Québec

Golf Québec was established in 2005 when the men of the Québec Golf Association joined forces with the women from the Québec Branch of the Canadian Ladies Golf Association to form a provincial governing body that now looks after the golfing interests of around 62,000 members in almost 300 clubs, ranging from Matane GC in the north east to Brockville CC in the south west. Québec is home to the oldest golf club in North America - Royal Montreal - and this venerable old club was also first to receive the “Royal” prefix (in 1884), first to allow women members (in 1891) and first to host the Canadian Open (in 1904). The club moved to Ile Bizard in the late 1950s where Dick Wilson constructed the Blue and Red 18-hole courses for the membership.

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  1. Set out within a tumbling landscape where the routing allows several spectacular changes in elevation, Memphrémagog Golf Club is already regarded as one of Tom McBroom’s best designs...

  2. Royal Montreal gets all the golfing attention in Quebec but the real gem in the province is Willie Park Jnr’s Old World course at Mount Bruno Country Club...

  3. Royal Montreal Golf Club’s beginnings in 1873 can be traced back to a small group of Scots who got together to recreate their national sport.

  4. Laval-sur-le-lac is one of most prosperous districts in the province of Quebec and it’s in this affluent environment that the private golf club of the same name was formed back in 1917.

  5. Le Geant

    Québec, Canada

    Le Géant ("The Giant") golf course at Mont Tremblant Resort was carved dramatically into the mountainside by Thomas McBroom...

  6. Opening in 2001, Le Maitre de Mont-Tremblant winds its way in two returning loops of nine over 260 acres of woodland along the shores of the Riviere du Diable...

  7. Chateau Montebello

    Québec, Canada

    Connoisseurs of old-fashioned golf course architecture will admire the short par fours on the card (at holes 1, 8, 10 & 12) and they will positively revel in the delights of Château Montebello’s five short holes

  8. Le Diable

    Québec, Canada

    The partnership of Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry was chosen to construct Le Diable (“The Devil”) course at the Mont Tremblant Resort.

  9. Laval-sur-le-Lac really made its mark on the golfing world stage when it became the venue for the 2nd Canada Cup (the forerunner of today’s annual World Cup) in 1954.

  10. Englishman Herbert Strong constructed the original course the Fairmont Manoir Richelieu hotel and US President William H. Taft officially opened it in 1925.

  11. Royal Ottawa

    Québec, Canada

    Founded in 1891, the Ottawa Golf Club – as it was known up until 1912 when King George V granted the club Royal title – moved to its present site a decade after its formation...

  12. Kanawaki

    Québec, Canada

    Located within the Kahnawake Indian Reservation and named after the tribe, the course at Kanawaki Golf Club was designed by Charles and Albert Murray. It opened for play just before the First World War.

  13. The Canadian Open has been played at Club de Golf Beaconsfield on two occasions and both events were won after all-American playoffs.

  14. Royal Montreal (Red)

    Québec, Canada

    Regular players regard the Red course at Royal Montreal Golf Club with more respect as a test of all-round golfing skills.

  15. Host to the Canadian Open in 1971 and 1973, the Rouville course is the premier layout at the 36-hole Club de golf de la Vallée du Richelieu.

  16. Solitude, sand dunes, wind and pot bunkers await at the South course at Club de Golf de L'Ile de Montréal. It’s more than a hint of Pat Ruddy’s Ireland.

  17. Elm Ridge (South)

    Québec, Canada

    Elm Ridge Country Club was founded in 1924 and it’s one of three Montreal golf clubs formed by members of the Jewish community who were previously restricted from belonging to other clubs...

  18. The Bleu and Blanc nines at the 27-hole Club de golf Islesmere were laid out by Willie Park Junior back in 1919 and this fine old course has hosted both the Canadian Open (in 1959) and Canadian Women’s Open (in 1987).

  19. Elm Ridge North

    Québec, Canada

    Elm Ridge Country Club dates back to 1924 but the club moved from Dorval to its present location on the Ile Bizard in the late 1950s, where members now have the use of two 18-hole layouts, the South and the North.

  20. Pinegrove

    Québec, Canada

    Members of the Jewish community formed Pinegrove Country Club in 1957, commissioning Howard Watson to lay out a championship course. Such is the quality of this layout, it twice hosted the Canadian Open within its first decade of operation.

  21. Val des Lacs

    Québec, Canada

    Situated thirty-seven miles northwest of downtown Montreal, the course at Club de Golf Val des Lacs is a Howard Watson design that first opened for play in 1959. Playing to a par of 71, the course now extends to 6,621 yards.

  22. Hillsdale (Laurentien)

    Québec, Canada

    Howard Watson designed both courses at Hillsdale Golf and Country Club and the premier Laurentien layout hosted the Canadian Women’s Open in 2011 and the Canadian Amateur Championship in 1998.

  23. Royal Quebec (Royal)

    Québec, Canada

    The Royal Quebec Golf Club was originally founded in 1874, but the club moved twice before settling on its current location at Boischatel in 1925. This 36-hole facility boasts two courses, Royal and Quebec.

  24. Le Mirage (Carolina)

    Québec, Canada

    Singer Celine Dion, an avid golfer, took her love for the game quite a step further at the end of the 1990s when she purchased Club de Golf Le Mirage.

  25. Falcon

    Québec, Canada

    Opened in 2001, the Graham Cooke-designed course at Falcon Golf is a fine public facility located in the commuter town of Hudson.

  26. Roy Dye, brother of Pete, remodelled the tree-lined fairways at the Country Club of Montreal in 1974. Founded in 1910, this is one of the oldest clubs in the Montreal region.

  27. Graham Cooke laid out both the 18-hole courses at Le Blainvillier, where the fairways of The Heritage and The Royal are routed through mature woodland.

  28. Carling Lake

    Québec, Canada

    Set on the southern shores of Lac Carling, the course at Club de Golf Carling Lake was redesigned by Howard Watson in 1961. Configured with only three par threes and three par fives, the layout is arranged as two returning nines, measuring just under 6,600 yards from the back markers.

  29. Rosemère

    Québec, Canada

    Located half an hour’s drive northwest of downtown Montréal, the fairways of Club De Golf Rosemère (formerly Club de golf Le Fontaineblue) are set out on a rolling, wooded landscape where the final three water-laden holes provide a thrilling finish to the round.

  30. The Island course at L'Ile de Montreal is not as unique as the Ireland course, but it is by no means a more common playground.