Tourism PEI announced today that Score Golf Magazine, a pre-eminent Canadian golf publication has designated Prince Edward Island as the Best Canadian Golf Destination via their Golfer's Choice Award. Not only did we capture this most prestigious title but we achieved numerous awards in various other categories as well including Best Course, Best Public Course, Best Resort Course (two awards), Best Condition, Best Scenery, and Best Service via a number of Island courses.
"We are absolutely thrilled with the results," noted Tourism Minister Greg Deighan. "To capture such favourable and wide-spread results in a nation-wide reader survey means that we are reaching our goals with regards to the golf market. In order to be truly successful in this highly competitive industry, you must please your customer and this competition proves that we are doing just that."
From March through to the end of May 2001, golfers from across the country cast their vote for their favourite course in 12 different categories, and voters were allowed to pick their choices from a lengthy list of courses provided or to submit names not on the list.
The Golfer's Choice Awards supplement in Score Golf Magazine resulted from the biennial ranking of the top courses in Canada through a panel of experts provided with strict voting criteria which was published in the magazine since 1998. As a result of this ranking, much reader response ensued and Score publishers decided to offer golfers from coast to coast an opportunity to cast their own personal vote. The technology was put in place to limit the opportunity of people voting more than once and rigorous checks were done to purge duplicates.
The results included:
Best Course -- Links at Crowbush, Five-Star Silver
Best Public Course -- Links at Crowbush, Five-Star Silver
Best Resort Course -- Brudenell River, Five-Star Silver; Links at Crowbush, Five-Star Bronze
Best Condition -- Links at Crowbush, Five Star Silver
Best Scenery -- Links at Crowbush, Five-Star Silver
Best Service -- Links at Crowbush, Five-Star Bronze
Best Value -- Links at Crowbush, Five Star Silver
Best Canadian Golf Destination -- Prince Edward Island, Five-Star Gold
"The Best Canadian Golf Destination, Prince Edward Island.... It's something that everyone involved in the industry and the sport will love to say for some time," noted Mr. Deighan. "And apparently people all across Canada are saying so too."