Moves To Current Site
In the early 1900s, the Club purchased its current site in Aylmer, Quebec (now part of the recently amalgamated city of Gatineau), built a new course, and constructed a comfortable and elegant clubhouse, which opened in 1904. Five years later, it burned to the ground. Its replacement was built on the same site, and it burned down in 1930. The present clubhouse, which reflects the Victorian-era grace and charm of its predecessors, was officially opened on September 19, 1931.
In 1912, the Club received permission from King George V to use the designation 'Royal'.
The Club presently has an 18-hole course and a 9-hole course, known as the Royal Nine. The main course was designed by Tom Bendelow in a parkland style, and among its features are back-to-back par 3s (holes 11 and 12). The course was redesigned a few years later by noted Scottish architect Willie Park, Jr. (twice Open Championship winner). The course has been modified in minor ways many times in the years since. The course is known nationally for its exceptionally quick, difficult greens. Royal Ottawa is affiliated with the Quebec Golf Association and the RCGA.
Read more about this topic: Royal Ottawa Golf Club
Famous quotes containing the words moves, current and/or site:
“Ah, like a comet through flame she moves entranced
Wrapt in her music no bird song, no, nor bough
Breaking with honey buds, shall ever equal.”
—Stephen Spender (1909–1995)
“What in fact have I achieved, however much it may seem? Bits and pieces ... trivialities. But here they won’t tolerate anything else, or anything more. If I wanted to take one step in advance of the current views and opinions of the day, that would put paid to any power I have. Do you know what we are ... those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society’s tools, neither more nor less.”
—Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
“The site of the true bottomless financial pit is the toy store. It’s amazing how much a few pieces of plastic and paper will sell for if the purchasers are parents or grandparent, especially when the manufacturers claim their product improves a child’s intellectual or physical development.”
—Lawrence Kutner (20th century)