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Marchwood Course

The Marshes Golf Club

Kanata, Ontario, CA
9 holesPar 271,252 yds

About this course

The Marshes Golf Club's Marchwood course sits in Kanata, a suburban community west of Ottawa in Ontario's National Capital Region. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., the course reflects the architect's characteristic approach to strategic design, with emphasis on bold bunkering, large greens, and hazards positioned to challenge golfers at multiple skill levels. Jones, who shaped more than five hundred courses across his career, brought his signature style to this Ottawa-area layout during a period when he was actively working throughout eastern Canada. The course takes its name and character from the natural marshland and wetland features that define much of the property. Water comes into play on numerous holes, and the routing works through a mix of open and wooded terrain typical of the Ottawa Valley landscape. The design incorporates the elevation changes and natural drainage patterns of the site, creating variety in hole character and shot requirements throughout the round. The Marshes operates as a semi-private facility, offering both member and public play. The club serves the Kanata community and the broader Ottawa region, providing a Robert Trent Jones Sr. design within reach of the capital city. The course represents one of several Jones layouts in Ontario, part of the architect's extensive portfolio across Canada that helped shape mid-to-late twentieth-century golf course development in the country.

Quick facts

Location
Kanata, Ontario, CA
Access
Public
Year built
2002
Holes
9
Par
27
Length
1,252 yards

Getting there

The journey to The Marshes Golf Club begins at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, a straightforward twenty-minute drive west into the suburban expanse of Kanata. The route follows the Queensway through Canada's capital corridor before peeling off into the city's tech-hub outskirts, where office parks and residential neighborhoods gradually yield to the preserved wetlands and rolling terrain that define this corner of the Ottawa Valley. The final approach along March Road feels less like arrival at a destination than a quiet retreat from the urban grid - a subtle transition that underscores the club's reputation as one of the region's most serene and meticulously maintained sanctuaries.

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Marchwood was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr..

Yes. Marchwood at The Marshes Golf Club is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.

Par at Marchwood is 27.

Marchwood plays 1,252 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.

Marchwood is a 9-hole course.

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