Graham Cooke and Associates, Inc. (GCA) of Montreal and Vancouver, Canada and Turin, Italy designed Country Club of Vermont. GCA constructs new courses and has redesigned such high profile clubs as the Royal Montreal Golf Club, site of the 1975, 1980 and 1997 Canadian Open.  An international class amateur golfer in his own right, Cooke was moved by the "power of the land" and took an active personal role in developing the Waterbury site.