Inside the course: Shaughnessy G&CC

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Jul. 18, 2011
By PGA TOUR Staff

The PGA TOUR will play the RBC Canadian Open in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., at Shaughnessy G&CC. Learn more about this course:

Fast facts

Course Superintendent	Robert J. Barr
Original architect	A.V. Macan (1958)
Course remodel	Doug Carrick (2003)
Yardage history	7,010 yards (2011)
Grass	Perennial ryegrass, Poa annua (tees); Poa annua (fairways, greens); Perennial ryegrass, fescue, Poa annua (rough)
Tournament Stimpmeter	12 feet
Sand bunkers	68
Water hazards	2
Course tour	Click here

Hole	Par	Yards
1	4	475
2	4	389
3	3	200
4	4	418
5	4	471
6	4	428
7	5	551
8	3	210
9	4	421
10	4	453
11	4	485
12	3	173
13	4	442
14	4	315
15	5	577
16	4	372
17	3	158
18	4	472

Course origins

Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club is a welltreed, parkland style 18 hole championship course overlooking the mouth of the Fraser River and Strait of Georgia. The club has hosted many Canadian and Pacific Northwest championships and in 2005 hosted the Bell Canadian Open.

The course was built in 1960 and many of the beautiful trees were donated and planted by the members in the course's early years.

President Bill Clinton visited Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club in 1997 while attending the APEC Conference in Vancouver and played golf with then Canadian Prime Minister Jean Cretien and the President of Singapore. Jack Nicklaus played Shaughnessy in the 1966 Canadian Open and made comments on the golf course's toughness. Don Massengale won the 1966 Canadian Open. -- Source: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America

Tournament course history

Course	Location	Years
St. Georges G&CC	Etobicoke, Ontario	1949, 1960, 1968, 2010
Royal Montreal GC	Dixie, Quebec	1904, 1908, 1913, 1926, 1950, 1975, 1980, 1997, 2001
Toronto GC	Mississauga, Ontario	1905, 1909, 1914, 1921, 1927
Royal Ottowa GC	Aylmer, Quebec	1906, 1911
Lambton GC	Toronto, Ontario	1907, 1910, 1925, 1941
Rosedale GC	Toronto, Ontario	1912, 1928
Hamilton G&CC	Ancaster, Ontario	1919, 1930, 2003, 2006
Rivermead GC	Aylmer, Quebec	1920
Mt. Bruno GC	St. Bruno, Quebec	1922, 1924
Lakeview GC	Mississauga, Ontario	1923, 1934
Kanawaki GC	Kahnawake, Quebec	1929
Mississaugua G&CC	Mississagua, Ontario	1931, 1938, 1942, 1951, 1965, 1974
Ottawa Hunt Club	Ottawa, Ontario	1932
Royal York GC	Toronto, Ontario	1933
Summerlea GC	Montreal, Quebec	1935
St. Andrews GC	Toronto, Ontario	1936-1937
Riverside CC	St. John, New Brunswick	1939
Scarborough G&CC	Scarborough, Ontario	1940, 1947, 1953, 1963
Thornhill GC	Thornhill, Ontario	1945
Beaconsfield GC	Montreal, Quebec	1946, 1956
Shaughnessy G&CC	Vancouver, BC	1948, 1966, 2005, 2011
St. Charles CC	Winnipeg, Manitoba	1952
Point Grey GC	Vancouver, B.C.	1954
Weston GC	Toronto, Ontario	1955
Westmount G&CC	Kitchener, Ontario	1957
Mayfair G&CC	Edmonton, Alberta	1958
Islesmere G&CC	Montreal, Quebec	1959
Niakwa, CC	Winnipeg, Manitoba	1961
Le Club Laval-sur-le-Lac	Laval-sur-le-Lac, Quebec	1962
Pinegrove G&CC	St. Luc, Quebec	1964, 1969
Montreal Muicipal GC	Montreal, Quebec	1967
London Hunt G&CC	London, Ontario	1970
Richelieu Valley G&CC	Ste. Julie de Vercheres, Quebec	1971, 1973
Cherry Hill Club	Ridgeway, Ontario	1972
Essex G&CC	Windsor, Ontario	1976
Glen Abbey GC	Oakville, Ontario	1977-1979, 1981-1996, 1998-2000, 2004, 2008-2009
Angus Glen GC (North)	Markham, Ontario	2002, 2007

This week's Kodak Challenge hole

HOLE: The par-4, 315-yard 14th at Shaughnessy
LAST YEAR: The RBC Canadian Open was held on a different course in 2010.
DESCRIPTION: This is a short, deceptive par-4 requiring sound judgment and accuracy. Long hitters may gamble with the driver, but the percentage play is to accurately place the tee shot in the center of the fairway. Players should avoid underplaying the second shot to this long narrow, sloping green. (Click here for tour)