Canadian golf architect Stanley Thompson
May 9, 2024
Stanley Thompson Canada’s greatest golf course architect
On my walk through Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener-Waterloo—with my sand wedge in hand—I discovered the grave of Stanley Thompson, one of the greatest golf course architects the world has ever known. Born in Toronto to Scottish-born parents, Thompson attended Malvern Collegiate before enrolling at the Ontario Agricultural College (now the University of Guelph). Alongside […]