Course Review: The Summit Golf and Country Club (1912) Architects: George Cumming, Stanley Thompson, Doug Carrick The Scorecard: Summit is one of Canada’s true Golden Age of Architecture courses, and is touched by three of the best architects...
Category - Stanley Thompson
Last year I attended a symposium on Stanley Thompson’s work that was held at Highlands Links. I had several people ask why it wasn’t better publicized and whether we’d consider doing it again. Well we are — this time in...
Twelve years ago, Graham Cooke completed a $4-million renovation of the venerable Highlands Links Golf Club in remote Ingonish, NS. The course, which was always splendid, was held up as the best in Canada, and Cooke used the success to...
I’m heading to Ingonish, NS, next week to participate in a symposium on the life and work of Stanley Thompson alongside some of the game’s most distinguished Canadian commentators, including Globe columnist Lorne Rubenstein...
Last night more than 100 people showed up at St. George’s for the launch of photographer Mike Bell’s book on Stanley Thompson. The book lists the articles as being written by “Canada’s top golf writers.” That...
[photopress:Thompsonbook.jpg,full,alignright]Tonight at St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Etobicoke, a new book on the courses of Stanley Thompson, called aptly “The Golf Courses of Stanley Thompson — Celebrating...
[photopress:dundasvalley.jpg,full,alignright]While doing some Internet reading, I stumbled onto a link to a $9.25 million plan for Dundas Valley, the private Stanley Thompson-designed golf course located near Ancaster, Ontario. It provides an...