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

  4. 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 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. 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 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

    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

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

  11. Goodwood Golf Club

    Ontario, Canada

    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...

  12. Coppinwood

    Ontario, Canada

    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...

  13. Bigwin Island

    Ontario, Canada

    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...

  14. 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.

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

  16. St Thomas

    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.

  17. Rosedale Golf Club

    Ontario, Canada

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

  18. 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...

  19. Kawartha Golf Club

    Ontario, Canada

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

  20. Rocky Crest

    Ontario, Canada

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

  21. Scarboro

    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...

  22. London Hunt

    Ontario, Canada

    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.

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

  24. Summit Golf Club

    Ontario, Canada

    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...

  25. 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.

  26. Mad River

    Ontario, Canada

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

  27. Georgian Bay

    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.

  28. Eagles Nest

    Ontario, Canada

    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.”

  29. Cherry Hill Club

    Ontario, Canada

    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.

  30. Cataraqui

    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.

  31. 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.

  32. 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.

  33. 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.

  34. Ridge at Manitou

    Ontario, Canada

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

  35. 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...

  36. Brantford

    Ontario, Canada

    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.

  37. Maple Downs

    Ontario, Canada

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

  38. Ottawa Hunt (Gold)

    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.

  39. 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.

  40. Black Bear Ridge

    Ontario, Canada

    Designed by owner Brian Magee, Black Bear Ridge opened in 2005, gaining a reputation in subsequent years as one of the best public golf courses in the country.

  41. Glen Abbey

    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...

  42. Wyndance

    Ontario, Canada

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

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

  44. Deerhurst (Highlands)

    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...

  45. Port Carling

    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.

  46. Deer Ridge

    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.

  47. Camelot

    Ontario, Canada

    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.

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

  49. Windermere - Ontario

    Ontario, Canada

    Founded in 1919, Windermere Golf & Country Club was designed by George Cumming and Stanley Thompson and it’s set among granite outcroppings and stately pines.

  50. 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.

  51. Lambton (Championship)

    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.

  52. 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.

  53. 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.

  54. Copper Creek Golf Club

    Ontario, Canada

    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.

  55. Magna Golf Club

    Ontario, Canada

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

  56. Credit Valley

    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.

  57. St Andrew's East

    Ontario, Canada

    The course at St. Andrew’s East Golf & Country Club was laid out by the late Canadian architect Rene Muylaert and the course came fully into play in 1989. Doug Carrick has recently renovated the layout.

  58. King Valley

    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.

  59. Eagle Creek

    Ontario, Canada

    Ken Venturi, the US Open Champion of 1964, designed Eagle Creek Golf Club on a wonderful, heavily wooded, tract of land at Dunrobin, not far from the Canadian capital of Ottawa.

  60. Owned and operated by the Niagara Parks Commission, the Whirlpool course occupies a spectacular site close to the swirling waters of Niagara River Whirlpool and Gorge.

  61. Bond Head (South)

    Ontario, Canada

    Members of The Club at Bond Head have two magnificent semi-private modern courses at their disposal and Jason Straka, from the respected Hurdzan Fry design company, designed them both.

  62. Whitewater

    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.

  63. Sunningdale (Thompson)

    Ontario, Canada

    When the Sunningdale Golf & Country Club decided to add another 18 holes in the 1970s, Stanley Thompson’s original layout was joined by a Robbie Robinson creation.

  64. Opened in 1982, Emerald Hills Golf Club is now a 27-hole facility, following the addition of another 9-hole circuit (Valley) by Tom McBroom in 2005. The original Parkland & Forest layout (designed by Rene Muylaert) hosted the Canadian PGA championship in 1988 and two LPGA events in 1999 and 2000.

  65. Wildfire

    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...

  66. Seguin Valley

    Ontario, Canada

    Situated ten miles southeast of Parry Sound, the course at Seguin Valley Golf Club lies within a 2,000-acre tract of Ontario wilderness where fairways wind their way through dense woodland, crossing lakes and streams and skirting granite bluffs and outcrops.

  67. Islington

    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.

  68. Bayview

    Ontario, Canada

    Bayview Golf and Country Club lies close to the centre of Toronto and it offers its members a wide range of sporting activities, including swimming, tennis, curling and golf.

  69. Heron Point

    Ontario, Canada

    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.

  70. Rideau View

    Ontario, Canada

    Howard Watson set out the original 9-hole course at Rideau View Country Club in 1958 then Robbie Robinson added another nine holes to the layout five years later.

  71. Cutten Fields

    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.

  72. Oshawa

    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.”

  73. Lake Joseph

    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...

  74. Crimson Ridge

    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.

  75. King's Forest

    Ontario, Canada

    One of three 18-hole layouts operated by the City of Hamilton, the King’s Forest course extends to 7,150 yards from the championship tees.

