About the Club
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Rockland Golf Club listens to and is attentive to the needs of its members and guests
- The Club is always on the lookout for new ways of anticipating and satisfying the needs of its members.
- The Club consults its members on a regular basis in order to better understand their needs.
- The Club is always looking for ways to increase the value to its members.
- The Club responds promptly to the demands of its members.
- The Club is proactive in the resolution of problems.
Rockland Golf Club is accountable to all of its members
- The Club has the duty to manage the assets that have been entrusted by its investors and to execute its mandate while exercising creativity, honesty and integrity.
- The Club is mindful of its financial viability in order to ensure access to the Club at reasonable prices for all of its members.
Rockland Golf Club is focused on results
- The Club continually evaluates its performance in order to make improvements.
- The Club solicits the expertise and commitment of its investors and members.
Rockland Golf Club is mindful of a healthy environment
- The Club, by its organization and its members, makes it its duty to protect the environment for the current and future generations.
- The Club constantly reviews its operating practices to ensure that they respect the environment.
- The Club monitors new developments in its field of expertise in order to improve the its efficiency while protecting the environment.
Rockland Golf Club is an organization that treats its employees equitably and with respect
- The employees act in accordance with the mission and essential values of the Club.
- The work environment is stimulating and conducive to the learning and development of all employees.
- The employees understand their role and functions within the organization.
- The employees provide the best performance possible in return for a competitive level of compensation and benefits.
History
Late in 1959, he set out with his friends Mr. Gaëtan Schingh, Mr. Robert Paris, Mr. Eugène Laviolette, Mr. Léopold Laviolette, Mr. Roger Thibault, and Mr. Maurice Tessier to find a suitable location to build a golf course. On January 15th, 1960, the group purchased a property of 118 acres at the east end of the town of Rockland for the amount of $5,000.00.
Mr. Chamberland then ordered from the National Golf Foundation in Chicago a book entitled “How to Build a Golf Course”, for the modest sum of $1.00. From there, he went to work with his friends and they built our first nine-hole course. This course was ready for play on May 29th, 1961. In 1963, the Club purchased an additional 35 acres, and our second nine-hole course was opened for play in the spring of 1964.
Two of the other pioneers of the Club were Raymond Haines, who was the initial head professional and later one of the few Master teachers in Canada until his retirement in 1992, and Hervé Mongeon, who was the initial head superintendent until his retirement in 1988.
On September 10th, 1971, the Club purchased a property of 41 acres from Miss Margaret F. Tucker. In the spring of 1979, our executive nine-hole course was opened to the public. Following the purchase of an additional 55 acres of land, the executive nine-hole course was transformed into a championship golf course in 2003, to bring us to our current 27 hole golf course.
Thanks to the dream of one man and the help of his friends, we now have the opportunity to play the game of golf on one of the best golf courses in the region.
Directors since 1959
Directors since 1959 |
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| Gérard Chamberland | (Founding President) | |
| Raymond Delage | (Honorary President) | |
| Bob Barrow Richard Beaubien Maurice Beaulieu François Bellemare Guy Bernard Jacques Bissonnette Lucien Blondin Pierre Boutin Denis Branchaud Louis Brazeau Richard Brazeau Lucien Brisebois Paul Brûlé Denis Brunet Denis Brunet (Dayview) Richard Cadieux Serge Carrière Rolland Cayer Lionell Cheff Bruce Corbett Michel Côté Richard Côté Roger Crête Marc Davidson Wilfrid Delorme Raymond Doucet Jean-Jacques Drolet Paul Drolet |
Monique Drouin Grégoire Farrell Jean Fontaine Robert Gaulin Gilles Girard Nicole Imken Alain Jubinville Jacques LaBelle Arthur Laflamme Gérard Lafrance Lise Lamadeleine Christian Lanthier Rupert Larocque Jules Lavictoire Eugene Laviolette Leopold Laviolette Elmer LeBlanc Marcel LeBlanc Roger LeBlanc Robert Lefebvre Yvon Lefebvre Marcel Léger Michel Lemay Marcel Mayer Robert Mercier Gerry Ouellette Dr. Raymond Paiement |
Marc Parent Robert Paris Roger Parisien Serge Parisien Daniel Payer Bernard Payette Manon Potvin André Poulin Jean-Pierre Pierre Bernard Préjent Richard Proulx Richard Quesnel Dr. Richard Rancourt Richard W. Rancourt Jacques Régimbald Linda Rieux Jim Rody Denis Roy Bernard Sanscartier Pierre Seguin Gaëtan Schingh Gaston Schryer Maurice Tessier Roger Thibault Colette Tremblay Guy Vézina Edgar Viau Richard Viau |

