Royal Ottawa Golf Club, Private golf club in Gatineau, Canada
The Royal Ottawa Golf Club is a private golf club in Gatineau, Quebec, with 27 holes: an 18-hole parkland course and a separate 9-hole layout called the Royal Nine. The main course has back-to-back par 3s at holes 11 and 12, and the men's course measures 6,035 m at par 71.
Founded in 1891 as the Ottawa Golf Club, it hosted the founding meetings of the Royal Canadian Golf Association in 1895 and the Canadian Professional Golfers' Association in 1911. The club moved to its current Aylmer site in the early 1900s, where a new course and clubhouse opened in 1904. The present clubhouse, the third on the site, opened on September 19, 1931. In 1912, King George V granted permission to use the 'Royal' designation.
The club's name origin lies in a 1912 royal permission from King George V to use the 'Royal' designation. Its professionals shaped Canadian golf: Jack Oke won the first Canadian Open in 1904, and Karl Keffer, head professional for many years, won in 1909 and 1914. Alexa Stirling Fraser, a three-time U.S. Women's Amateur champion, settled in Ottawa and won a record nine Royal Ottawa Ladies' Club Championships.
The club is private, so play is arranged through membership or as a guest of a member. It lies in Aylmer, now part of Gatineau, across the Ottawa River from Ottawa. The grounds hold 27 holes: the 18-hole main course plus the 9-hole Royal Nine. The men's course measures 6,035 m at par 71.
The club's second course, the Royal Nine, is a nine-hole layout that complements the main 18-hole championship course, giving members 27 holes in total. The main course is known for its back-to-back par 3s at holes 11 and 12, a pairing rarely found on Canadian layouts.
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