Est. 1910 · Gatineau, Québec
Golf on the Ottawa River since 1910
Rivermead is a private members' club in the Aylmer sector of Gatineau, ten minutes from Parliament Hill and a century deep in Canadian golf.
A Golden Age course, kept honest for more than a century
Charles Murray laid out the first nine holes in 1910; George Cumming carried the course to eighteen by 1915. What they left behind is the kind of golf that never went out of style: fairways drawn through mature hardwoods and pine, greens with the subtle, river-bred movement that still puzzles first-time guests.
A five-year restoration by architect Jeff Mingay, completed in 2023, returned the bunkering and mowing lines to their Golden Age character. The result plays firm, wide, and thoughtful, at 6,715 yards from the back deck and a friendly 4,730 from the front.
Read the club's history, from the 1920 Canadian Open to the 2025 Canadian Men's Amateur.
The Rivermead Cup
When the Canadian Open came to Rivermead in 1920, the club gave the national championship a trophy of its own. The Rivermead Cup went to the Open champion until 1935, and it is still presented every year to the leading Canadian professional at the RBC Canadian Open.
Few clubs in the country have their name engraved so deeply into the national game.
Championships at Rivermead
- 1920
- Canadian Open, won by J. Douglas Edgar
- 1925
- Canadian Women's Amateur, won by Ada Mackenzie
- 1932 · 1959
- Canadian PGA Championship, hosted twice
- 2025
- 120th Canadian Men's Amateur, co-hosted with Royal Ottawa
Eighteen holes, six decks, one river
Par 72 for the men, 75 for the women, and a tee deck for every game between 4,730 and 6,715 yards. Five par threes, five par fives, and a closing hole played over water beneath the clubhouse windows.
Tour the course hole by hole
Weddings on the river side
Ceremonies on the grounds, receptions in a clubhouse that has hosted a century of them, and autumn photographs on the stone bridge.
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The clubhouse
Red brick under a green roof, standing since the club's early years and refreshed in 2008. Dining rooms and verandas look straight down the course, and the kitchen runs all season.
See dining and the clubhouseMembership at Rivermead
Golf, intermediate, junior, and social categories, a course that stays uncrowded, and a practice ground that earns its name. The conversation starts with a visit.