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SPORTS / GOLF
List: Top Ten Canadian Golf Courses
Date: 2002
Source: ScoreGolf magazine
Base: A panel of over 45 golf professionals, amateurs, media, superindendents and Canadian golfing luminaries voted for the what they felt were Canada's top courses according to Condition, Design and Enjoyability elements.
Notes: St. George's golf club was voted number one. Designed in 1929 by Canadian architect Stanley Thompson, it is sited near the banks of the Humber River in West Toronto. It has hosted four Canadian Opens and hosts events for the PGA, Senior PGA and LPGA tours.
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Rank
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Course
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Architect
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Opened
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Location
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Public
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1
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St. George's G&CC
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Stanley Thompson
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1928
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Islington, Ontario
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NO
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2
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Highlands Links
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Stanley Thompson
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1939
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Ingonish Beach, N.S.
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YES
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3
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Capilano G&CC
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Stanley Thompson
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1937
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West Vancouver, B.C.
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NO
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4
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The National Golf Club of Canada
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Tom Fazio
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1975
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Woodbridge, Ontario
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NO
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5
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Redtail Golf Course
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Donald Steel
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1992
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St. Thomas, Ontario
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NO
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6
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The Links at Crowbush Cove
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Thomas McBroom
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1993
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Morell, PEI
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YES
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7
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Royal Montreal Golf Club - Blue Course
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Dick Wilson
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1959
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Ile Bizard, Quebec
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NO
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8
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The Lake Joseph Club
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Thomas McBroom
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1997
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Port Carling, Ontario
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YES
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9
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Hamilton G&CC - South & West Nines
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Harry Colt
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1914
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Ancaster, Ontario
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NO
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10
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Beacon Hall Golf Club
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Cupp / McBroom
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1988
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Aurora, Ontario
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NO
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