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On the beach, Club pro Bobby Breen tests sand traps on final hole at Glen Abbey golf course near Oakville
On the beach, Club pro Bobby Breen tests sand traps on final hole at Glen Abbey golf course near Oakville

On the beach, Club pro Bobby Breen tests sand traps on final hole at Glen Abbey golf course near Oakville

Date5/12/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: On the beach, Club pro Bobby Breen tests sand traps on final hole at Glen Abbey golf course near Oakville. And yes, that is a pond. a six-acre pond, on far side of green. It runs along left side of 18th fairway for last part of 517-yard hole. Course which will become permanent site of Canadian Open championship tournament was designed by Jack Nicklaus who turned flat, basically uninteresting piece of land, into rolling country. He considers it ?one of my best jobs.?
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0094245F
      Segment of estimated crowd of 20,000 jams area near 18th hole to the left, and also gets view of the 17th hole's Sahara fairway, where 13 sand traps await errant shots
      Segment of estimated crowd of 20,000 jams area near 18th hole to the left, and also gets view of the 17th hole's Sahara fairway, where 13 sand traps await errant shots
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      6/24/1978
      A real blast: Bruce Lietzke, who blasted out of his sand trap in good form, got a bigger blast later on - a cheque for $50,000 for winning the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey near Oakville
      A real blast: Bruce Lietzke, who blasted out of his sand trap in good form, got a bigger blast later on - a cheque for $50,000 for winning the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey near Oakville
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      6/25/1978
      Coming out of the sahara. Almost below horizon in deep sand trap on 17th hole at Toronto Golf Club, Islington's Dan Gordon makes explosion shot work d(...)
      Coming out of the sahara. Almost below horizon in deep sand trap on 17th hole at Toronto Golf Club, Islington's Dan Gordon makes explosion shot work d(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      8/22/1967
      18th hole takes the cake. Golfing great Jack Nicklaus, who tees off today in the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey, course designed in Oakville, admires a c(...)
      18th hole takes the cake. Golfing great Jack Nicklaus, who tees off today in the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey, course designed in Oakville, admires a c(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      6/21/1978
      Breaking par, Jack Nicklaus, one of the all-time top money winners on the professional golf circuit, designed the Glen Abbey course in Oakville which is the site of the Canadian Open
      Breaking par, Jack Nicklaus, one of the all-time top money winners on the professional golf circuit, designed the Glen Abbey course in Oakville which is the site of the Canadian Open
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/31/1981
      Fine form, Jack Nicklaus, who played a practice round at Toronto Golf Club yesterday, commented on the improved condition of Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, where the Canadian Open begins Thursday
      Fine form, Jack Nicklaus, who played a practice round at Toronto Golf Club yesterday, commented on the improved condition of Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, where the Canadian Open begins Thursday
      Loek, Dick
      7/26/1982
      Tree trouble: One of the golf tour's top shotmakers, Tom Kite, had a toughie to face on the fifth hole at Glen Abbey yesterday as he found his tee shot in the vee of a tree
      Tree trouble: One of the golf tour's top shotmakers, Tom Kite, had a toughie to face on the fifth hole at Glen Abbey yesterday as he found his tee shot in the vee of a tree
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/5/1985
      One pro to another: PGA Seniors' tour member Al Balding of Toronto steadies the swing of hockey great Bobby Orr during yesterday's Nabisco pro-am at Glen Abbey
      One pro to another: PGA Seniors' tour member Al Balding of Toronto steadies the swing of hockey great Bobby Orr during yesterday's Nabisco pro-am at Glen Abbey
      Balding, Al
      8/27/1985
      Sending Up cloud of dust, Hugh Bearg blasts out of sand trap at Oakdale club in qualifying round yesterday for The Star-sponsored Ontario Amateur golf(...)
      Sending Up cloud of dust, Hugh Bearg blasts out of sand trap at Oakdale club in qualifying round yesterday for The Star-sponsored Ontario Amateur golf(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      6/2/1975
      Fore . . . goodness sake! Governor-General Ed Schreyer says he tries to play as much golf as he can. So yesterday he was at Glen Abbey in the pro-am c(...)
      Fore . . . goodness sake! Governor-General Ed Schreyer says he tries to play as much golf as he can. So yesterday he was at Glen Abbey in the pro-am c(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/26/1983
      On the ball for the ballet. National Ballet of Canada principal dancer Karen Kain gets a few tips from Glen Abbey golf pro Bob Lean yesterday, hitting(...)
      On the ball for the ballet. National Ballet of Canada principal dancer Karen Kain gets a few tips from Glen Abbey golf pro Bob Lean yesterday, hitting(...)
      Bock, Tony
      8/12/1991
      Action at the Open: Canadian Dan Halldorson (right) is just one stroke off the pace after the first round of the Canadian Open at Oakville's Glen Abbey course
      Action at the Open: Canadian Dan Halldorson (right) is just one stroke off the pace after the first round of the Canadian Open at Oakville's Glen Abbey course
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      6/26/1986