The Club has a long tradition of excellence! The original property was owned and farmed by the Peever Family as early as 1825. Their home, the
Old Stone House, once stood as a monument to our past. Today, this landmark remains with us as the Golf Club logo. The logo is a reminder of our past and the people who literally laid the groundwork for our success today! The Old Stone House stood between the 18th fairway and the 10th tee. Picture as you gaze over the 10th and 18th fairways, men with teams of horses pulling stumps. This make-work project was spearheaded by Mr. H.A. Jordan, Mr. M.T. Duggan and Mr. M.J. O'Brien in 1929. A humble start for our Golf Club.
The architect for the "back nine" was captain Melville Millar, secretary-Manager of Islington Golf Course. Word has it that Captain Millar had very close ties with Stanley Thompson, the great Canadian architect.
The first Club Championship saw Robert R. Steele defeat R. Baxter six and five in a 36-hole match in 1929.
Our "front nine" came into play in 1973 and the architect was Owen Scott from Guelph.
All 18 of our green complexes were completely redesigned in the fall of 2000 with large and challenging bent grass surfaces, new free-form bunkers, characteristic mounding and rolling surrounds. The architect for
this major reconstruction project was Steven Ward of Golf Plan Associates of Picton, Ontario.
The tradition lives on!