Famous Ontario golf course was totally submerged by flooding

A famous Ontario golf course that has hosted the Canadian Open a record 30 times was absorbed by a river amid Tuesday's widespread flooding.

Oakville's renowned Glen Abbey Golf Club was consumed by the raging floodwaters of Tuesday's historic storm when Sixteen Mile Creek broke its banks and a deluge spilled across the course's fairways.

So the creek on No. 14 at Glen Abbey was a little wider than I remember this afternoon.
(Sorry for the one-second video format) pic.twitter.com/9a3O0HHLq9

— Ted McIntyre (@Tedbits) July 16, 2024

Photos and videos captured by passersby on the Smith Triller Viaduct crossing the temporarily enlarged waterway show a surreal scene of murky water inundating the golf club.

Rain this week is no joke. Friend posted this pic of Glen Abbey Golf course today… pic.twitter.com/RtiWZ2aKKy

— Tami C 🇨🇦 (@TLCogs) July 16, 2024

One passerby even described the course as "destroyed." 

Friend sent me this video of GlenAbbey Golf Course in Oakville this afternoon, home of the Canadian Open completely destroyed 😭#rbccanadianopen #torontofloods #oakville #floods #glenabbey #glenabbeygolfcourse pic.twitter.com/W1QaXepvDx

— Brett Jones 🚀 (@BrettJohana) July 16, 2024

However, Glen Abbey's management has been quick to dispel rumours about the club's destruction.

While the club remains (understandably) closed as of Wednesday afternoon, the owners have pledged to reopen the golf course on Friday — an ambitious timeline considering that this whole course was feet underwater a day earlier.

Glen Abbey was just one of many scenes of chaos across the Greater Toronto Area, joining locations like Union Station, the Don Valley Parkway, and other busy areas affected by the sudden flooding and widespread power outages.