Westmount Golf & Country Club

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

Westmount was formed by a number of members from the Grand River Golf Club on 17th June 1929 under the chairmanship of Herbert Snyder. As the course was routed through bush and swampland, much hard work was involved in its construction before it opened two years later in 1931.

The original Thompson layout played to a par of 71 but this was lengthened to a par of 73 when additional land was obtained in 1958, allowing the introduction of three new holes at the expense of the opening trio, which were turned into a practice facility at the club.

Located in 160 acres of parkland at Kitchener, south west of Toronto, Westmount is a private course that has hosted some of the top Canadian tournaments including the Open in 1957, the Ladies Open in 1965 & 1991 and the Amateur Championship in 1969.

Thomas McBroom and Doug Carrick have both upgraded the layout in more recent times but the course has Thompson’s signature on every hole. Fairways flow with the contours, dipping and rising, seldom allowing the golfer a level lie. Landing areas for tee shots are wide, but flashed bunkers prevail around the greens, making putting surfaces both dramatic and demanding.

The present day Westmount Golf & Country Club boasts a curling rink built in 1962 and tennis courts constructed in 1977 but members still owe a debt of gratitude to the early pioneers at the club like Herbert Snyder and his board of directors for steering the club through its formative years to the position it is now finds itself in as one of the foremost golf clubs in Canada.

Doug Carrick carried out a complete bunker renovation on the course and replaced the 11th and 12th greens in 2015.