Lambton Golf Club
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Lambton Golf and Country Club is a private golf
and tennis
club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
. The Club is located in the eastern banks of the Humber River
, west of Jane Street. It was established in 1902, designed by George Cumming, with input from George Lyon
, who became its best-known member. Its golf course has hosted many national and international tournaments, including four Canadian Opens:
More recently in 2001, Lambton hosted the Four Nations Cup, featuring men's amateur teams from Canada
, Australia
, New Zealand
, and South Africa
. Canada won.
The Club has 27 holes of golf, with a 9-hole executive-length "Valley Course", and its 18-hole championship "Lambton Course", which plays to par 71 and up to 7,093 yards from the back tees. The course features include the 6th hole, a 567-yard par 5, and the 17th a 255-yard par 3 hole.
The Club's tennis program is mostly recreational, and it provides year-round play by means of a 'bubble' installed over the courts in the colder months.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
and tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The Club is located in the eastern banks of the Humber River
Humber River (Ontario)
The Humber River is one of two major rivers on either side of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the other being the Don River to the east. It was designated a Canadian Heritage River on September 24, 1999....
, west of Jane Street. It was established in 1902, designed by George Cumming, with input from George Lyon
George Lyon (golfer)
George Seymour Lyon was a Canadian golfer, an Olympic gold medallist, an eight-time Canadian Amateur Championship winner, and a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame....
, who became its best-known member. Its golf course has hosted many national and international tournaments, including four Canadian Opens:
- 1907, won by Percy Barrett
- 1910, won by Daniel Kenny
- 1925, won by Leo Diegel
- 1941, won by Sam SneadSam SneadSamuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S...
More recently in 2001, Lambton hosted the Four Nations Cup, featuring men's amateur teams from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, and South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. Canada won.
The Club has 27 holes of golf, with a 9-hole executive-length "Valley Course", and its 18-hole championship "Lambton Course", which plays to par 71 and up to 7,093 yards from the back tees. The course features include the 6th hole, a 567-yard par 5, and the 17th a 255-yard par 3 hole.
The Club's tennis program is mostly recreational, and it provides year-round play by means of a 'bubble' installed over the courts in the colder months.