Cowan-Dewar started with one golf course on Cape Breton Island—built during the financial crisis—and grew into a slate of courses around the world
“It started with a vision that began in Inverness, on Cape Breton Island, 19 years ago. The community wanted to build a links course on the site of an abandoned coal mine. I was 24. People rightly asked if I’d ever worked at a golf course or golf resort, or if I was an architect or contractor—and I wasn’t any of those. But I’d seen most of the great golf courses—I was on the panel that rated the world’s top 100—and what they all had in common was a phenomenal site.
It was a very, very tough moment. But I remember talking to Mike Keiser, my long-time partner in Cabot, and he reminded me that building through a crisis—as we did with Cabot Links—meant we’d be opening on the other side of it. And 2021 was transformative. Once we’d battened down the hatches on our own businesses, we looked at the list of properties we most wanted to acquire if the opportunity arose.
We’ve grown with a philosophy of continuing to find remarkable locations. We look at St. Andrews in Scotland as our ultimate exemplar: It’s been there for 500 years, and when you know something is going to be there for that long, you realize you’re a steward for it. And we’re certainly never going to pick up and leave Inverness. So being integrated into the community is at the core of a sustainable business.
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