Glen Abbey Golf Course

Glen Abbey Golf Course

Glen Abbey Golf Course, designed by Jack Nicklaus and opened in 1976, is one of Canada's most famous golf courses and is home to the Royal Canadian Golf Association and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. It has been home to 23 Canadian Open Championships, more than any other course, with the first coming in 1977. Glen Abbey will also host the Canadian Open for 2008 and 2009.

As of 2005, Glen Abbey is owned by ClubLink Corporation. It is located in Oakville, Ontario, west of Toronto.

A distinguishing feature of the Glen Abbey course are the "Valley Holes", numbered 11 through 15. On number 11, a par 4, players tee off a cliff to a fairway that is approximately 60 feet below on the valley floor. The approach shot must clear Sixteen Mile Creek to the green. Holes 12, 13 and 14 all use Sixteen Mile Creek as a hazard of one form or another. Number 15 is a short par 3 with a sharply-sloping green, after which players climb out of the valley to the 16th hole.

The 18th hole is notable due to its connection to Tiger Woods, who, in the final round of the 2000 Canadian Open, hit a six-iron shot 218 yards from a bunker on the right side of the fairway to about 18 feet from the hole. The shot was all carry over a large pond that guards the green. In doing so, Tiger proceeded to defeat his playing partner Grant Waite and won the tournament. The shot is regarded as one of the most spectacular both of Woods' career and in recent PGA history.

External links

* [http://en.clublink.ca/golf/glenabbey/?SECT=GLENABBEY&GOLF_COURSE_ID=0220 Glen Abbey Golf Club]


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