2018 C.B. Macdonald Challenge

Sept. 8-10, 2018
Niagara Golf Course
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

Please consider this your personal invitation to join the Golf Historical Society of Canada at the 15th annual
C.B. Macdonald Tournament and the Eastern Canadian Hickory Championship

Click here for Entry Form.

The unique location and format of this tournament makes it a favorite for avid hickory players!

Entry fee is $285 and includes Friday’s round.

Charles Blair Macdonald was one of the founders of the United States Golf Association and its first official champion in 1895. A controversial figure, he became a noted author and architect, creating many outstanding golf courses. The best of these are the National Golf Links of America in Southhampton, N.Y., Mid-Ocean, in Bermuda, the Yale University course, and the Old White Course, at the Greenbrier.

What is not well-known is that he was born in Canada, in the Niagara Peninsula, near Niagara on the Lake. His family had a second home there, and he wrote fondly of the area.

Macdonald was also an organizer of the first U.S.-Canada tournament held in Niagara on the Lake, the first week of September 1895. It was called the International Championship Tournament. This event was held on the c. 1875 golf course at the mouth of the Niagara River. This course is the oldest known golf club in North America still on its original site.

Macdonald and Charles Hunter of Toronto organized the event and Chicago friends came to participate in this historic event. The C. B.Macdonald Challenge is a re-enactment of the first international golf match in North America. Four teams will be formed from the entrants to include a match play event in the tournament.

Contact:
Paul Dietz
509 Hedden Court
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
N7S 6L8
519-331-6585      clubdoc1@gmail.com