Moncton Golf & Country Club

212 Coverdale Rd.

Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada

(506) 387-3855

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Golf came to Moncton at the turn of the century. Two Scots brothers, Thomas and Gib Buckham, came out from the old country to work at the woollen mill at Humphreys. Both brothers, ardent golfers, brought their golf sticks with them. Seeking a place to practice they settled on a field a short distance from the mill and two miles from downtown Moncton.  

Eventually, with the financial assistance of the professionals and businessmen of the city, they proceeded with plans to construct a golf links. Work started around 1900, on the property located on the Mill Road, which was bounded on the east by the lower pond and on the west side by the Shediac Road cemetery. The lower part of the links consisted of a rolling meadow while holes six to nine, up the hill, covered with clumps of small trees, bramble and blueberry bushes. The links were located a short distance from the railway station and the end of the streetcar line.

Membership included the elite and wealthy of Moncton. Club members engaged in home-and-home matches with members of Sackville, Amherst and Truro clubs. The visiting golfers travelled to Humphreys by train. Early in the century there was a move to have a golf course established closer to the centre of Moncton. Rev E.B. Hooper, rector of St. George's Anglican Church, was one of the principal founders and the Moncton club's first president.

Timeline

·         1906: The Moncton club located on the Salisbury Road adjacent to Jonathon Creek (now Jones Lake) opens for play

·         1917: Members of the Humphrey and Moncton clubs start construction of a new course on 125 acres of land in Gunningsville, to be known as The Riverdale Club

·         1921: Over 200 members attend the formal opening of the new clubhouse and course (9 holes)

·         1933: Riverdale extends to 12 holes

·         1934: Riverdale becomes a charter member of the New Brunswick Golf Association

·         1942: The Riverdale club becomes the Moncton Golf and Country Club

·         1949: The club extends to 18 holes with new holes 5,6,12,13,14 and 15

The Humphrey course description

The Moncton Golf Club description (1906)