Presidents Cup 2007

Jeff Sluman:
Last year at the Presidents Cup at the 18th hole. He and Jim Furyk are playing Singh and Appleby. Appleby hits it to 8 feet. Tiger’s got a wedge to the green, getting ready to hit and that was it. This horn sounded and he backed off. He knocked it up there and they won the hole. It was me that hit the horn. They had it hidden up there underneath the drive shaft. Hidden. Didn’t even know it was there. I got out of the cart, stepped up and grabbed it and hit the horn. I fell down in the grass and laid down. I looked over and asked some people to tell me he didn’t hit the ball. Tiger finished and, well, you’ve gotta come right out and be a man and I said “Tiger, it was me who hit the horn. You were lined up to the right and it was the only way I could stop ya. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.” We all had a big chuckle.

The “Grand old Game’s” roots in North America were established with the formation of the Royal Montreal Golf Club in 1873, making Canada the birthplace of organized golf on the continent.

With such a rich history in this country, the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame preserves and honours the traditions of golf from its early European origins to the present day’s modern equipment and superstar players. Casual players and golf aficionados will enjoy a truly unique and memorable visit to the Hall of Fame where they will be thrilled to discover:

The defending Olympic golf champion is Canadian
North America’s oldest golf club is located in Canada
The Canadian Open is the third oldest professional championship in the world.
Arnold Palmer’s first professional victory was in Canada

A walk through the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame mirrors a stroll over an 18-hole golf course, with each “hole” representing a significant element in the game’s history, from its genesis to the champions of the modern game.

Figure 11: A coloured sketch of golfers participating in “The Golf Match between the Quebec and Montreal Clubs, on Fletcher’s Field, Montreal,” which appeared in the Canadian Illustrated News in October 1880, provides a glimpse of early Canadian golf (detail).

The first golf club established in North America was the Royal Montreal Golf Club, founded in 1873. Close on its heels were the Royal Quebec Golf Club in 1875, the Toronto Golf Club in 1881, and the Royal Ottawa in 1891.
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