Graham Cooke - Inducted Into Canadian Golf Hall Of Fame

Cooke, 63, becomes the 66th member so honoured.

Earlier this month in Ontario Ben Kern, was inducted as a builder. Brent Franklin, a former junior standout while living in Vancouver, will be inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame July 18th from 7-9 pm at Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club in Vancouver.

(With files from the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame)
A standout amateur golfer, Cooke has amassed seven Canadian Mid-Amateur titles and four Canadian Men's Senior titles, a record for most national events won by a Canadian male amateur golfer.

Cooke also won the 1965 Ontario Junior Championship; the 1981, 1984, 1993 and 1996 Quebec Amateur Championships; as well as the 2006 and 2008 Quebec Senior Amateur Championships. In addition, he is a five-time Duke of Kent Champion, a four-time Alexander of Tunis Champion and has made 27 Willingdon Cup appearances at the Canadian Men's Amateur Championship as a member of Quebec's provincial team.

He also served as a Royal Canadian Golf Association Governor in 1990 and played an important role in implementing Golf Quebec's slope and handicapping system for courses.

Cooke attended Michigan State University where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture. He later apprenticed with Canadian golf course architect Howard Watson before starting his own firm. As a celebrated golf course architect, Cooke and his team at Graham Cooke & Associates have worked on more than 100 courses world wide, earning 10 awards for their efforts.

Completed BC Courses
Black Mountain Golf Course (Black Mountain) (2007) CCI
Crowne Isle (Courtenay)
The Dunes at Kamloops (Kamloops) Award
The Harvest Golf Club (Kelowna)
Rupert Park Pitch 'n' Putt (Vancouver) CCI
Shadow Mountain (Cranbrook) (2009) CCI
Sun Rivers Golf Course (Kamloops) (2005) CCI Award
Rupert Park Pitch 'n' Putt (Vancouver) CCI
Talking Rock Golf Club (Chase) (27 holes) (2007) CCI

Current BC Renovation Projects
Kelowna Golf & Country Club, Kelowna, CCI
Marine Drive Golf Club, Vancouver, CCI
Nanaimo Golf Club, Nanaimo, CCI
Northview Golf & Country Club, Surrey, CCI
Point Grey Golf Course, Vancouver, CCI
Royal Colwood Golf Club, Victoria, CCI
Uplands Golf Club, Victoria, BC, CCI
Victoria Golf Club, Victoria, CCI

CCI -- COOKE CARLETON INTERNATIONAL
Courses co-designed by Graham Cooke & Wayne S. Carleton