From simmonssteve: How the very exclusive Oakdale Golf and Country Club came to host the Canadian Open.
It became the unlikely home for the Open when Golf Canada determined it needed more Toronto locations for its national championship, which is sponsored by Royal Bank, whose head offices are in the city.
Golf Canada wanted new locations for the Open. It looked at the spectacular Beacon Hall. It inquired about the Lambton Golf and Country Club. It wanted a location in the actual city proper of Toronto, where only four Opens have been held in the past 50 years — all of them at St. George’s.Article contentGolf Canada looked at the other facilities in contention. The thinking was: “We’re comparable.”
Golf Canada came and surveyed the facilities. RBC came and did the same. The agency that represented Kyle Dubas in his departure from Toronto, Wasserman Media Group, did their walkthrough.Article contentAnd there was some internal concern, as there should have been, with the idea of hosting a major international event at a primarily Jewish private club at a time when anti-semitism in Canada is nearing an all-time high.
The adjustments have been made to the course. The rough has been allowed to grow to levels the members can’t be happy about. The transformation of three nines into two nines was done for competitive measures.
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