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1985 |
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Chris Haney finds it difficult to access local courses and decides to build his own. |
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1987, May |
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Devil's Pulpit site located and inspected by Chris Haney, Doug Ball and Mike Hurdzan. |
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1987, Nov. |
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The Devil's Pulpit Golf Association is founded by Chris Haney. |
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1988, Dec. |
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Site approved and purchased. |
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1989, Jan. 7 |
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Membership draw with 269 people purchasing founding memberships at Innis Lake |
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1989, March |
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Course construction begins at Devil's Pulpit. |
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1990, July |
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First round of golf at Devil's Pulpit by Chris Haney, Scott Abbott, Doug Ball and Ian Matsuura. |
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1990, Summer |
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Course construction begins at Devil's Paintbrush. |
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1990, Sept. 9 |
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Devil's Pulpit grand opening gala held in a marquee with 600 in attendance. |
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1990, Nov. 26 |
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Devil's Pulpit clubhouse opens. |
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1991, Sept. 3 |
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The Duke of Kent hosts dinner for Lorne Regiment of Scots. |
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1991, Sept. 13 |
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Remi Bouchard shoots course-record 64 at Devil's Pulpit in Tournament Players Championship, a major Canadian Tour event. |
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1991, Sept. 15 |
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Mark Wurtz wins $118,000 top prize in Tournament Players Championship in playoff over Remi Bouchard. |
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1992, Jan. |
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Devil's Pulpit awarded "Best New Course" in Canada honours by Golf Digest magazine. |
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1992, June 22-26 |
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Canadian Club Champions Championship hosted by Devil's Pulpit. |
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1992, July 1 |
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Devil's Paintbrush opens with party at Professor Rabbit's Hole. |
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1992, July 5 |
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Tornado rips through Devil's Pulpit. |
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1992, July 26 |
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Tournament Players Championship at Devil's Pulpit won by Stuart Hendley. |
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1993, Jan. |
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Devil's Paintbrush awarded "Best New Course" in Canada honours by Golf Digest. |
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1993, July 24-25 |
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Skins Game at Devil's Pulpit won by Fred Couples over Raymond Floyd, Jack Nicklaus and Nick Price. |
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1996, Sept. 13-15 |
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Inaugural President's Cup matches are won by the Devil's Paintbrush team. |
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1997, Nov. |
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Devil's Paintbrush is recognized as one of the world's best courses, named "hidden jewel" and winner of "Honorable Mention" by Golf magazine. |
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1998, Aug. |
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Devil's Pulpit acclaimed as "Best Conditioned Course in Canada" by Score magazine. |
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1999, May |
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Elected to "The Finest Golf Clubs of the World." |
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1999, June |
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Golf Digest ranks both courses in the top 20 in Canada. The Paintbrush is rated 8th while the Pulpit ranks as 13th best. |
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2000, Fall |
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No.13 at Devil's Paintbrush, a 226-yard par 3, is featured in The 500 World's Greatest Golf Holes published by the editors of Golf magazine. |
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2001, July |
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Devil's Pulpit Golf Association named Best Private Course by Score magazine. |
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2003, Nov. |
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Golf Digest magazine ranks DevilŐs Paintbrush 5th and DevilŐs Pulpit 10th in their list of Best Courses in Canada. |
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2004, July 22 & 23 |
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DevilŐs Pulpit hosts 6th Annual Toronto Star Amateur. |
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2006, August |
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SCOREGolf magazine ranks Devil's Paintbrush 4th and Devil's Pulpit 17th in their list of Best Canadian Courses. |
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2007, Spring |
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Report on Business magazine names Devil's Paintbrush 13th as The Hardest Hole in Canada |
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2007, Aug. 14-17 |
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Devil's Pulpit hosts Inaugural Greens & Dreams Junior Invitational featuring The Kern Cup for junior boys and Marlene Stewart Streit Cup for junior girls. |
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