The Great Lakes Tour is Canada’s premiere developmental golf tour. The GLT was created to give Canadian players an opportunity to hone their skills and to act as a springboard to take players to the next level. Young or old, amateur, or professional players are encouraged to test their game against Ontario's best and gain valuable professional tournament experience.

GLT was established in 2001. Since our inception, the Tour has awarded over 1.5 million dollars to aspiring Canadian Golf Professionals. In the Tours inaugural year, it accepted over 200 members and has since more than double in popularity. The Tour’s mission has remained constant: to provide a higher caliber of tournament golf, open to all golf professionals, in one region. The Tour has been recognized as being "The Best Place to Develop Your Game" in Ontario Canada, and was quoted to have filled a niche for more competitive, open competition in Canada.

GLT was recognized by the Golf Journal (UGSA Publication in 2001) as the first open golf tour in the world: “The Great Lakes Tour has transcended all gender and age differences to becomes North America’s first truly “Open” pro golf tour.” 

GLT is owned and operated by Dennis Hendershott and Kara Kelly. Dennis is an unattached Professional originally from Brantford, On. He gained his professional golf experience while playing on numerous U.S. Mini Tours and has also competed on the Canadian Tour over the past few years. Dennis is also a two-time GLT champion (Paris Grand, 2002 & Whistle Bear, 2005). Kara is a native of Toronto. Upon finishing her degree at the University of Waterloo, she took a position with the CPGA of Ontario, coordinating tournaments and membership over 4 years. She then moved on to a Special Events Management position with a global multi- media company for 3 years. There she gained significant experience in event planning, marketing, public relations and media communications.