  76. Timberwolf

    Ontario, Canada

    The course at Timberwolf Golf Club was designed by the prolific Canadian architect Thomas McBroom on a vast tract of land where everything is on a grand scale.

  77. Grand Niagara

    Ontario, Canada

    Rees Jones designed the course at the Grand Niagara Golf Club along the Welland River and the layout can be stretched out to a whopping 7,425 yards from the tips.

  78. Lora Bay

    Ontario, Canada

    The course at the Golf Club at Lora Bay is a Tom Lehman and Thomas McBroom co-design that overlooks Georgian Bay. The setting is rather special and the course a veritable gem.

  79. Cedar Brae

    Ontario, Canada

    The club stated out as Cedar Brook Golf and Country Club in 1922 and its original course was a Stanley Thompson design which was laid out in nearby Scarborough. In 1939, the club changed its name to Cedar Brae and the following year it hosted the Canadian PGA Championship...

  80. Wooden Sticks

    Ontario, Canada

    The Wooden Sticks golf course opened for public play in 2000 and, for over a decade, it has retained its status as the preferred daily fee golfing getaway for many players in the Greater Toronto Area.

  81. Beverly Golf & Country Club is set out on pleasantly undulating terrain to the west of downtown Hamilton – this tree-lined course is regarded as one of Robbie Robinson’s best…

  82. Angus Glen (South)

    Ontario, Canada

    Professionals are not the only golfers who appreciate the strength of the South course at Angus Glen Golf Club.

  83. Granite

    Ontario, Canada

    The Granite Club – founded as a curling club in 1836 – is a Toronto sports club that decided at the end of the 1990s to extend its sporting reach into golf...

  84. Angus Glen (North)

    Ontario, Canada

    Host to the Canadian Open in 2007, the North course at Angus Glen Golf Club is a public 18-hole layout where amateur golfers tread the same turf as their professional heroes.

  85. North Halton

    Ontario, Canada

    The Club at North Halton started out with a 9-hole course designed by George Cumming in 1914. Fifty years later, a change of ownership resulted in this Cedar Crest course being extended to the 18-hole layout that’s now in play.

  86. Dundas Valley

    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.

  87. Lionhead (Legends)

    Ontario, Canada

    One of two Ted Baker-designed layouts at Lionhead Golf Club and Conference Centre, the Legends course is well known locally as a tough track.

  88. Highland Country Club

    Ontario, Canada

    The course at Highland Country Club lies a few miles south of downtown London and it’s a Stanley Thompson track dating back to 1922. Interestingly, the club refused to pay the ‘Toronto Terror’ his full fee “for not completing the work”.

  89. Galt

    Ontario, Canada

    Galt Country Club, the oldest golf facility in the Waterloo region, started out with a 9-hole course in 1906 and then expanded to 18 holes in 1930. Designed by Stanley Thompson, the parkland layout enjoys panoramic views of the Grand River.

  90. National Pines

    Ontario, Canada

    Thomas McBroom designed the layout at National Pines Golf Club, routing many of the fairways around the flowing waters of Lovers Creek.

  91. Whistle Bear

    Ontario, Canada

    Located just outside Cambridge, the fairways at Whistle Bear Golf Club were laid out at the turn of the new millennium by John Robinson on a property that has had eighteen previous owners. When it came to naming the holes, there was only one option available for the current owner.

  92. Greystone Golf Club

    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.

  93. Donalda

    Ontario, Canada

    Opening for play as a 9-hole layout in 1961, the Donalda Club course underwent a 5-year renovation by Tom McBroom in the mid-1990s. The course then closed for a year in 2013 when all eighteen greens were rebuilt to USGA specification.

  94. Substantial elevation changes on the Mark O’Meara course at Grandview Golf Club let golfers savour some spectacular views of Fairy Lake.

  95. Timber Ridge

    Ontario, Canada

    One of Ontario’s public access gems, the Timber Ridge golf course dates back to the 1990s and was designed by local architect Steven Ward.

  96. Barrie

    Ontario, Canada

    Barrie Country Club celebrated its centenary in 2013 but the course has only been in play since 1970, following a move to a new 200-acre site. Graham Cooke has since carried out a new millennium renovation of the layout.

  97. The Ladies’ Golf Club of Toronto course opened in 1926, two years after Ada Mackenzie founded the club. Stanley Thompson designed the layout and it was the son of one of his associates, David Moote, who renovated the layout in 2005.

  98. The Legends on the Niagara golf facility extends to more than 1,000 acres, encompassing 45-holes in three different layouts. Battlefield, the flagship 18-hole course, is a Doug Carrick production which played host to the Canadian Women’s Open in 2004.

  99. The Oaks Golf Club

    Ontario, Canada

    Designed by Rene Muylaert in 1993, the course at The Oaks Golf Club occupies a 150-acre site above the Thames River Valley, featuring links-inspired holes on the front nine followed by several water-laden holes on the back nine.

  100. Lakeview

    Ontario, Canada

    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.