Ontario's Top 50 Golf Courses 2001

As voted by the Ontario Golf News' select panelists.

The Top Builders

The following golf course architects personally designed, or had a major hand in the design, of at least 2 Top 50 Ontario golf courses.

Stanley Thompson - 13
Thomas McBroom - 10
Doug Carrick - 4
Robert Cupp - 4
Harry Colt - 2
Michael Hurdzan - 2
Rene Muylaert - 2
Willie Park Jr. - 2
Robbie Robinson - 2
Donald Ross - 2
Walter Travis - 2

The Top 15 you can play

Rocky Crest GC, Mactier*

Glen Abbey GC, Oakville

Angus Glen GC, Markham

The Lake Joseph Club, Port Carling*

Deerhurst Highlands GC, Huntsville

Osprey Valley GC (Heathlands), Caledon

Eagle Creek GC, Dunrobin

Wooden Sticks GC, Uxbridge

National Pines GC, Barrie

Lionhead GC (Legends), Brampton

St. Andrew's Valley GC, Aurora

Whirlpool GC, Niagara Falls

Oliver's Nest GC, Lindsay

Woodington Lake G&CC, Tottenham

Peninsula Lakes GC, Fenwick

* Anyone staying at a Clublink resort is entitled to play the resort courses

The Panelists and their Top 5 Picks

A total of 52 panelists were contacted to participate in the inaugural Ontario Golf News Top 50. Of those, 45 submitted their Top 50 packages within the time allotted.

