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The Scarboro Golf & Country Club has a truly unique and colorful history which dates back to 1912. That year, Toronto stockbroker A.E. Ames had a vision of constructing a challenging golf course and an elegant Clubhouse.
The 144 acre site he chose was in the Scarboro Heights district, approximately 12 miles
from downtown Toronto near Kingston Road and The Bluffs that overlook Lake Ontario.
Noted golf professional and architect George Cumming designed the original course.
In 1914, the handsome clubhouse and 18 hole golf course were formally opened.
With a creek that comes into play as many as 11 times in 18 holes, the hills, gullies, and trees are arranged in such profusion they make artificial hazards almost unnecessary at Scarboro.
Although nature's original gifts of magnificent hills, towering trees, excellent soil and winding creek are still there, the founders of the Club would
hardly recognize the site today.
In 1924 famed eccentric New York golf course architect A.W. Tillinghast, the designer of the notable U.S. Open courses Winged Foot and Baltusrol, re-created the classic design that Scarboro members enjoy today.
For almost 100 years our members have taken great pride in the renowned Scarboro Golf & Country Club.
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