Top 100 Central Canada

Ontario, Canada

With tight twisting fairways and undulating terrain, St George’s Golf & Country Club is a man and woman-sized test of golf and five-time host to the Canadian Open.

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Toronto Golf Club was Canada’s first championship course and was the yardstick against which all future golf courses would be measured.

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Hamilton Golf & Country Club, or Ancaster as it is known locally, is located on land that was once known as Grange Farm and it is set most beautifully in elegant, heavily wooded seclusion.

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With narrow, undulating and tree-lined fairways, it’s easy to see on the surface why The National Golf Club of Canada is so tough, but the more formidable challenge arrives at the greens.

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Westmount Golf & Country Club was designed by legendary golf course architect Stanley Thompson, who constructed many of Canada’s top tracks between the First and Second World Wars.

Ontario, Canada

Devil’s Paintbrush is as close to a links style of course that you can get over terrain that is nowhere near the sea...

Québec, Canada

Royal Montreal gets all the golfing attention in Quebec but the real gem in the province is Willie Park Jnr’s Old World course at Mount Bruno Country Club...

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Set out on the glacial moraine landscape to the north of Toronto, the course at Goodwood Golf Club is a new millennium layout that was conceived by the late Canadian entrepreneur Gordon Stollery as a private golfing retreat...

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Developed by entrepreneur Peter Schwartz, Oviinbyrd is an exclusive golf club that first opened in 2005 with members playing on a Thomas McBroom designed course.

Ontario, Canada

Beacon Hall Golf Club is a private, 18-hole course contained within a 265-acre site which is located on the Oak Ridges Moraine, a thirty-minute drive north of Toronto.

Québec, Canada

Set out within a tumbling landscape where the routing allows several spectacular changes in elevation, Memphrémagog Golf Club is already regarded as one of Tom McBroom’s best designs...

Ontario, Canada

The golf course at Muskoka Bay Club sits at “The Gateway to the Muskoka Lake District” and it’s within this rugged landscape that Doug Carrick designed a layout that blends in beautifully with its surroundings.

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Plenty of earth was shifted during the construction of the course at Coppinwood Golf Club (well over a million cubic metres according to some) and the resulting holes look anything but manufactured...

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As the name suggests, Lookout Point Country Club lies at one of the most elevated local positions on the Niagara Escarpment, just ten miles west of the world famous Falls...

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The city of Toronto may have grown ever closer during the 100 years since the Summit Golf Club was founded but this 260-acre property remains a refuge from the hustle and bustle of an outside world...

Ontario, Canada

Formed in 1899, St Thomas is one of the oldest golf clubs in Canada, originally known as St Thomas Pinafore Park Golf Club.

Québec, Canada

Laval-sur-le-lac is one of most prosperous districts in the province of Quebec and it’s in this affluent environment that the private golf club of the same name was formed back in 1917.

Ontario, Canada

The 144-acre Scarboro Golf & Country Club site was the venue of four Canadian Opens and three of these championships were decided by one stroke...

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One of the oldest golfing institutions in the greater Toronto area, Rosedale Golf Club was established in the Don Valley back in 1893...

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Scottish golf course architect Willie Park Junior designed Weston Golf & Country Club and this former Canadian Open venue is now a monument to Arnold Palmer.

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Redtail is an exclusive course in Port Stanley, south of London, Ontario. Donald Steel and Tom Mackenzie designed it at the behest of two London businessmen, who wanted their own, private golfing playground.

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The lush, parkland fairways of Maple Downs Golf & Country Club have been modified over the years by a number of renowned architects...

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Eagles Nest Golf Club made a confident entrance onto the Canadian golfing stage in 2004, described as “among the most impressive modern courses to open in Canada in the past thirty years.”

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Cherry Hill Club was established in 1922 when nine founding members from nearby Buffalo acquired a tract of farmland which was then turned over to Walter J Travis for transformation into an 18-hole course.

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Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry fashioned Devil's Pulpit, a track that defines everything that is exciting in modern golf course design...

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Kawartha Golf & Country Club is a Stanley Thompson design with, as one might expect from its eminent designer, an excellent set of par threes...

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Brantford Golf & Country Club was established in 1879 so it is the fourth oldest club in North America, it's also one of Canada's toughest courses.

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The modern day Bigwin Island golf course may only have opened for play in 2002 but its location has a history going back 80 years to 1922...

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Opening in 1959, London Hunt Country Club is the site of one of the very few Robert Trent Jones designs in Canada and – keeping it in the family – Jones’s son Rees renovated the layout 40 years after it debuted.

