Hamilton Golf and Country Club is located in Ancaster, Ontario. Ancaster is a suburban community in the southwest of Hamilton Ontario, Canada with which it amalgamated in 2001
The club began in 1894. [1] Renowned English golf architect Harry Shapland Colt designed 18 of the current 27 holes in 1914, with Canadian golf architect Robbie Robinson adding a third nine in 1974. Harry Shapland Colt ( August 4, 1869 - November 21, 1951) was a Golf course architect born in East Hendred Berkshire, [2]
The club has hosted four Canadian Opens. The Canadian Open (currently sponsored as the RBC Canadian Open) is a Golf tournament which was founded in 1904 The course was lengthened and renovated in the late 1990s, in preparation for the recent Opens. The current Chedoke Golf Club, now a municipal course, was the original ground of the Hamilton Golf and Country Club.
Hamilton Golf and Country Club has been long regarded as one of the top golf courses in Canada, currently ranking second on Canada's list of best golf courses by Scoregolf magazine.
- Canadian Open 1919, won by J. The Canadian Open (currently sponsored as the RBC Canadian Open) is a Golf tournament which was founded in 1904 Douglas Edgar
- Canadian Open 1930, won by Tommy Armour
- Canadian Open 2003, won by Bob Tway
- Canadian Open 2006, won by Jim Furyk
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The Canadian Open (currently sponsored as the RBC Canadian Open) is a Golf tournament which was founded in 1904 PGA Tour wins (25 1920 (1 Pinehurst Fall Pro-Am Bestball (as an amateur with Leo Diegel) 1925 (1 Florida West Coast Open 1926 The Canadian Open (currently sponsored as the RBC Canadian Open) is a Golf tournament which was founded in 1904 Amateur wins this list may be incomplete 1978 Trans-Mississippi Amateur 1980 Southern Amateur Professional The Canadian Open (currently sponsored as the RBC Canadian Open) is a Golf tournament which was founded in 1904 Biography Furyk was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His early years were spent in the Pittsburgh suburbs learning the game from his father whoDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic