About Us

The Ottawa Valley Golf Association (OVGA) is a non-profit organization incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act. The OVGA was formed in 1980 under the leadership of Len Copeland past President of the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, then provincial representative of the Ottawa District Golf Association which dated from 1948. The OVGA is affiliated with the Golf Québec and the Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA).

There are approximately 80 member clubs in the geographic area stretching from Deep River, Ontario, in the north-west, east to Thurso, Québec, south to Alexandria, Ontario then west to Brockville, Ontario. The OVGA has two mandates; one: "...to advance amateur recreation and recreational activities through the playing of the game of golf, including the standards of play and competition", and two"...to act as the representatives of Golf Québec in the Ottawa Valley" . Fulfilling these objectives involves responsibility for all official Golf Québec and OVGA events held in the district, the organization of a Junior Program for boys and girls, handicap supervision, the rules of golf, course measurement and course rating.

In accordance with its prime mandate, the OVGA arranges and conducts about 25 golf tournaments each year for male adults and junior boys and girls with over 3500 participants. The major tournaments are the Alexander of Tunis (see the table of contents), City And District "A" Class, City And District "B" Class, District Match Play, Junior/Juvenile Championship, Mid-Amateur and Senior Championship. A number of OVGA tournaments are "designated events" wherein participants' differentials (score minus course rating) are used to establish a standing on the Golf Québec regional Ladder (see table of contents).

Contestants who qualify on the ladder are eligible to compete in the Alexander of Tunis, Duke of Kent and Québec Amateur which are major area amateur tournaments leading to entry into the Canadian Amateur Tournament at the RCGA national level .