All around the province, golf clubs are starting to open for the season. The City of Mississauga-owned Lakeview Golf Course, on Dixie Road, opened for the season this Tuesday, April 16.

The course twice hosted the Canadian Open golf tournament, once in 1923, and again in 1934.

Until the 1934 event, the Royal Canadian Golf Association had used a “medal play” format, a qualifying round ahead of the actual tournament. By “abolishing” this format, an era newspaper reported, Canada was aligning with the American and British championship format.

The biggest no-show and the eventual winner were both from Chicago. The 1933 Canadian Open was Joe Kirkwood’s first significant title, but the reigning champ and his trick shots were lured to Europe’s lucrative events. Already a two-time Canadian Open champ, Tommy Armour added a third title at Lakeview in August 1934, with a score of 287 over four rounds.