Royal Montreal Golf Club
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The Royal Montreal Golf Club (French
: Club de Golf Royal Montréal) is the oldest golf club in the Americas, having been founded in 1873. In that year, a small group of eight gentlemen sat in a dockside office and formed the Montreal Golf Club. Eleven years later, in 1884, permission was granted by Queen Victoria
to use the "Royal" prefix.
The first golf course was a 9-hole layout on Fletcher's Field, part of Mount Royal Park, which was shared by the red-coated golfers and other citizens relaxing in what was then the outskirts of Montreal
.
In 1896, the club moved to Dixie, in the parish of Dorval, where it remained until the pressures of urban growth again dictated a decision to move. The clubhouse at Dixie is now the Queen of Angels Academy for Girls.
The last move was to Île-Bizard, Quebec in 1959, where 45 holes were constructed by American golf course architect Dick Wilson. The Blue Course continues to be ranked as one of the "100 Greatest Courses in the World".
Royal Montreal was one of the five founding Clubs of the Royal Canadian Golf Association, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1995. The RCGA is the governing body of golf in Canada and organizes the major national championships, including the Canadian Open, the first of which was played at Royal Montreal in 1904.
In September 2007, Royal Montreal hosted the Presidents Cup
; an event which enables the World's best non-European players to compete in an international team match play
competition against the top 12 PGA Tour
players in the United States.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: Club de Golf Royal Montréal) is the oldest golf club in the Americas, having been founded in 1873. In that year, a small group of eight gentlemen sat in a dockside office and formed the Montreal Golf Club. Eleven years later, in 1884, permission was granted by Queen Victoria
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....
to use the "Royal" prefix.
The first golf course was a 9-hole layout on Fletcher's Field, part of Mount Royal Park, which was shared by the red-coated golfers and other citizens relaxing in what was then the outskirts of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
.
In 1896, the club moved to Dixie, in the parish of Dorval, where it remained until the pressures of urban growth again dictated a decision to move. The clubhouse at Dixie is now the Queen of Angels Academy for Girls.
The last move was to Île-Bizard, Quebec in 1959, where 45 holes were constructed by American golf course architect Dick Wilson. The Blue Course continues to be ranked as one of the "100 Greatest Courses in the World".
Royal Montreal was one of the five founding Clubs of the Royal Canadian Golf Association, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1995. The RCGA is the governing body of golf in Canada and organizes the major national championships, including the Canadian Open, the first of which was played at Royal Montreal in 1904.
In September 2007, Royal Montreal hosted the Presidents Cup
Presidents Cup
The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world less Europe. Europe competes against the U.S. in a similar but considerably older event, the Ryder Cup. The Presidents Cup is held biennially...
; an event which enables the World's best non-European players to compete in an international team match play
Match play
Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes...
competition against the top 12 PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
players in the United States.
External links
- List of Civilian organizations with prefix "Royal" - Heritage Canada.
- List of civilian organizations with the prefix "Royal" prepared by the Department of Canadian Heritage
- Royal Montreal Golf Club
- Course rankings
Royal Montreal Golf Club Professionals since 1873
- Willie Davis
- Albert Murray
- Charles Murray
- Pat Fletcher
- Ron Janes
- Bruce Murray
- John Hayward
- Bob Hogarth
- Henry Brunton
- Dave Hill
- Dave Perry
- Jeff McDonald
- Mark Cornelissen
- Ken Gasseau
- Peter Chandler
- Rafael Kalamat
- Derek Ackford
- Ryan Ellis
- Sean Godfrey
- Tyler Cooper