Richard Scott, Jerry Anderson and Charles Blair Macdonald to be inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame

Trio will change into the 87th, 88th and 89th inductees to obtain the best honour in Canadian golf as a part of RBC Corridor of Fame Day through the 2025 CPKC Girls’s Open

Oakville, ON – The Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame introduced in the present day that achieved novice golfer Richard Scott, former skilled golfer Jerry Anderson and famend course architect Charles Blair Macdonald have been chosen for 2025 induction into the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame.

Scott, 41, of Kingsville, Ont. and Anderson (posthumous) will probably be inducted into the gamers class, whereas Macdonald (posthumous) will probably be inducted into the builder class. The trio change into the 87th, 88th and 89th honoured members of the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame.

“The Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame Committee is happy to announce the number of Richard Scott, Jerry Anderson and Charles Blair Macdonald for election to the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame,” stated Harry Brotchie, Chair, Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame Choice Committee. “Every of those people acquired substantial help of their nominations and full endorsement of the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame Choice Committee. Every of them is exclusive within the contributions they’ve made to golf and are very deserving of this honour.”

Scott received the Canadian Males’s Beginner Championship thrice throughout his profession, the primary in 2003 after which back-to-back in 2005 and 2006. A graduate of Golf Canada’s Nationwide Staff Program (2006), Scott is tied with Brent Franklin with three Canadian Males’s Beginner titles trailing solely Doug Roxburgh and Nick Weslock with 4, C.Ross (Sandy) Somerville with six and George S. Lyon with eight.

“It’s a large honour to be inducted into the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame. Being included with the perfect of the perfect that Canadian golf has to supply is really exceptional,” stated Richard Scott. “I couldn’t have achieved this with out the love and help of my mother and father, Rick and Colleen Scott. I stay up for being a part of the ceremony in August.”

Anderson was an achieved skilled golfer having received quite a few tournaments throughout Canada and internationally on the European Tour (now DP World Tour). Born in Montreal, Que., Anderson grew to become the primary Canadian to win on the European Tour when he received the 1984 Ebel European Masters – Swiss Open. Anderson shot a report 27-under that stood for 19 years. Following his enjoying profession, Anderson frolicked as a instructing skilled for shut to twenty years, till he handed away on March 9, 2018, on the age of 62.

“On behalf of myself, my household and Jerry’s brothers, we’re over the moon, glad and really proud Jerry has been chosen for this particular honour. Jerry was revered by and had shut relationships with golfers at house and around the globe on varied international excursions. He opened the door for Canadian golfers to play on excursions in international locations apart from the US and he was Canada’s Ambassador to golf, in a humble and unassuming method,” stated Barbara Anderson, spouse of the late Jerry Anderson. “Thanks a lot to the choice committee for bestowing this nice honour to Jerry. To be chosen and inducted into the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame is an elite honour and we’re so grateful and proud.”

Born in Niagara Falls, Ont., Macdonald was an achieved builder who is thought for creating the time period “golf course architect.” Macdonald designed the primary 18-hole golf course in the US, the Chicago Golf Membership. He additionally helped discovered the US Golf Affiliation and received the inaugural U.S. Males’s Beginner Championship in 1895. Macdonald handed away April 21, 1939, on the age of 83.

“Our household is deeply grateful to the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame for recognizing CB Macdonald’s pivotal position in bringing the nice recreation of golf to North America and his affect heading in the right direction design and golf historical past,” stated Cathy Hartley, great-great-granddaughter of CB Macdonald. “His imaginative and prescient and artistry proceed to encourage golfers in the present day via the sweetness and problem of his programs. Seeing our great-great-grandfather honoured on this means is profoundly significant and we stay up for celebrating his legacy on August 26.”

Scott, Anderson and Macdonald will formally be a part of the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame throughout an induction ceremony going down through the RBC Corridor of Fame Day as a part of the 2025 CPKC Girls’s Open which runs August 20-24 at Mississaugua Golf and Nation Membership in Mississauga, Ont.

RICHARD SCOTT

Richard Scott loved a profitable novice profession with a number of championships provincially, nationally and on the collegiate degree. He was born in Kingsville, Ont. on October 2, 1983, and was a member of Golf Canada’s Nationwide Staff Program for 2 years (2005-2006).

Scott’s early days in golf started at his native course, the Kingsville Golf and Nation Membership. He started his novice profession enjoying and profitable a number of provincial tournaments with Golf Ontario. Wins included: Golf Ontario’s Membership Hyperlink Tour (1998), Juvenile Division Championship (1999), Peterborough Match of Champions (1999), Junior Masters Championship (2000) and the Junior Match of Champions (2002).

