He was entered into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1980 as golf Course Architectural. Between 1920 and 1953 he remodeled or constructed 145 golf courses in Canada, United States, Caribbean and South America.
In the book "Westmount: Shadows of the Past. A Prologue",
published for Westmount Golf & Country Club's 75th anniversary,
Stanley Thompson designed Westmount's course that opened in May of 1931.
Tales are told at Westmount's 19th hole of how Thompson designed the course layout on brown butcher paper in one night at the Walper House Hotel over a 26 ounce bottle of rye.
The Waterloo County Golf and Country Club in Galt that had been established as a 9-hole course in 1906 was redesigned by him in 1929 as an 18-hole course and Thompson designed Guelph's Cutten Club that opened in 1931.
To see more information on him search.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bill.macdonald/stanleythompson.html
He was entered into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1980 as golf Course Architectural. Between 1920 and 1953 he remodeled or constructed 145 golf courses in Canada, United States, Caribbean and South America.
In the book "Westmount: Shadows of the Past. A Prologue",
published for Westmount Golf & Country Club's 75th anniversary,
Stanley Thompson designed Westmount's course that opened in May of 1931.
Tales are told at Westmount's 19th hole of how Thompson designed the course layout on brown butcher paper in one night at the Walper House Hotel over a 26 ounce bottle of rye.
The Waterloo County Golf and Country Club in Galt that had been established as a 9-hole course in 1906 was redesigned by him in 1929 as an 18-hole course and Thompson designed Guelph's Cutten Club that opened in 1931.
To see more information on him search.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bill.macdonald/stanleythompson.html
Inscription
"East: Thomas M. Turnbull/ born Feb. 26, 1865/ died July 6, 1935/ Margaret Crawford/ his beloved wife/ born July 31, 1861/ died April 7, 1947/ Mary Elizabeth/ daughter/ born Oct. 19, 1893/ died Sept. 20, 1894/ Edward T. Duthie/ grandson/ 1925-1945/ killed in action overseas/
(A) M.E.T. (B) T.M.T. (C) M.C. (D) S.T.
West: Thompson/ Stanley/ 1893-1953/ John A. Rogers/ 1883-1965/ Helen M. Rogers/ 1900-2002/"
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