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Designed by Martin Hawtree, the highly rated public access course at Tarandowah Golfers Club is proud to promote “the adventure of pure golf”.

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The 54 holes at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley all came from the drawing board of architect Doug Carrick and the Hoot course was the second layout to open at the resort.

Ontario, Canada

“Cataraqui” is the original native name for Kingston, the “Limestone City”, where the Cataraqui Golf & Country Club course is located, midway between Toronto and Montreal.

Québec, Canada

Royal Montreal Golf Club’s beginnings in 1873 can be traced back to a small group of Scots who got together to recreate their national sport.

Ontario, Canada

The Heathlands course at Osprey Valley was created by Doug Carrick who took an uninspiring, largely flat, former gravel quarry and fashioned a man-made, links-like, 18 holes.

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The Donald Ross greens at Essex Golf & Country Club are prominent because they dominate a very flat, largely featureless property...

Ontario, Canada

Mississaugua Golf & Country Club took its name from the Mississauga Indian Tribe and those of you with eagle eyes may notice an extra vowel in the spelling of the club name.

Québec, Canada

Laval-sur-le-Lac really made its mark on the golfing world stage when it became the venue for the 2nd Canada Cup (the forerunner of today’s annual World Cup) in 1954.

Ontario, Canada

Mad River Golf Club has developed into a beautiful parkland track with tree-lined, often doglegged fairways playing to small greens...

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Rocky Crest Golf Resort is situated on the western shores of Lake Joseph, and the golf course opened for play in 2000.

Ontario, Canada

The faux links course at Cobble Beach lies on the rocky clifftops that overlook Georgian Bay and it’s yet another design from the prolific Doug Carrick.

Québec, Canada

Founded in 1891, the Ottawa Golf Club – as it was known up until 1912 when King George V granted the club Royal title – moved to its present site a decade after its formation...

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Thomas McBroom, one of Canada’s most prolific modern golf course architects, designed the 18 holes for the Ridge at Manitou.

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Stanley Thompson was at the peak of his architectural powers when he was approached to design an 18-hole layout for the members of Burlington Golf & Country Club.

Ontario, Canada

The historic Chick Evans and Stanley Thompson-designed Cutten Fields golf course dates back to 1931 and although the club is now owned by the University of Guelph it is still in the spirit of its founder Arthur Cutten.

Québec, Canada

Founded in 1910, Rivermead Golf Club started out with a 9-hole course designed by Albert Murray, the two-time (and youngest ever) Canadian Open winner. Having later acquired more land, the club commissioned George Cumming to extend the course to an 18-hole layout.

Ontario, Canada

Founded in 1908, the 27-hole Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club features a Willie Park Jr. course at its heart. Tom McBroom upgraded all holes in the early 1990s and more recently Michael Hurdzan carried out a major renovation.

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Formed in 1922, Thornhill Golf & Country Club commissioned the prolific and much respected architect Stanley Thompson to lay out the 18-hole Long course for the membership.

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Doug Carrick designed all three 18-hole courses at the TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley facility, which lies between the town of Orangeville and the village of Alton, an hour’s drive northwest of Toronto.

Ontario, Canada

The course at Port Carling Golf & Country Club is one of Thomas McBroom’s earliest designs and the architect was recalled by the new owner, almost two decades later, to refashion his original layout.

Ontario, Canada

The Georgian Bay Club property sits on a beautiful tract of land on the Niagara Escarpment where it reaches Georgian Bay, a large bay of Lake Huron... over thirty course routings were discarded by architect Jason Straka before deciding the final layout.

Québec, Canada

The Canadian Open has been played at Club de Golf Beaconsfield on two occasions and both events were won after all-American playoffs.

Ontario, Canada

The Thomas McBroom-designed course at Wildfire Golf Club sits on Stoney Lake – one of the more popular cottage retreats in the Kawartha district of Ontario...

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Now a 27-hole facility, Oakdale Golf and Country Club’s inaugural eighteen holes were designed by Stanley Thompson back in 1926.

Ontario, Canada

The very private and exclusive Magna Golf Club is yet another design from the prolific drawing board of Doug Carrick...

Québec, Canada

Regular players regard the Red course at Royal Montreal Golf Club with more respect as a test of all-round golfing skills.

Québec, Canada

Connoisseurs of old-fashioned golf course architecture will admire the short par fours on the card (at holes 1, 8, 10 & 12) and they will positively revel in the delights of Château Montebello’s five short holes

Ontario, Canada

Deer Ridge Golf Club is a private venue for those who want to fit in a game during the week or steal away to entertain clients without having to worry about booking a tee time.

