The Golf Digest top 100 list features 10 Canadian clubs, including the two Cabot layouts, Cape Breton Highland Links, Banff Springs and the now-closed Jasper Park Lodge course in Alberta.

That is, when golfers can tear their attention from the breathtaking mountain... Cleverly designed to play off features of the surrounding landscape, some holes require an unusually deft stroke.

Banff Springs golf course, where the elk play through Originally published June 11, 2004 at 12:00 am Updated August 21, 2004 at 7:53 pm "Any ball striking an elk may be replayed with no penalty.

Fairmont Banff Springs in Alberta, Canada, is among GOLF's Top 100 Golf Resorts in the World. Learn more about the resort here.

Though challenged, the Banff Springs has reigned for a century at the summit of mountain golf, establishing a design template admired and imitated around the world. Through all the years, nobody ...