Ottawa Hunt Club

Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club is a private golf club in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

History

The Ottawa Hunt Club was founded in 1908. After World War I, it expanded into golf, with its course being designed in 1924 by former British Open champion Willie Park Jnr., a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. It hosted the Canadian Open in 1932, the Canadian Amateur Championship in 1937, 1960, and 1970, and the Americas Cup matches in 1960. It has also hosted many local and regional competitions.

The course was redesigned, mainly in its green complexes, by Tom McBroom in 1993, and hosted the 1994 du Maurier Classic on the LPGA Tour, won by Martha Nause with a score of 279 (nine under par) for four rounds. Ottawa Hunt, which has 27 holes of golf, hosted the LPGA Tour's CN Canadian Women's Open on its South and West nines, in August, 2008, celebrating the club's centennial. The tournament was won by Australian Katherine Hull, with a score of 277 (11 under par) for four rounds. Hull edged Se Ri Pak by one stroke and Yani Tseng by two strokes, with Tseng setting a new ladies' competitive course record with a round of 64 on day two. The 2008 edition of the tournament set new attendance records, with more than 70,000 fans, and raised more than $1 million (Canadian) for charity.

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