On the nationwide stage, Scott received the Juvenile Division to say the Jack Bailey Trophy on the Canadian Junior Boys Championship in 2000 and completed runner-up on the Canadian Junior Boys Championship two years later. In 2003, Scott received his first of three Canadian Males’s Beginner Championships, profitable two extra back-to-back in 2005 and 2006. Scott is tied with Canadian Golf Corridor of Famer member Brent Franklin with three Canadian Males’s Beginner titles. Solely fellow Canadian Golf Corridor of Famers, Doug Roxburgh and Nick Weslock (4), C.Ross Somerville (six) and George S. Lyon (eight) have received extra.

Scott later attended the College of Georgia, the place he helped the Bulldogs win two SEC Staff Championships and the 2005 NCAA Nationwide Championship. Following his collegiate profession, Scott turned skilled and competed on the Canadian Tour (now PGA TOUR Americas) over 4 seasons, incomes 10 top-10 finishes. He competed on the Internet.com Tour (now Korn Ferry Tour) for 2 seasons and earned 5 top-10 finishes. Scott additionally competed in six RBC Canadian Opens throughout his profession together with 2006 the place he completed T68 because the low novice.

Scott retired from skilled golf in 2013 on the age of 31. He was inducted into the Ontario Golf Corridor of Fame in 2019.

JERRY ANDERSON

Born in Montreal, Que., Jerry Anderson was one in all Canada’s most profitable touring skilled golfers. His journey in golf started as a caddie in his house metropolis earlier than attending the College of Texas and later turned skilled.

Anderson began his skilled journey on the Canadian Tour (now PGA TOUR Americas) the place he received a number of titles, together with the Gamers Cup (1979), Manitoba Open (1979), Ontario Open (1979), back-to-back Saskatchewan Opens (1979, 1980) and Quebec Opens (1982, 1983). He additionally received the PGA of Canada Championship in 1987 and the Canadian Tour Gamers Championship in 1989. Anderson received the Canadian Tour Order of Benefit thrice in 1980, 1982 and 1989.

Anderson grew to become the primary Canadian to win on the European Tour (now DP World Tour), when he received the 1984 Ebel European – Swiss Masters. Anderson’s 27-under par rating was a report on the European Tour that stood for 19 years till Ernie Els shot 29-under on the 2003 Johnnie Walker Basic.

Anderson competed in 66 PGA TOUR occasions throughout his profession and spent two full seasons on Tour in 1990 and 1992. He made 18 cuts and earned three high 25 finishes on the PGA TOUR. He competed within the RBC Canadian Open 12 occasions, making the minimize in three tournaments, together with a T15 end in 1982. That very same yr, Anderson claimed the Rivermead Cup, ending because the low Canadian, and he would earn that honour once more in 1992 in his last RBC Canadian Open. He additionally received as soon as on the Ben Hogan Tour (now Korn Ferry Tour), profitable the 1991 Ben Hogan Texarkana Open. He completed fourth on the cash listing that yr re-earning his PGA TOUR card for 1992.

Anderson additionally represented Canada on 4 events, in 1985 on the Alfred Dunhill Cup and on the World Cup in 1983, 1987 and 1989.

Following his enjoying profession, Anderson moved to Cambridge, Ont. and have become a PGA of Canada Class A Skilled. He labored at Cambridge Golf Membership, Ingersoll Golf and Nation Membership and at last with Credit score Valley Golf and Nation Membership.

Anderson handed away on March 9, 2018, on the age of 62. He was inducted into the Ontario Golf Corridor of Fame in 2002. He was later inducted into the PGA of Canada Corridor of Fame in 2016 and posthumously into the PGA of Ontario Corridor of Fame in 2020.

CHARLES BLAIR MACDONALD

Charles Blair Macdonald also known as the “Father of American Golf Course Structure” was born in Niagara Falls, Ont. earlier than transferring together with his household to Chicago. He later attended college in Scotland on the College of St. Andrews the place he studied the sport below the steerage of Previous Tom Morris.

Macdonald later returned to North America and is credited with designing the primary 18-hole golf course in the US, the Chicago Golf Membership following the addition of 9 holes in 1893. Macdonald can be credited with designing the Previous White Course at The Greenbrier in West Virginia, Mid-Ocean Membership in Bermuda, the Nationwide Golf Hyperlinks and Sleepy Hole each in New York and the Yale College Golf Membership amongst others.

As a participant, Macdonald received the inaugural U.S. Beginner in 1895 at Newport Nation Membership in Rhode Island by a rating of 12&11. Alongside Charles Hunter, Macdonald is credited with organizing the primary Canada vs. United States event held at Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Membership in 1895. As well as, he authored the ebook, Scotland’s Reward: Golf, discussing golf in America, course designs and extra.

Macdonald handed away April 21, 1939, on the age of 83. He has been inducted posthumously into the Illinois Golf Corridor of Fame (1989), the World Golf Corridor of Fame (2007) and the Metropolitan Golf Affiliation Corridor of Fame (2020).