Doug Ball Golf Photographer 1. Devil's Paintbrush 2. Hamilton G&CC 3. The National GC 4. Devil's Pulpit GA 5. Glen Abbey GC	Bob Beacuchemin Pro. - Oakdale G&CC 1. The National GC 2. St. George's G&CC 3. King Valley GC 4. Eagle Creek GC 5. Oakdale G&CC	Gayle Borthwick Golf Hall of Famer 1. The National GC 2. St. George's G&CC 3. The Toronto GC 4. Hamilton G&CC 5. Westmount G&CC	Bob Borthwick Amateur Player 1. St. George's G&CC 2. Glen Abbey GC 3. The National GC 4. The Toronto GC 5. Hamilton G&CC	Henry Brunton National Golf Coach 1. Hamilton G&CC 2. St. George's G&CC 3. The National GC 4. Angus Glen GC (South) 5. Glen Abbey GC
Ashley Chinner Professional Golfer 1. Devil's Paintbrush GC 2. The National GC 3. St. Thomas G&CC 4. Brantford G&CC 5. Glen Abbey GC	Honey Crossley OLGA 1. Hamilton G&CC 2. Angus Glen GC (South) 3. Wooden Sticks GC 4. National Pines G&CC 5. Idylwylde G&CC	Paul Dermott CGCSA-Ontario 1. Beacon Hall GC 2. Devil's Paintbrush GC 3. Deer Ridge G&CC 4. St. George's G&CC 5. The Toronto GC	A.E. Dodds-Hebron Amateur Player 1. St. George's G&CC 2. Hamilton G&CC 3. Weston G&CC 4. Essex G&CC 5. Brantford G&CC	Jon Drewery Professional Golfer 1. Redtail GC 2. The National GC 3. Deer Ridge G&CC 4. Heron Point GL 5. Mad River GC
Mike Francis Wilson Sporting Goods 1. St. George's G&CC 2. The National GC 3. The Toronto GC 4. Redtail GC 5. Hamilton G&CC	Grant Fraser Golf Mgmt. Inst. of Can. 1. St. George's G&CC 2. Glen Abbey GC 3. Redtail GC 4. The National GC 5. Devil's Paintbrush GC	Chris Goodwin Co-Owner, Redtail GC 1. Redtail GC 2. St. George's G&CC 3. The National GC 4. Glen Abbey GC 5. Westmount G&CC	Dave Govan Brittania Hills GC 1. Rocky Crest GC 2. Beacon Hall GC 3. Devil's Paintbrush GC 4. The Toronto GC 5. Wooden Sticks GC	Michael Grange The Globe & Mail 1. St. George's G&CC 2. The National GC 3. Rocky Crest GC 4. Osprey Valley GC 5. Angus Glen GC (South)
Richard Grimm Golf Hall of Famer 1. Glen Abbey GC 2. The National GC 3. St. George's G&CC 4. Westmount G&CC 5. Heron Point GL	Gar Hamilton Mississaugua G&CC 1. The National GC 2. Glen Abbey GC 3. St. George's G&CC 4. Beacon Hall GC 5. Hamilton G&CC	Eric Hanson Amateur Player 1. The National GC 2. St. George's G&CC 3. London Hunt 4. Redtail GC 5. Mississaugua G&CC	Tom Jackson Glen Abbey GC 1. The National GC 2. St. George's G&CC 3. Heron Point GL 4. Essex G&CC 5. Rocky Crest GC	Bill 'Skip' Johns Kitchener-Waterloo Rec. 1. Devil's Pulpit GC 2. Westmount G&CC 3. Hamilton G&CC 4. Deer Ridge G&CC 5. Brantford G&CC
Steve Johnson KPMG, Partner 1. Beacon Hall GC 2. The National GC 3. St. George's G&CC 4. Westmount G&CC 5. Hamilton G&CC	David Kaufman Magna GC 1. Rocky Crest GC 2. Redtail GC 3. The Toronto GC 4. Devil's Paintbrush GC 5. The National GC	Dan Keogh Former Cdn. Tour Player 1. St. George's G&CC 2. The National GC 3. Redtail GC 4. Brantford G&CC 5. St. Thomas G&CC	Mary Ann Lapointe Amateur Player 1. The Toronto GC 2. St.George's G&CC 3. Westmount G&CC 4. Cataraqui G&CC 5. London Hunt	Brent Long Cambridge Reporter 1. Beacon Hall GC 2. Hamilton G&CC 3. Westmount G&CC 4. Devil's Pulpit GC 5. King Valley GC
Charles Lorimer ClubLink Corporation 1. The National GC 2. St. George's G&CC 3. Glen Abbey GC 4. Westmount G&CC 5. Rocky Crest GC	Howard Mandelbaum Amateur Player 1. St. George's G&CC 2. The National GC 3. Redtail GC 4. Hamilton G&CC 5. Oakdale G&CC	Peter McCarthy Amateur Player 1. The National GC 2. Redtail GC 3. St. George's G&CC 4. Hamilton G&CC 5. Beacon Hall GC	Ted McIntyre Ontario Golf News 1. Hamilton G&CC 2. Glen Abbey GC 3. The National GC 4. Redtail GC 5. Deerhurst Highlands	Garry McKay Hamilton Spectator 1. Hamilton G&CC 2. The National GC 3. Rocky Crest GC 4. St. George's G&CC 5. Lookout Point CC
Chima McLean Executive Golf Academy 1. Westmount G&CC 2. Hamilton G&CC 3. Angus Glen GC (South) 4. Beacon Hall GC 5. Brantford G&CC	Dave Mills OGA 1. The National GC 2. Beacon Hall GC 3. St. George's G&CC 4. London Hunt 5. Angus Glen GC (South)	David Morland IV Professional Golfer 1. The National GC 2. Beacon Hall GC 3. St. George's G&CC 4. Devil's Paintbrush GC 5. Heron Point GL	Tim O'Connor Golf Journalist 1. Glen Abbey GC 2. St. George's G&CC 3. The National GC 4. Rocky Crest GC 5. Devil's Paintbrush GC	John Porter Rosedale GC 1. Redtail GC 2. The National GC 3. Beacon Hall GC 4. Devil's Paintbrush GC 5. Devil's Pulpit GA
Wayne Roth CGCSA of Ontario 1. St. George's G&CC 2. The National GC 3. Hamilton G&CC 4. Devil's Paintbrush GC 5. Deer Ridge G&CC	Lorne Rubenstein Golf Journalist 1. The National GC 2. Redtail GC 3. Hamilton G&CC 4. The Toronto GC 5. Westmount G&CC	David Sanders Amateur Player 1. Westmount G&CC 2. Glen Abbey GC 3. Hamilton G&CC 4. The National GC 5. Devil's Pulpit GC	Jack Sasseville ClubLink Corporation 1. Rocky Crest GC 2. Beacon Hall GC 3. King Valley GC 4. Summit G&CC 5. Lake Joseph Club	Bruce Simmonds CEO, ClubLink 1. Rocky Crest GC 2. The National GC 3. Hamilton G&CC 4. King Valley GC 5. Glen Abbey GC
Marlene Streit Golf Hall of Famer 1. Lookout Point CC 2. St. George's G&CC 3. Westmount G&CC 4. The Toronto GC 5. Redtail GC	Warren Sye Amateur Player 1. The National GC 2. Redtail GC 3. St. George's G&CC 4. Hamilton G&CC 5. Weston G&CC	Robert Thompson Golf Journalist 1. Glen Abbey GC 2. Angus Glen GC (South) 3. Redtail GC 4. Devil's Paintbrush GC 5. Rocky Crest GC	Ryley Webb Amateur Player 1. The National GC 2. Deer Ridge G&CC 3. Lake Joseph GC 4. Rocky Crest GC 5. Rosedale GC	Rick Young Golf Journalist Assoc 1. Redtail GC 2. Hamilton GC 3. St. George's G&CC 4. Glen Abbey GC 5. Toronto GC

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