Digitization of Canadian Golfer Magazine

[Wayne_Kozun]

The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame has completed the digitization of Canadian Golfer Magazine with issues from 1916-1940.  All of the issues are suposed to be published soon to the web site: https://heritage.golfcanada.ca/canadian-golfer/.  This should be an excellent resource for those interested in Golf History and the evolution of GCA in Canada.


Here is more info about the magazine:  (sorry about the weird formatting but formatting seems to have a mind of its own on this forum)
In 1879, the fourth golf club in Canada established was Brantford Golf & Country Club. A member from this club, named Ralph H. Reville, launched Canada’s first golf magazine. The Canadian Golfer printed its first issue in 1915. The magazine continued under Reville’s direction through 1932 and has since become the primary resource for early Canadian golf history.[/size]The Canadian Golfer:[/color][/size]Is the most prolific magazine about golf in Canadian history. It was published monthly (12 issues a year), with over 100 pages in a single issue.
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• Was started during the first World War (May 1915), it continued to publish successfully at this rate for 20 years.

• There were about 30,000 golfers in Canada during the war and about 115 clubs in existence.

• Brought international recognition to Canadian golf with readers from around the world.

• Each issue carried articles on a variety of subjects, including greenskeeping, the rules of the game, the organization of new clubs, the construction of new courses, provincial and national championships and the annual meetings of clubs.

• Served as the forum for many other early Canadian authors such as poet W.H. (Walter Hastings) Webling.

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  For now Issue 10 has been published here:  https://heritage.golfcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1924-1925_VOL.-10_compressed.pdf
  
  
  It appears that the magazine has been indexed so that is is searchable.  Here are a few interesting tidbits that relate to work done by Tilly at my home club of Scarboro:
  

  Mr. A. W Tillinghast, golf architect of New York, was at Scaboro, Toronto, this month confering with the Directors in reference to improvements to the course.  He will make a report in the course of a few days.  Mr. Tillinghast, who has no fewer than 51 courses at present under construction or improvement in th States this year, was in his time quite a well-known amateur golfer.  Participants in the former Lambton tournaments of happy days Lang Syne, have pleasant recollections of "Tilly".  In one of the tournaments he ws runner-up to Mr. F.R. Martin, ex-amateur champion.  It was Mr. Tillinghast who first made the "baffy-spoon" popular in Canada.  He is a well-known writer of golf stories and poems, so altogether he is a man of many accomplishments.
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  GREAT IMPROVEMENTS TO SCARBORO COURSE
  REALIZING for some time that certain alterations were necessary 0n the
  course, The Directors 0f the Scarbo Golf Club, Toronto, a few months
  ago engaged the services of Mr. A. W. Tilliughast. of New York, noted
   golf architect, t0 g0 over the property and make certain alterations, which would
   increase the length 0f the course and bring it more into line with other up-todate
  courses.
  
  
  Mr. Tilling'hast made a thorough survey of tho property, which he sub—
  mitted t0 the club, and which at a recent meeting- of the members, was adopted
  unanimously. When the alterations are completed, the minimum length will be
  5.636 yards; medium length 5980 yards, and the maximum length 6,328 yards.
  Practically 110 interference with play will be necessary during- tho time the ,
  alterations are being made. The total expenditure is estimated at $40,000. This
  _ year five new greens are being built, namely the third, tenth, eleventh, fourteenth
  and eighteenth. The intention is t0 spread this work over tho next few
  years, and not t0 d0 it all at once.
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  Mr. Tillinghast spent several days at Scarboro this month going over the
  initial work. When the alterations are completed ho is confident that Scarboro
  . will compare most favourably with any of the championship courses in Canada.

[Tyler Kearns]

Thanks for the heads-up on this Wayne, look forward to seeing the entire catalogue digitized.


Tyler

[Peter Flory]

This is great.  I'm always amazed at how many lawnmower ads there were.  But part of the fun is seeing what is the same and what is different when you peruse.  While a Canadian magazine, there will clearly be a lot of information on US golf and courses contained as well.  The US Open at Oakland Hills is a good example from the one file that is already posted.  Thanks for sharing. 

[Wayne_Kozun]

The other interesting thing going on at that time is that steel shafts were just coming out and there seems to have been a debate about whether they are legal or not.  I believe that the USGA approved them by that time but the R&A did not.  Equipment controversies in golf are not new.

[Guy Nicholson]

Thanks Wayne, this is great.

[Peter Flory]

Here is a current link to the archive.  It's fully searchable and I've been enjoying it. 
https://canadiangolfer.golfcanada.ca/item?golf=&page=1&sort_by=created&sort_order=asc

[Tony Ristola]

It's a kick to look through and see some of the ads... for clubs I'm using. Tom Stewart irons... and then the rule on grooves and making steel shafts legal.