Wanna get away? The Cabot Collection keeps picking up steam

The 15th-century explorer John Cabot was born in Italy but sailed under the flag of England, commanding what were thought to be the first European voyages to North America since the Vikings. In other words, the guy got around and left an impact, much like the golf-development company that bears his name.

If you keep up with the game, you’ve probably heard of The Cabot Collection. You might even know its origin story, which dates to 2012 and the opening of Cabot Links, in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Within four years, that flagship destination had welcomed a second course, Cabot Cliffs, which, like its sibling, became a Top 100 fixture. A brand expansion had begun.

And it hasn’t slowed. Cabot has since grown into an international juggernaut, with an imprint that stretches from Canada to the Caribbean, Scotland and beyond. This past year has been especially busy. In September, three months after purchasing Golf du Médoc Resort, in France, and transforming it into Cabot Bordeaux to establish its first foothold in continental Europe, Cabot announced a robust investment in Lofoten Links, a coastal stunner in Norway, where summer rounds play out under the midnight sun.

Those moves added to a fast-swelling portfolio that includes Cabot St. Lucia; Canada’s Cabot Revelstoke; Cabot Highlands in Scotland; and our 2024 GOLF November/December cover subject, Florida’s Cabot Citrus Farms, which debuts at No. 32 on our new list of the Top 100 You Can Play in the U.S. and just unveiled the Roost, the second 18-hole design at a property that also boasts two sporty short courses. It all amounts to motivation. Time to start planning explorations of our own.