The Golf Historical Society of Canada will host the eighth annual C.B. Macdonald tournament and the Eastern Canadian Hickory championship.

This event will be played at the Niagara GC at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. The unique location and format of this tournament makes it a favorite for avid hickory players!

Entry fee is $240 and includes the Friday practice round. Charles Blair Macdonald is one of the founders of the U.S.G.A. and its first official champion in 1895. A controversial figure, he went on to become a noted author and architect, creating many outstanding golf courses. The best of these are the National Golf Links of America in Southhampton, New York, Mid-Ocean, in Bermuda, the Yale University course, and the Old White Course, at the Greenbrier. What is not well known is that he was born in Canada, in the Niagara Peninsula, near Niagara on the Lake. His family had a second home there, and he wrote fondly of the area. Macdonald was also an organizer of the first US-Canada tournament held in Niagara on the Lake, the first week of September, 1895. It was called the International Championship Tournament. This event was held on the circa 1875 golf course at the mouth of the Niagara River. This course is the oldest known golf club in North America still on its original site. He and Charles Hunter of Toronto organized the event and Chicago friends came to participate in this historic event.