The Royal Ottawa Golf Club

It was founded in 1891, and has made major contributions to the development of Canadian golf right from its early years, hosting many important championships and meetings, and continues to do so.

[citation needed] The club's first site, a 9-hole course, was built on land lent by Charles Magee, a real-estate developer, in a section of Ottawa just west of the old Dominion Rifle Range (south of what became Strathcona Park) in what is now known as Sandy Hill.

One of the par three holes was quite unique, in that players had to flight their ball over the barn behind the clubhouse to reach the green.

[citation needed] In the early 1900s, the club purchased its current site in Aylmer, Quebec (now part of the city of Gatineau).

[citation needed] The winner of the first Canadian Open, in 1904, was Jack Oke, one of the club's early professionals.

Davie Black was a professional at the club in the early 20th century, and a founding member of the CPGA, before moving to Vancouver, B.C.

Fraser, had been a young golf prodigy and three-time U.S. Women's Amateur champion from Atlanta, Georgia, before settling in Ottawa and joining the club; she won two Canadian Ladies Amateur Championship titles, contended several more times,[3] and won a record nine Royal Ottawa Ladies' Club Championships.