Glen Abbey may be demolished?

[mr. chopper]

The owner of Club Link has been negotiating with the PGA for several years now in an attempt to secure the Canadian Open for at least 10 years. The reality of the situation is that many of the players on the PGA tour don't like Glen Abbey. A good buddy of mine won the Open a few years back when they used to rotate the tournament at numerous great courses across the country. He went back to the Abbey to defend and said he'd never play the course again. I tend to agree with him and many of the other players that dislike the golf course. Glen Abbey is way over rated! It's only because it was Jack's first solo design that gave it any kind of recognition or respect. I have it from reliable sources that if Club Link succeeds in brokering a deal with the PGA and acquires the rights to the Canadian Open for 10 years they are committed to spare no expense and either totally redesign another golf course in the GTA of build a world class track on another piece of property. At the end of the day the owner of Club Link could simply close Glen Abbey and grow weeds there, which would be fine with many of the tour players. It's really going to come down to how bad Club Link wants the exclusive rights to the Canadian Open. If you look at the big picture it could be a win, win, win. If Club Link developes Glen Abbey the City of Oakville gets a massive new tax base, the GTA is guaranteed the Canadian Open for at least 10 years and Club Link brings in a top architect to build a new world class golf course that hopefully won't allow the players to shoot twenty something under par every year... My 2.5 cents...