Weston Golf and Country Club

Weston began as four holes in 1909, became nine when the club was formally established a few years later, and moved to eighteen holes on the Humber River shortly afterwards. Sources differ on whether to date the club from 1909 or 1915.

The course was designed by Willie Park junior, twice Open champion, architect of Sunningdale’s Old Course and builder of more than 150 courses in Europe and North America. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of parkland design, and Weston is among the courses he built in his last working years in North America.

The club’s place in the record is fixed by one week in 1955, when a twenty-five year old Arnold Palmer won the Canadian Open here for the first professional victory of his career. Sixty-one more followed.

What it asks of you

A par 72 of around 6,800 yards on ground that falls to the Humber, with the river and its floodplain shaping the holes on the low side of the property.

The terrain is severe and Park used it rather than smoothing it. Tom Doak has singled out the tee shot along the ridge at the fifth as an example of what Park did with the site, and the general point is that on rolling ground of this kind the placement of the drive decides everything that follows.

The routing mixes short holes with long ones and hard holes with breathers, which is the old-fashioned virtue that keeps a round moving rather than grinding.

What players say about it

Guests play by member introduction, so the public record comes from guest accounts and architecture writing. The notes below summarise recurring themes across those public sources. They are other people’s opinions, not ours: we have not played the course, and we quote only remarks made publicly and on the record.

What comes up in its favour

• Park’s use of the severe terrain is the most admired quality, and architecture writers including Tom Doak have said so in print.
• The variety of the routing draws consistent praise: ups, downs, twists, and a genuine mixture of demands.
• Conditioning is well rated and the club is regularly placed in the Canadian top hundred.
• The Palmer history is a real attraction, and the club treats it as part of its identity.

What comes up against

• The ground is severe enough to be hard work on foot, and stances are rarely level.
• The floodplain holes are vulnerable in a wet spring, which is a recurring issue for courses on the Humber.
• Access is closed, and the review record is thin as a result.
• It sits in the shadow of St. George’s and Toronto Golf Club and is played less than its quality warrants.

Getting there and when to go

The club is at Weston in the north-west of Toronto, twenty-five minutes from downtown and fifteen from Pearson.

The season runs from roughly April to November. Late spring and September give the firmest ground. Guest play is arranged through a member.

Green fees

Guest conditions and rates are set by the club and are not published. See the club’s own site.

How this page was made

The factual frame comes from public sources: OpenStreetMap for the location, Wikipedia and published architecture and championship coverage for the history, the Park design and the 1955 Canadian Open, and the club’s own site for access. The opinion section summarises public commentary and guest accounts read in September 2026; we report recurring themes rather than individual voices, and we quote only what was said publicly.

We have not played this course, and nothing here is a substitute for that. The club has not paid for this page, has not seen it before publication and has no say in what it says. If you know the course and something here is wrong or out of date, write to us and we will correct it.