The Westmount Golf and Country Club was established on June 17, 1929 when the first meeting of the Board of Directors took place. By the fall of 1929 land on the outskirts of Kitchener, Ont. had been purchased and Stanley Thompson had been retained to design and supervise construction of the course. The club officially opened in 1931. Since that time a number of major golf tournaments have been held at the Club including the Canadian Open Golf Championship in 1957, the Canadian Ladies Open and Closed Championship in 1965, Canadian Amateur Golf Championship in 1969, Labatt's International Golf Classis for the C.P.G.A. in 1981, and the L.P.G.A. du Maurier Classic in 1990. Westmount has produced golf Chamions at the provincial, national and international level, including Gary Cowan, Mary Gay, Dan Maue, Colin Moskal, and Judy Ellis.
In 1963 a curling facility was added and the club began to operate year-round. Tennis was added in 1977.
Published
Title from the contents of the fonds.
The fonds consists of material relating to the history and operation of the Westmount Golf and Country Club in Kitchener, Ont. from its beginnings in 1929-1930 to 2000. Original documents include Board of Directors and other committee minutes, financial statements, tournament planning files, publications and ephemera as well as photographs and slides. The bulk of the fonds consists of manuscripts and other material gathered and prepared in for the publication of a 50th Anniversary history, _Westmount Golf and Country Club_, published in 1981.
Organized in 18 series :
1\. Grand River Country Club,
2\. Westmount Golf and Country Club : Organization and Administration,
3\. Committees,
4\. Membership,
5\. Operations: Curling,
6\. Operations: Golf: Clubhouse,
7\. Operations: Golf Course,
8\. Operations: Golf, Local Tournaments,
9\. Operations: Golf: Major Tournaments,
10\. Operations: Golf: Major Tournament Planning,
11\. History and Research Files,
12\. 50th Anniversary Publication files,
13\. Publications,
14\. Photographs,
15\. Negatives,
16\. Slides,
17\. Videocassettes,
18\. Artifacts.
Donated in 2000 by the Westmount Golf and Country Club.
Copyright retained by the donor.