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COMMENTARY: P.E.I. does not need another golf course

On Aug. 20 it was announced that the Mill River Resort has been awarded a contract to build and run a new golf course in Summerside that will be owned by the City of Summerside and named the Links at Malpeque Bay.

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The cost of the project is expected to be $12 million — half funded by the Mill River Resort with the remainder to come from the federal and provincial governments. Despite owning the golf course, the City of Summerside will not be providing any funding. The announcement of the proposed golf course stated that construction would begin later this year with “full construction mode” in 2027 with the course opening in 2028.

I am an avid golfer and have been since 1965. I am very familiar with the golf industry on P.E.I. When I began to play golf in 1965, there were three golf courses on P.E.I. — the Belvedere Golf Club, the Summerside Golf Club and the federally owned Green Gables Golf Course in Cavendish. There are now 20 golf courses in P.E.I.........

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