PGA of Canada

20 Golf Facilities in Canada 2017 Edition © Golf Canada and The PGA of Canada CASE STUDIES World-renowned architect Dr. Michael Hurdzan recently renovated the course, which was first designed in 1920 by Willie Park, Jr. WHILE CANADA celebrates its 150th anniversary, and there is innumer- able celebrations filled with pomp and circumstance in Ottawa, the golf world will also be visiting the Nation's Capital, repeatedly, over the course of 2017. Flagstick Magazine, which covers all things golf in the region, counts 168 golf courses within two hours of Ottawa stretching from Eastern Ontario to Western Quebec. And with golf facilities in the Ottawa area receiving national praise, and being selected for a variety of national championships — for both amateurs and professionals — it's no surprise to see that golf plays a role in the success of Canada's 150th celebrations. For starters, the Canadian Pacific Women's Open returns to the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club for the first time since 2008. Recently, the 27-hole private facility just minutes from the Ottawa Airport bestowed Brooke Henderson with an honourary membership. The young Canadian phenom will certainly be a fan favourite that week. World-renowned architect Dr. Michael Hurdzan recently renovated the course, which was first designed in 1920 by Willie Park, Jr. Dr. Hurdzan was chosen as the architect in charge of the reconfiguration and reconstruction of the South and West nines, plus a new practice facility, which began in 2012. Meanwhile, Camelot Golf and Coun- try Club — an 18-hole private facility in Cumberland, Ontario, about 20 minutes east of Parliament Hill — will host the Canadian Junior Girls Championship as well as the Canadian Pacific Women's Open Monday Qualifier. The Tom McBroom layout celebrat- ed its 25th anniversary in 2016 and was the highest-ranked golf course in Eastern Ontario per SCOREGolf Magazine's biennial ranking of the Top 100 in Canada. The course, which overlooks the Ottawa River, is a combination of links- style holes in a meadowland — featur- ing fescue and undulating fairways and greens — and parkland holes dug through mature trees and a woodsy parkland, giving golfers a fantastic contrast throughout their 18 holes. Finally, The Marshes Golf Club — dubbed Ottawa's premier public facility — will once again host the World Junior Girls Championship in Septem- ber. A 27-hole facility, The Marshes 18-hole championship layout is a co-de- sign between Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Jr., and features an untraditional site filled with many natural features like forests, meadows, and wetlands. The facility also features a Europe- an-style par three course, a small-scale version of The Marshes called the Marchwood Golf Course and a brand- new miniature putt-putt golf course. Although The Marshes is a premium public facility, there are a plethora of other public-access facilities in the Otta- wa area that give golfers of all skill levels the opportunity to test their games. Take, for example, Perth Golf Course. About an hour from Ottawa's downtown core, Perth is the oldest golf course in Canada to remain in continu- ous play on the same site. Three of the holes (currently No's 1, 8 and 9) are still in the same location as when they were designed in 1890. The course celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2015, making it nearly as old as Canada itself. Eastern Ontario, and specifically the Ottawa area, has an embarrass- ment of riches when it comes to public and private golf facilities, and as the country's eyes are focused on its Nation's Capital in 2017, its golf layouts will be at the forefront as well. Golfing in the Nation's Capital, as Canada celebrates 150 years. M A R S H E S G O L F C LU B , K A N ATA , O N TA R I O

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