George: Our own Dick Kirkpatrick did the work at Copetown Woods, which is located just outside Hamilton. It is a very successful public course (more than 30,000 rounds per year) and an interesting track on land that is not the most inspiring. It is nicely priced and seems to have found a strong client base. In fact, at around $60, a lot of other courses could learn a lot from it.
If you are interested, George, you are always welcome to come north, hang with Ian Andrew and myself, and we'll find a way to show you some great golf. A group of guys, including Paul Turner and Redanman, came north last fall to play St. George's, Toronto and Hamilton, and I think I can rightly say they came away very impressed.
A lot of the good golf in Toronto, like most cities, is private, but with some time, much can be arranged. As you know, we are having a gathering of Canadian GCA types (now that we have Montreal guys coming, it can't be just Toronto) on Dec. 2 and maybe we can dream up something for Toronto like Ben Cowan-Dewar did for Banff and Jasper a few years back that would kind of be like the spring GCA gathering in the U.S.
Just a thought. Come on up George! And I know Ian and I hope to get to Pittsburgh to see Oakmont next year or at least I'm keeping my fingers crossed.