From the archives: Canada improved its game after star golfer's visit

This story was first published on Sept. 28, 2003, in the Montreal Gazette.
That there is much in golf was proved yesterday afternoon. There did not happen to be a House of Commons in town to adjourn for a race, but the Stock Exchange did the next best thing and adjourned to see Vardon play golf.
The Gazette, Sept. 26, 1900
Nobody would blame the stockbrokers for knocking off early, The Gazette reported. Harry Vardon’s exhibition at the Royal Montreal Golf Club would be hard to beat. Beside