Scarboro Golf and Country Club
The Scarboro Golf and Country Club is a private club in eastern Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located in the southern portion of the former city of Scarborough. It has facilities for curling and an 18-hole golf course that is ranked among the top courses in Canada.[1]
The club's history began in 1912. Its 144 acre site is located in the Scarboro Heights district, approximately 12 miles from downtown Toronto. Its course was originally designed by George Cumming and was extensively changed in 1924 under the direction of one of the America's celebrated designers, A. W. Tillinghast (who designed noted courses U.S. Open courses - Baltusrol Golf Club, Bethpage Black and Winged Foot amongst others), in his only work outside of the United States.[2] In 1947, legendary golf course designer Stanley Thompson was commissioned to reduce the severity of some of the slopes on the course including major work on a hill on the eighth hole.[3] The course plays to par 71, and it plays to 6,526 yards from the back tees through the Highland Creek valley.
The club has been host of the Canadian Open golf tournament four times, as follows:
- 1940 won by Sam Snead
- 1947 won by Bobby Locke
- 1953 won by Dave Douglas
- 1963 won by Doug Ford in a playoff with Al Geiberger
Numerous other professional and amateur events have been conducted on the club's fairways, most recently hosting the 2012 CPGA Tour Championship. In hosting the 1958 Canadian Amateur Championship, a first round casualty was an 18-year-old Jack Nicklaus.[4] In 1961, the course was one of 25 that hosted the World Series of Golf matches between Masters and British Open champions, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player.[5]
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Coordinates: 43°45′13″N 79°12′42″W / 43.7537°N 79.2118°W