Ladies Golf Club (Thornhill, Ont.) Designer: Stanley Thompson The Scorecard: Toronto Ladies has gained more attention in recent years for the fact it is the only all-female...
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Girls in bikinis, guys in flip flops — the future of private...
Last Thursday I sat on the patio at Squaw Creek Golf Club, one-third of the Avalon Lakes course group in Ohio near the...
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Canadian Golfing Heroes
Last Sunday, while conducting a junior golf session, using the wonderful CN FUTURE LINKS format, I asked the kids to name a...
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St. Thomas G&CC — the benefits of a chain saw
St. Thomas G&CC has long been one of the great hidden gems in Ontario. Partly a creation of Stanley Thompson with some work...
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Government seeks lease deal for Highlands Links and...
Interesting that just as the restoration of Highlands Links nears completion, the Federal government and the Nova Scotia provincial government have announced they are seeking an operator...
Playing through the Canadian Rockies
The following travel feature is a guest post submitted by Dave Jones from IntoTheRough.co.uk It is generally accepted that vacationing golfers like their courses set in scenic surroundings...
Where should the RBC Canadian Open go next?
Golf Canada has finally gotten around to doing what we already knew was true – next year’s RBC Canadian Open is heading back the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont. Nothing...
Course Review: Dundas Valley Golf and Curling Club
Dundas Valley G&CC (Dundas, Ont.) Course designer: Stanley Thompson (alterations by David Moote) The Scorecard: Dundas Valley is one of the more over-looked designs of Stanley...
Cutten Fields: A Thompson gem in the heart of Guelph
Over the years I have become a big fan of Stanley Thompson’s golf courses. Thompson’s Highlands Links in Cape Breton Highlands National Park remains my favorite. I have been fortunate to...
Canada's Great Golf Holes: #2 at St...
Hole 2, St. George’s Golf and Country Club, Toronto 478 yards What makes it great: I’m not the first to point this out, as Tom Doak noted the greatness of the second par...
The Passing of Geoff Cornish
I was saddened to hear about the passing of Geoff Cornish today. He was 97. With the exception of Bob Moote, Cornish was the last remaining architect to have worked alongside Canadian golf...
Parks Canada Comes Through for Highlands Links
I’ve been concerned about the lack of interest Parks Canada has had for Highlands Links for some time. In fact, I’ve been writing about it for almost a decade. Parks Canada only...