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Markham, Ontario

York Downs Golf and Country Club

New course

1971–2020No longer exists

York Downs Golf and Country Club, 2022
York Downs Golf and Country Club, 1974

History

York Downs, founded in 1922 at Bathurst Street in North York, moved in the spring of 1971 to a new 27-hole course on 16th Avenue in Unionville designed by Geoffrey Cornish and Bill Robinson, later updated by Thomas McBroom. Members voted in 2014 to sell the land to developers for a reported $412 million, and the club closed for good after the 2020 season. The site is being built over as residential subdivisions (Kylemore's Angus Glen South Village and Minto/Metropia's Union Village), with part kept as open space.

Chronology

  1. 1971Course opens
  2. 1971Geoffrey CornishOriginal design
  3. 1971Bill RobinsonOriginal design
  4. 1997Thomas McBroomRenovation
  5. 2014Jeff MingayRenovation
  6. 2020Course closesNo longer exists

Particulars

Location
Markham, Ontario
Aerials
4, 1974–2022
Established
1971
Closed
2020 · No longer exists
Architects
Geoffrey Cornish, Bill Robinson, Thomas McBroom, Jeff Mingay
Holes
27

Where

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