From Tee to Green

195011 minFilm: Documentary

Direction: Grant Crabtree

Production: Jack OlsenJames Beveridge

Script: John K. Rooke

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Government Travel Bureau.

A tour of fine Canadian golf courses from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island. Setting out to hitch-hike across the country, a youngster earns his way by caddying at courses in each province: St. Georges, Toronto; Laval-sur-le-Lac near Montréal; The Links at Green Gables, Prince Edward Island; Capilano, Vancouver; and others. Also included are courses in such national parks as Prince Albert and Banff. Final scenes are of Bing Crosby enjoying a game at Jasper.

Subject categories

  • Sports and Leisure > Ball Games
  • Canada - Images of a Country > Canadian Journeys
  • Tourism > Canadian JourneysSports and Leisure

Credits

director
Grant Crabtree
camera
Grant Crabtree
producer
Jack Olsen
executive producer
James Beveridge
script
John K. Rooke
sound
Tim Wilson
editing
Horace Clarke
music
Eldon Rathburn