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.

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St George's Golf & Country Club - Ontario

St George's Golf & Country Club - Ontario

Toronto, 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.

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Hamilton Golf & Country Club (West & South)

Hamilton Golf & Country Club (West & South)

Hamilton, Ontario

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.

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Toronto Golf Club (Colt)

Toronto Golf Club (Colt)

Mississauga, Ontario

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

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The Pulpit Club (Paintbrush)

The Pulpit Club (Paintbrush)

Ontario, Canada

Devil’s Paintbrush is as close to a links style of course that you can get over terrain that is nowhere near the sea...

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Beacon Hall Golf Club

Beacon Hall Golf Club

Aurora, Ontario

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.

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National Golf Club of Canada

National Golf Club of Canada

Vaughan, Ontario

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.

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Redtail

Redtail

Port Stanley, Ontario

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.

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Oviinbyrd Golf Club

Oviinbyrd Golf Club

MacTier, Ontario

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.

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Muskoka Bay Resort

Muskoka Bay Resort

Gravenhurst, Ontario

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.

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Westmount Golf & Country Club

Westmount Golf & Country Club

Kitchener, Ontario

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.

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Goodwood Golf Club

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...

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Coppinwood

Coppinwood

Goodwood, Ontario

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...

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Bigwin Island

Bigwin Island

Baysville, Ontario

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...

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Mississaugua Golf & Country Club

Mississaugua Golf & Country Club

Mississauga, Ontario

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.

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The Pulpit Club (Pulpit)

The Pulpit Club (Pulpit)

Caledon Village, Ontario

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

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St Thomas

St Thomas

Union, Ontario

Formed in 1899, St Thomas is one of the oldest golf clubs in Canada, originally known as St Thomas Pinafore Park Golf Club.

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Rosedale Golf Club

Rosedale Golf Club

Toronto, Ontario

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

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Lookout Point Country Club

Lookout Point Country Club

Pelham, Ontario

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...

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Kawartha Golf Club

Kawartha Golf Club

Peterborough, Ontario

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

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Rocky Crest

Rocky Crest

MacTier, Ontario

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

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Scarboro

Scarboro

Toronto, Ontario

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...

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London Hunt

London Hunt

London, Ontario

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.

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Essex Golf & Country Club

Essex Golf & Country Club

Windsor, Ontario

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

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Summit Golf Club

Summit Golf Club

Richmond Hill, Ontario

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...

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Weston Golf & Country Club

Weston Golf & Country Club

Toronto, Ontario

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.

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Mad River

Mad River

Creemore, Ontario

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

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Georgian Bay

Georgian Bay

Clarksburg, Ontario

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.

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Eagles Nest

Eagles Nest

Vaughan, Ontario

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.”

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Cherry Hill Club

Cherry Hill Club

Fort Erie, Ontario

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.

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Cataraqui

Cataraqui

Kingston, Ontario

“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.

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TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Hoot)

TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Hoot)

Alton, Ontario

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.

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Cobble Beach Golf Links

Cobble Beach Golf Links

Kemble, Ontario

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.

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TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Heathlands)

TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Heathlands)

Alton, Ontario

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.

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Ridge at Manitou

Ridge at Manitou

Parry Sound, Ontario

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

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Taboo Muskoka Golf Course

Taboo Muskoka Golf Course

Gravenhurst, Ontario

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...

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Brantford

Brantford

Brantford, Ontario

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.

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Maple Downs

Maple Downs

Vaughan, Ontario

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

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Ottawa Hunt (Gold)

Ottawa Hunt (Gold)

Ottawa, Ontario

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.

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Thornhill (Championship)

Thornhill (Championship)

Vaughan, Ontario

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.

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Black Bear Ridge

Black Bear Ridge

Belleville, Ontario

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.

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Glen Abbey

Glen Abbey

Oakville, Ontario

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...

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Wyndance

Wyndance

Uxbridge, Ontario

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

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Tarandowah Golfers Club

Tarandowah Golfers Club

Springfield, Ontario

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

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Deerhurst (Highlands)

Deerhurst (Highlands)

Huntsville, Ontario

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...

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Port Carling

Port Carling

Port Carling, Ontario

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.

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Deer Ridge

Deer Ridge

Kitchener, Ontario

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.

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Camelot

Camelot

Ottawa, Ontario

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.

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Oakdale (Homenuik & Thompson)

Oakdale (Homenuik & Thompson)

Toronto, Ontario

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

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Windermere - Ontario

Windermere - Ontario

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.

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TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North)

TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North)

Alton, Ontario

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.

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Lambton (Championship)

Lambton (Championship)

Toronto, Ontario

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.

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The Nest at Friday Harbour

The Nest at Friday Harbour

Innisfil, Ontario

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.

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Burlington Golf & Country Club

Burlington Golf & Country Club

Burlington, Ontario

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.

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Copper Creek Golf Club

Copper Creek Golf Club

Vaughan, Ontario

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.

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Magna Golf Club

Magna Golf Club

Aurora, Ontario

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

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Credit Valley

Credit Valley

Mississauga, Ontario

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.

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St Andrew's East

St Andrew's East

Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario

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.

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King Valley

King Valley

King City, Ontario

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.

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Eagle Creek

Eagle Creek

Dunrobin, Ontario

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.

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Niagara Parks (Whirlpool)

Niagara Parks (Whirlpool)

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

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.

Other courses in Ontario

Royal Woodbine

Royal Woodbine

Toronto, Ontario

Water comes into play at all eighteen holes on the pay-and-play, Michael Hurdzan-designed Royal Woodbine Golf Club, but the Toronto club did not come by its regal title legitimately.

Ambassador

Ambassador

Windsor, Ontario

A modern Tom McBroom design that opened for play in 2005, the 18-hole layout at Ambassador Golf Club hosted several prestigious provincial championships for the Golf Association of Ontario during its first decade of operation.

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