
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.
St George's Golf & Country Club - Ontario
Ontario, Canada
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.
Hamilton Golf & Country Club (West & South)
Ontario, Canada
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.
Toronto Golf Club (Colt)
Ontario, Canada
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.
The Pulpit Club (Paintbrush)
Ontario, Canada
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...
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.
National Golf Club of Canada
Ontario, Canada
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.
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.
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.
Westmount Golf & Country Club
Ontario, Canada
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.
Goodwood Golf Club
Ontario, Canada
Goodwood Golf Club
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...
Coppinwood
Ontario, Canada
Coppinwood
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...
Bigwin Island
Ontario, Canada
Bigwin Island
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...
Mississaugua Golf & Country Club
Ontario, Canada
Mississaugua Golf & Country Club
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.
The Pulpit Club (Pulpit)
Ontario, Canada
The Pulpit Club (Pulpit)
Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry fashioned Devil's Pulpit, a track that defines everything that is exciting in modern golf course design...
Rosedale Golf Club
Ontario, Canada
Rosedale Golf Club
One of the oldest golfing institutions in the greater Toronto area, Rosedale Golf Club was established in the Don Valley back in 1893...
Lookout Point Country Club
Ontario, Canada
Lookout Point Country Club
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...
Kawartha Golf Club
Ontario, Canada
Kawartha Golf Club
Kawartha Golf & Country Club is a Stanley Thompson design with, as one might expect from its eminent designer, an excellent set of par threes...
Rocky Crest
Ontario, Canada
Rocky Crest
Rocky Crest Golf Resort is situated on the western shores of Lake Joseph, and the golf course opened for play in 2000.
London Hunt
Ontario, Canada
London Hunt
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.
Essex Golf & Country Club
Ontario, Canada
Essex Golf & Country Club
The Donald Ross greens at Essex Golf & Country Club are prominent because they dominate a very flat, largely featureless property...
Summit Golf Club
Ontario, Canada
Summit Golf Club
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...
Weston Golf & Country Club
Ontario, Canada
Weston Golf & Country Club
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.
Georgian Bay
Ontario, Canada
Georgian Bay
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.
Eagles Nest
Ontario, Canada
Eagles Nest
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.”
Cherry Hill Club
Ontario, Canada
Cherry Hill Club
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.
TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Hoot)
Ontario, Canada
TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Hoot)
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.
Cobble Beach Golf Links
Ontario, Canada
Cobble Beach Golf Links
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.
TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Heathlands)
Ontario, Canada
TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Heathlands)
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.
Ridge at Manitou
Ontario, Canada
Ridge at Manitou
Thomas McBroom, one of Canada’s most prolific modern golf course architects, designed the 18 holes for the Ridge at Manitou.
Taboo Muskoka Golf Course
Ontario, Canada
Taboo Muskoka Golf Course
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...
Maple Downs
Ontario, Canada
Maple Downs
The lush, parkland fairways of Maple Downs Golf & Country Club have been modified over the years by a number of renowned architects...
Ottawa Hunt (Gold)
Ontario, Canada
Ottawa Hunt (Gold)
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.
Thornhill (Championship)
Ontario, Canada
Thornhill (Championship)
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.
Black Bear Ridge
Ontario, Canada
Black Bear Ridge
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.
Glen Abbey
Ontario, Canada
Glen Abbey
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...
Tarandowah Golfers Club
Ontario, Canada
Tarandowah Golfers Club
Designed by Martin Hawtree, the highly rated public access course at Tarandowah Golfers Club is proud to promote “the adventure of pure golf”.
Deerhurst (Highlands)
Ontario, Canada
Deerhurst (Highlands)
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...
Port Carling
Ontario, Canada
Port Carling
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.
Deer Ridge
Ontario, Canada
Deer Ridge
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.
Oakdale (Homenuik & Thompson)
Ontario, Canada
Oakdale (Homenuik & Thompson)
Now a 27-hole facility, Oakdale Golf and Country Club’s inaugural eighteen holes were designed by Stanley Thompson back in 1926.
Windermere - Ontario
Ontario, Canada
Windermere - Ontario
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.
TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North)
Ontario, Canada
TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North)
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.
Lambton (Championship)
Ontario, Canada
Lambton (Championship)
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.
The Nest at Friday Harbour
Ontario, Canada
The Nest at Friday Harbour
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.
Burlington Golf & Country Club
Ontario, Canada
Burlington Golf & Country Club
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.
Copper Creek Golf Club
Ontario, Canada
Copper Creek Golf Club
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.
Magna Golf Club
Ontario, Canada
Magna Golf Club
The very private and exclusive Magna Golf Club is yet another design from the prolific drawing board of Doug Carrick...
Credit Valley
Ontario, Canada
Credit Valley
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.
St Andrew's East
Ontario, Canada
St Andrew's East
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.
King Valley
Ontario, Canada
King Valley
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.
Eagle Creek
Ontario, Canada
Eagle Creek
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.
Niagara Parks (Whirlpool)
Ontario, Canada
Niagara Parks (Whirlpool)
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.
Bond Head (South)
Ontario, Canada
Bond Head (South)
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.
Whitewater
Ontario, Canada
Whitewater
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.
Sunningdale (Thompson)
Ontario, Canada
Sunningdale (Thompson)
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.
Emerald Hills (Parkland & Forest)
Ontario, Canada
Emerald Hills (Parkland & Forest)
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.
Seguin Valley
Ontario, Canada
Seguin Valley
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.
Heron Point
Ontario, Canada
Heron Point
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.
Rideau View
Ontario, Canada
Rideau View
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.
Cutten Fields
Ontario, Canada
Cutten Fields
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.
Lake Joseph
Ontario, Canada
Lake Joseph
The Lake Joseph Club is set within 421 acres of prime Muskoka countryside and it was designed by celebrated golf course architect Thomas McBroom...
Crimson Ridge
Ontario, Canada
Crimson Ridge
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.
King's Forest
Ontario, Canada
King's Forest
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.
Timberwolf
Ontario, Canada
Timberwolf
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.
Grand Niagara
Ontario, Canada
Grand Niagara
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.
Cedar Brae
Ontario, Canada
Cedar Brae
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...
Wooden Sticks
Ontario, Canada
Wooden Sticks
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.