetland as well as forest areas - dictated the way the holes would eventually be laid out.
Four greens are located near the clubhouse, it gives the possibility to play a variety of loops that are either long or short. Four par fives are on this card have a different play There are a few attractive small five-par four holes (at at the 13th and 1st) and the par three 2nd, which is 145 yards long, is appropriately titled "Postage Stamp".
"The bunkering style was influenced by the tightly mown greens and bunker areas of the famous Sandbelt courses of Australia," said Doug Carrick. "Greenside bunkers have been surrounded with bentgrass. The fairway cuts extend to the top in fairway bunkers."
Getting there
The Nest at Friday Harbour
World Top 100 Golf Courses
The latest ranking of the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World serves as the ultimate global golf bucket list. Most members of our World Top 100 Panel are seasoned golfers, each playing 20-30 of these courses annually while travelling extensively over decades to form their opinions on others. We recognise that opinions vary—even among our panel members. Rankings are subjective, and there are undoubtedly 50 or more courses in the UK and USA alone that could easily fit onto this list. Links Golf Pilgrimages The rankings
Cypress Point Club
California, United States
Pine Valley Golf Club
New Jersey, United States
Royal County Down (Championship)
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
New York, United States
National Golf Links of America
New York, United States
