Canterbury Golf Club

Canterbury Golf Club's 18-hole course was laid out by founding member Herbert Strong, an Englishman who was also a strong player in his own day. He completed the design in 1922, and the course opened for play on July 1 of that year.

Jack H. Way, a central figure at the club from the early 1920s through the early 1940s, took a close interest in both design and course conditioning. Beginning in 1928 he led a reworking of the second nine that helped establish Canterbury as a championship venue. Way was succeeded as golf professional by Henry Picard, the 1938 Masters champion and a World Golf Hall of Fame member, who often watched members on the first tee and offered swing advice; his suggestion that Ben Hogan weaken his grip became part of golf lore.