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Ontario

The Golf Association of Ontario was formed in 2001 after the merger of Ontario Golf Association and the Ontario Golf Association and Ontario Ladies Golf Association and the new governing body is responsible for organizing more than 100 annual competitions for golfers of both genders of all ages. With a membership of 115,000 golfers from over 420 golf clubs the GAO splits its membership into 14 districts that are more manageable. There's an array of high-quality golf courses that can be located in Ontario. If it's old-fashioned layouts that appeal to you, then look into the two Stanley Thompson-designed courses in the early 1920s, at St George's and Westmount or check out the older Harry Colt tracks in Hamilton (1916) in addition to Toronto (1911). However If modern courses are your preference, then Tom McBroom's Course located at Rocky Crest and the 18-hole course created by Doug Carrick at Muskoka Bay may be for you.

  1. St George's Golf & Country Club - Ontario

    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.

  2. Hamilton Golf & Country Club (West & South)

    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.

  3. Toronto Golf Club (Colt)

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

  4. The Pulpit Club (Paintbrush)

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

  5. Beacon Hall Golf Club

    Ontario, Canada

    Beacon Hall Golf Club

    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.

  6. National Golf Club of Canada

    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.

  7. Redtail

    Ontario, Canada

    Redtail

    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.

  8. Oviinbyrd Golf Club

    Ontario, Canada

    Oviinbyrd Golf Club

    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.

  9. Muskoka Bay Resort

    Ontario, Canada

    Muskoka Bay Resort

    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.

  10. Westmount Golf & Country Club

    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.