Golf Digest Readers rated the courses based on overall experience, service, value and pace of play. The overall experience scores were averaged, then compiled on a bell curve to reflect a course’s relative strength, then assigned a rating.

“This is a significant honor considering that there are only 27 Canadian golf courses with a 4.5 star rating and Prince Edward Island has earned two spots among them,” said Valerie Docherty, Minister of Tourism. “In light of global competition and increasing expenses, this honor is a reflection of the first-class product and services Prince Edward Island continues to offer to golfers.”

Brudenell and Mill River provincial golf courses received four star ratings in the 2008-2009 edition of Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play.”

The star rating breakdown is as follows:

1 Star ... Basic golf

2 Star ... Good, but not great

3 Star ... Very good. Tell a friend. Worth getting off highway to play.

4 Star ... Outstanding. Plan your next vacation around it.

5 Star ... Superb. Golf at its absolute best. Pay any price to play at least once in your life.

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