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| Coordinates | 45°20′26″N75°41′05″W / 45.3405°N 75.6847°W /45.3405; -75.6847 |
| Location | 1Hunt Club Road Ottawa,Ontario K1V 1B9 |
| Established | 1908, 117 years ago |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 27 |
| Website | ottawahuntclub.org |
| Gold | |
| Designed by | Willie Park, Jnr.[1] |
| Par | 72[1] |
| Length | 6,864 yards (6,276 m)[1] |
| Course rating | 73.8[citation needed] |
| Slope rating | 136 |
| Red | |
| Par | 72[1] |
| Length | 6,834 yards (6,249 m)[1] |
| Blue | |
| Designed by | Willie Park, Jnr. & Tom McBroom[1] |
| Par | 72[1] |
| Length | 6,808 yards (6,225 m)[1] |
| Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club | |
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| Location | 1Hunt Club Road Ottawa,Ontario K1V 1B9 |
| Information | |
| Established | 1959, 66 years ago (Curling) |
| Club type | Dedicated ice |
| Curling Canada region | OCA Zone 2 |
| Sheets of ice | Six |
| Rock colours | Red and Yellow |
| Website | ottawahuntclub.org/curling |
TheOttawa Hunt and Golf Club, often referred to asOttawa Hunt or theHunt Club, is a privategolf andcurling club in Canada, located inOttawa,Ontario. Founded 117 years ago in 1908 as a hunting club, it has hosted many world-class professional and amateur golf tournaments, along with many high-profile Canadian curling events.
With golf entering into a boom period afterWorld War I, with enormous demand for new facilities, the Ottawa Hunt Club expanded into golf in 1919. Its South and West nines, usually paired together as its main tournament course, were designed byWillie Park, Jnr. (1864−1925), a two-timeBritish Open champion (1887,1889), one of the era's topgolf architects, and a member of theWorld Golf Hall of Fame.[2][3]
Its curling facility was opened in 1959, and has six sheets of ice.[4]
JournalistEddie MacCabe wrote a history book for the 75th anniversary of the club, published in 1983.[5][6]
The golf course was redesigned, mainly for its green complexes, byTom McBroom in 1989. The club's latest renovation, with a primary aim to implement more expansive practice facilities, was performed by Dr.Michael Hurdzan in 2013; this work reduced the par from 72 to 71, as one par-four hole was replaced by a new par-three hole.[4]
The Club hosted theCanadian Open in 1932; this tournament was won byWorld Golf Hall of FamerHarry Cooper.
Ottawa Hunt hosted theAmericas Cup golf matches in 1960; this event (which ended after 1967) saw the United States, Canada, andMexico compete in amateur team play. The American team was led by future World Golf Hall of Fame membersJack Nicklaus andDeane Beman, yet defeated Canada only narrowly, by 21.5 to 20, with Mexico trailing in third place.[7]
It hosted theCanadian Amateur Championship in 1937; this event was won by Canadian Golf Hall of Fame memberRoss Somerville, for his last of six titles. It hosted theCanadian Amateur Championship in 1960; this event was won by Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member Keith Alexander.[8] It hosted theCanadian Amateur Championship in 1970; this event was won byAllen Miller, who turned professional shortly afterwards, and went on to win on the PGA Tour.[citation needed]
The club hosted the 1994du Maurier Classic, then a major championship, on theLPGA Tour, won byMartha Nause with a score of 279 (nine under par) for four rounds.
It hosted theLPGA Tour'sCNCanadian Women's Open in August2008, celebrating the club's centennial.Katherine Hull won with a score of 277 (−11), one stroke ahead of runner-upSe Ri Pak, withYani Tseng a further stroke back in third place;[9] Tseng set a new ladies' competitive course record with 64 (–8) in round two, spread over two days due to weather.[10] The 2008 edition of the tournament set new attendance records, with more than 70,000 fans, and raised more thanC$1 million for charity.[citation needed]
In 2017, the club hosted theCPCanadian Women's Open, which was won bySung Hyun Park, who had earlier won the 2017 U.S. Women's Open. Canadian superstarBrooke Henderson, who grew up inSmiths Falls, Ontario, less than an hour's drive from Ottawa Hunt, set a ladies' record for the newly redesigned course with a third-round 63, eight under the revised par of 71. Henderson is an honorary member of the Ottawa Hunt Club.[citation needed]
The scoring record would last until the 2022Canadian Women's Open asPaula Reto would break the course and tournament record shooting a 62 in the opening round. She would go on to win the tournament to mark her 1st LPGA Tour victory.
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