Lambton Golf Club
The club in May 2014
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| Formation | 1902, 115 years ago |
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| Type | Private Golf Club |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Affiliations | Golf Canada (RCGA) and USGA |
| Website | lambtongolf.com |
The Lambton Golf and Country Club is a private golf and tennis club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Club is located at 100 Scarlett Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lambton is a member of Golf Canada (formerly known as the Royal Canadian Golf Association). Lambton Golf and Country Club is also a member of the United States Golf Association (USGA).
From June 20 to 23, 2016 , Lambton will be hosting the Ontario Men's Mid Amateur Championship.
The seeds of the golf club were planted by Toronto Businessman James Austin. He rebuilt Spadina House (which is now a museum) in 1866 to house his family. He died after several months of illness at the age of eighty-four in 1897. At his death he had a fortune of some $300,000 which was divided between his son and daughter. His business interests and his home passed on to his son Albert William Austin.
Albert Austin had laid out a few holes of golf in vacant farmlands in the area where Casa Loma now stands. This was strictly for the pleasure of his family and a few friends but grew into the Spadina Golf Club, which had a layout through farmers' fields north over St. Clair Avenue, through Forest Hill Village to just south of Eglinton. The clubhouse was a rented farmhouse at the northeast corner of St. Clair and Spadina Road. In early 1902, the Spadina members recognized that the farmers were likely to sell for development the land on which the nine-hole course lay.
As plans for the new course took shape, the estimated cost of $30,000 to develop the property at Lambton Mills, on which an option had been obtained, caused Mr. Austin to solicit support from a wider group of golfing enthusiasts, including members of Rosedale, High Park and Highlands Golf Clubs as well as Spadina.
The response to the solicitation was such that a committee, chaired by Mr. Austin and including George S. Lyon, proceeded with the project, and the official opening took place in driving rain on June 13, 1903. Membership was close to 400, and it was estimated 1,000 persons attended the opening ceremonies.
Lambton had some noteworthy features for that day and age. The nine-hole Valley Course for Ladies was an innovation. The club had a telephone. An ice house was built adjoining the clubhouse, which, before opening day, already contained 100 tons of Lake Simcoe ice. Most of the original members traveled to play the course by train, disembarking at a small station near the club. A plaque now on the 18th tee commemorates this fact.
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