From the local paper.
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July 20, 2010
The Hamilton Spectator
The RBC Canadian Open Golf Championship is a huge step closer to returning to Hamilton.
The Spectator has learned the membership at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club voted yesterday in favour of accepting a request from Golf Canada to play the PGA Tour event there in 2012.
The positive vote by the membership now throws the ball into the City of Hamilton's court.
Golf Canada (formerly the Royal Canadian Golf Association) has sent a proposal to the city that is similar to what it requested in 2006, the last time the tournament was here.
That year, the RCGA requested the city donate approximately $300,000 worth of in-kind services to the tournament, such as policing, traffic control, road closures, organization of community meetings, parking, etc.
That request, which was on hold pending the outcome of the Hamilton G&CC vote, is expected to go to council around Aug. 10.
If the city gives the go-ahead, the world's third-oldest national championship will return to Lady Hamilton in 2012. The club has hosted the tournament four times, most recently in 2003 and ’06.
On those occasions, the PGA Tour players raved about the course and Golf Canada is hoping to create a rotation that would see the event coming back to Hamilton on a somewhat regular basis.
The golf club will make at least a million dollars for hosting it and the event can earn as much as $500,000 for local charities.
This year's tournament is on this week at St. George's Golf and Country Club in Toronto. Next year, it will be played at Shaughnessy G&CC in Vancouver.
It also has to be played at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville at least one more time before 2015.
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July 20, 2010
The Hamilton Spectator
The RBC Canadian Open Golf Championship is a huge step closer to returning to Hamilton.
The Spectator has learned the membership at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club voted yesterday in favour of accepting a request from Golf Canada to play the PGA Tour event there in 2012.
The positive vote by the membership now throws the ball into the City of Hamilton's court.
Golf Canada (formerly the Royal Canadian Golf Association) has sent a proposal to the city that is similar to what it requested in 2006, the last time the tournament was here.
That year, the RCGA requested the city donate approximately $300,000 worth of in-kind services to the tournament, such as policing, traffic control, road closures, organization of community meetings, parking, etc.
That request, which was on hold pending the outcome of the Hamilton G&CC vote, is expected to go to council around Aug. 10.
If the city gives the go-ahead, the world's third-oldest national championship will return to Lady Hamilton in 2012. The club has hosted the tournament four times, most recently in 2003 and ’06.
On those occasions, the PGA Tour players raved about the course and Golf Canada is hoping to create a rotation that would see the event coming back to Hamilton on a somewhat regular basis.
The golf club will make at least a million dollars for hosting it and the event can earn as much as $500,000 for local charities.
This year's tournament is on this week at St. George's Golf and Country Club in Toronto. Next year, it will be played at Shaughnessy G&CC in Vancouver.
It also has to be played at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville at least one more time before 2015.
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