‘Nature must always be the architect’s model’ Stanley Thompson.Unlike most of the classic courses in North America, the idea to bring golfers to the remote eastern province of Nova Scotia was formed during the depression years of the 1930’s, the Nation
A privileged members-only golf and country club, St. George’s actually started life in 1929 as a public course built within one of Canada’s first golf estates close to downtown Toronto. With a growing reputation for producing fine golf courses on fine golf land, Stanley Thompson was s
Situated on Vancouver’s north shore, the Capilano Golf & Country Club lies within a prime residential estate developed in the 1920’s and 30’s by Ireland’s Guinness Brewery Family. Blessed with terrific views over the city’s harbour, the course is a credit to desi
Founded by the brains behind the hugely successful Trivial Pursuit board game, the Devil’s Pulpit Golf Association boasts two wild courses in the rolling countryside of Ontario’s Niagara Escarpment. Less than five miles separate the original Devil’s Pulpit course from the slight
Situated just two hours from Banff Springs and built within a similarly impressive Alpine setting, Greywolf is a breathtaking modern course located at the base of a ski resort in the Purcell Mountains. Boasting almost constant 360 degree mountain panoramas, the course is also home to one of the m
‘If you have the money to spend, there is no reason why you should not have one of the finest golf courses in America.’ Harry Colt to the Hamilton Golf & Country ClubThe Hamilton Golf & Country Club was born in 1894 when golfing enthusiasts established a t
The first of Stanley Thompson’s two alpine classics, the Jasper Park Lodge golf course was built in a large lakeside valley and framed by some of Alberta’s most magnificent mountain ranges. Unlike his Banff Springs site, where the mountains directly overlook the course, here they prov
The golfing highlight of Ontario’s rapidly developing Muskoka region is Oviinbyrd, an ultra-exclusive club servicing less than 200 members who enjoy exceptional facilities and immaculate golf in the area’s serene rock-strewn hills. Thomas McBroom’s design makes good use of the s
High in the rocky mountains of Alberta, the Banff Springs golf course is a Stanley Thompson design that lies in a valley beneath both the majestic Fairmont ‘Castle in the Clouds’ hotel and the magnificent Banff mountain range. Having successfully built the Jasper Park golf course for
