Golf Channel’s Tom Abbott gave fans an inside look at a rare sight at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club, home of this week’s CPKC Women’s Open.
While it’s closed this week for the championship, Abbott took a ride from the 15th green to the 16th tee in the club’s inclinator, an inclined elevator Abbott likened to a funicular. According to the city’s websitethe inclinator was built in 1940. The course opened in 1906.
While the majority of the Ontario course was built along the Credit River, the last several holes are perched on higher ground, including a particularly steep climb to the 16th.
“There’s no better way to do it than in the inclinator,” said Abbott during the early portion of Thursday’s telecast, “which is, I think, one of the most unique things that I have seen on a golf course in all my time. It’s a very leisurely, peaceful ride up the side of the hill.”
Abbott noted that there aren’t many of these left on golf courses, though a couple may still be found in Canada.
