Royal Ottawa - Québec - Canada

Established in 1891, the Ottawa Golf Club – as it was known up until 1912 when King George V granted the club its Royal title – was a founder member of the Royal Canadian Golf Association in 1895, the year that the club also hosted the first Canadian Amateur Championship.

Founding members played on a 9-hole course then a 12-hole layout before the club moved to its present site a decade after its formation, with Tom Bendelow setting out a course for play. Willie Park Jr. later revised the layout, which still retains much of its authenticity, even after a major bunker renovation in 2004.

Feature holes at Royal Ottawa include the 520-yard 4th, a fine par five that double doglegs from tee to green and the two short par fours at 7 and 10, either of which just might throw up the opportunity to putt for a birdie.

Undoubtedly, the stars of this particular golfing show are the back-to-back par threes at the 167-yard 11th (“Little Misery”) and 154-yard 12th (“Bide a Wee”), where the two-tiered putting surface of the former and domed green on the latter rarely ever yield a “2” on the scorecard.