If you go to Toronto to play golf, odds are you'll end up at Glen Abbey Golf Club anyway. But if you're on the fence, the on-site Royal Canadian Golf Association Museum pushes it over the edge, Larry Olmsted writes in his latest Beyond the Course column. It's on par with the museums at Valderrama, St. Andrews and Pinehurst but only costs about as much as one Titleist.
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Canada's most prolific Golden Era architect, Stanley Thompson, also known as the "Toronto Terror" for his larger-than-life persona, designed one of his best at Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Course in Alberta. The course is cut out of the Canadian Rockies' largest national park, full of mountain scenery, pine forests and an abundance of elk, bears and coyotes.
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To see Duncan Meadows Golf & Country Club today, it's hard to believe that a little more than a decade ago it was a run-down layout badly in need of some tender loving care. For today, Duncan Meadows, which remains to many outsiders a bit of a hidden gem on the Vancouver Island Golf Trail, is a vibrant golf venue, bursting with character, fun and just enough challenge.
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Located just west of Toronto in Brampton, Lionhead Golf and Country Club is Kaneff Golf's most upscale of the six properties in Ontario. Lionhead is known for its Ted Baker-designed Legends Course, rated among the most difficult golf courses in Canada.
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Going in, I had heard glowing reports from those who played Tobiano before me, and I wasn't disappointed. You can see the lake from every hole, so for the views alone, Tobiano is worth the trip. From a golfer's standpoint, however, the course also receives high marks.
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Named the best new golf course in Canada in 2008, Tobiano is both intimidating and stunning. Perched above the Kamloops Lake in the Thompson-Okanagan region of British Columbia, this Thomas McBroom design resembles a moonscape with turf. With a desert-type setting, Tobiano winds around arroyos and sand dunes, dotted by cacti and sagebrush.
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