The Links at Monck's Landing Golf Club

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The Links at Moncks-Landing G.C.
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Club information
Location Norland, Ontario Canada
Established 2008
Type Public
Total holes 9
Website Monck's Landing Website
Designed by Scott Kuschnereit
Par 35
Length 3081 yards

The Links at Monck's Landing Golf Club is a public golf course located in Norland, Ontario, Canada that opened for play in 2008.

History

The 103-acre (42 ha) parcel of land upon which Monck's Landing is situated was homesteaded by Edward Stephens in 1859. Three generations of the Stephens family maintained a working farm on the site until 1961.[1] The farm was considered quite properous for the area, being located on a pocket of rich topsoil rarely seen in the region.[2] The property changed hands several times after 1961, until 2009 when it was turned into a golf course. In October 2014, the course went bankrupt. In June 2015 the links was purchased and now the current owners have taken care of and continue to operate The Links at Monck's Landing Golf Club.

The name

The Links at Monck's Landing Golf Club derives its name from the proximity of present-day City of Kawartha Lakes County Road 45, which began its existence as The Monck Road, a former colonization route extending from Lake Couchiching in the west to its eastern terminus in Bancroft. The Monck Road was named after Lord Charles Stanley Monck, the first Governor General of Canada, and was completed in 1873.[3] Monck's Landing is located three kilometres north of the former Monck Road.

Course description

Monck's Landing is a 9-hole course that plays to a par of 35. Currently it measures 3,081 yards from the Blue tees, 2,859 yards from the White tees, and 2,486 yards from the Gold tees. A dual tee block system allows those golfers wishing to play 18 holes a "back 9" that presents a layout both differing and distinct from that experienced the first time around.[4] Monck's Landing bills itself as a links-style layout that utilizes the property's rolling (60-foot change in elevation), treeless terrain, and such features as deep pot bunkers and high fescue rough, to approximate the experience of playing golf on the classic courses of the British Isles. The course has gained the reputation as a challenging layout, having been described as "testing"[5] and "tough as nails"[6] by various golf writers. Monck's Landing has been compared favourably to other inland links courses in Ontario such as Tarandowah in recent golf publications.[7] The Links at Monck's Landing Golf Club was awarded a nomination for "Best New Course in Ontario" by Fairways Magazine in May, 2010, as well being included on columnist Robert Thompson's list of his favourite Canadian "links"[8] and featured in Ontario Golf Magazine's Mid Summer 2010 article "Best Bang For The Buck - There's great golf to be across Ontario for $65 or less".[9] The course also received a favourable review in the Fall 2011 issue of SCOREGolf Magazine, in which it was described as "an affordable and gnarly nine-hole links course with plenty of bite."[10]

File:Monck's Landing Stone Barn Photo.jpg
The Stone Barn

The Stone Barn

Situated prominently upon the property is a unique stone barn that is intended to house Monck's Landing's clubhouse in the near future.[11] Built in 1919, with 2-foot-thick (0.61 m) stone walls that extend up to its rafters, this stone barn is considered by some experts to be the only structure of its kind in Ontario.[12]

Scorecard

The Links at Monck's Landing G.C.
HOLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOTAL
PAR 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 4 35 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 4 35 70
BLUE 325 430 166 355 120 347 374 586 378 3081 325 424 133 355 133 303 374 536 362 2945 6026
WHITE 312 424 161 312 105 325 322 536 362 2859 325 424 133 355 133 303 374 536 362 2945 5804
GOLD 310 343 133 278 92 303 273 443 311 2486 310 343 133 278 92 303 273 443 311 2486 4972
HCP 12 1 14 11 18 8 4 3 6 13 2 16 10 17 15 5 7 9

Photo gallery

  • Monck's Landing 1st Tee Photo.JPG

    1st Tee

  • Monck's Landing 3rd Green Photo.JPG

    3rd Hole

  • Monck's Landing 3rd Hole Photo.JPG

    3rd Hole

  • Monck's Landing 4th Hole Photo.JPG

    4th Hole

  • Monck's Landing 5th Hole Photo.JPG

    5th Hole

  • Monck's Landing 6th Hole Photo.JPG

    6th Hole

  • Monck's Landing 7th Hole Photo.JPG

    7th Hole

  • Monck's Landing 8th Fairway Photo.JPG

    8th Hole

References

  1. ↑ The Land Between by F.V. LeCraw, 1967
  2. ↑ http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1775861 A Remarkable Stone Barn, Minden Times, Sept. 30, 2009
  3. ↑ http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_GHI/Plaque_Hastings22.html Monck Road Historical Plaque
  4. ↑ http://www.monckslanding.com/ Monck's Landing Website
  5. ↑ http://www.thestar.com/printarticle/670124 Golf Drives On Even In These Rough Times, Toronto Star, July 25, 2009
  6. ↑ http://www.ontgolf.ca/g4g/2009/09/29/course-review-the-links-at-moncks-landing/ Course Review: The Links at Monck's Landing by Robert Thompson, Sept. 29, 2009
  7. ↑ http://www.ontgolf.ca/g4g/2009/09/29/course-review-the-links-at-moncks-landing/Course Review: The Links at Monck's Landing by Robert Thompson, Sept. 29, 2009
  8. ↑ http://canadiangolfer.com/g4g/2010/07/12/british-open-week-canadian-links/ British Open Week: Canadian Links by Robert Thompson, July 12, 2010
  9. ↑ http://www.golfontario.ca/sitepages/?cid=66&cn=BANG%20FOR%20THE%20BUCK&an=Best%20Bang%20For%20The%20Buck%20%7C%20Mid%20Summer%202010/ Best Bang For The Buck - There's great golf to be across Ontario for $65 or less, Ontario Golf Magazine, Mid Summer 2010 Issue
  10. ↑ http://scoregolf.com/media/magazine-pages/latest-issue/ Cottage Country Links, SCOREGolf Magazine, Fall 2011 Issue
  11. ↑ http://www.monckslanding.com/barn.html Monck's Landing Website
  12. ↑ http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1775861 A Remarkable Stone Barn, Minden Times, Sept. 30, 2009

External links

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