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The Copper Creek Golf Club pay and play facility took less than a decade to establish itself as one of the very best public layouts in Ontario.

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Apart from the water-threatened par three 8th, all the standout holes at Wyndance Golf Club are played on the back nine...

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Two-time host to the Canadian Open in 1923 and 1934, the Lakeview Golf Course is steeped in history and this traditional parkland layout was originally designed by Herbert Strong.

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Heron Point Golf Links merges the rolling terrain of southern Ontario and wetland features normally found in Carolina with styling inspired by the great Scottish and Irish links courses to produce a challenging course.

Ontario, Canada

The Oshawa Golf and Curling Club was formed in 1906 and George Cumming redesigned the club’s original layout in 1911 before Stanley Thompson was engaged in 1929 to “rearrange the course and develop what was formally the Ross property.”

Québec, Canada

Located within the Kahnawake Indian Reservation and named after the tribe, the course at Kanawaki Golf Club was designed by Charles and Albert Murray. It opened for play just before the First World War.

Ontario, Canada

Laid out by John Zieman of Trans Canada Construction to a Stanley Thompson design, the course at Dundas Valley Golf & Curling Club was unveiled in 1930. Today, the layout plays to a par of 71 over 6,403 yards.

Ontario, Canada

Situated just a few miles north of Sault Ste. Marie, Crimson Ridge Golf Course is a Kevin Holmes design that occupies densely forested terrain, where bluegrass fairways cross numerous creeks and ravines en route to large, gently-contoured bent grass greens.

Ontario, Canada

Debuting in 2018, The Nest at Friday Harbour is one of Doug Carrick’s more recent creations and this out-and-back golf course occupies a third of the 600-acre, $1.5-billion Friday Harbour development. The earth certainly moved here – approximately 2½ million cubic yards – but the finished product looks almost as if kindly Nature had draped it alongside Lake Simcoe.

Ontario, Canada

The 18-hole course at Whitewater Golf Club is a Tom McBroom design that debuted in 2005. Laid out within an attractive 550-acre forested property, the fairways are routed close to the flowing waters of the meandering Kaministiquia River.

Ontario, Canada

The small town of Gravenhurst lies to the north of Toronto and it’s here that the fairways at Taboo Golf Resort are draped over the majestic Canadian Shield...

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Thomas McBroom designed the course at Camelot Golf & Country Club and it’s a layout with a split personality featuring holes in meadowland and then in park-like surroundings.

Ontario, Canada

Stanley Thompson set out the original six holes at Credit Valley Golf and Country Club but the modern day course is very much a Robbie Robinson design.

Ontario, Canada

In its formative years, Lambton Golf & Country Club hosted four Canadian Amateur Championships and also four Canadian Opens, the last of which was won by Sam Snead in 1941.

Ontario, Canada

Stanley Thompson designed the course at Islington Golf Club and it opened in 1924, a year after the club was founded. More recently, Ian Andrews carried out a restoration of the layout, replacing all eighteen greens in the process.

Ontario, Canada

Doug Carrick collaborated with Curtis Strange to combine spectacularly beautiful terrain and design know-how to create King Valley Golf Club, one of Canada's finest new courses.

Québec, Canada

Opening in 2001, Le Maitre de Mont-Tremblant winds its way in two returning loops of nine over 260 acres of woodland along the shores of the Riviere du Diable...

Québec, Canada

The partnership of Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry was chosen to construct Le Diable (“The Devil”) course at the Mont Tremblant Resort.

Québec, Canada

Englishman Herbert Strong constructed the original course the Fairmont Manoir Richelieu hotel and US President William H. Taft officially opened it in 1925.

Ontario, Canada

The Highlands golf course at the Deerhurst Resort is classically well-balanced with granite outcrops, dramatic elevation changes, exciting elevated tees and dense, mature woodland...

Ontario, Canada

The Lake Joseph Club is set within 421 acres of prime Muskoka countryside and it was designed by celebrated golf course architect Thomas McBroom...

Québec, Canada

Elm Ridge Country Club was founded in 1924 and it’s one of three Montreal golf clubs formed by members of the Jewish community who were previously restricted from belonging to other clubs...

Ontario, Canada

An early Doug Carrick design, the course at Greystone Golf Club was one of the four original facilities to fly the ClubLink flag back in 1993.

Ontario, Canada

Glen Abbey Golf Club, the first solo design from Jack Nicklaus, who was ably assisted by architect Bob Cupp, opened for play in 1976 and it's one of Canada’s most famous golf courses...