Founded in 1929, the course was designed by Harry Colt, John Morrison and Messrs Frank Harris Brothers.

They were entrusted with the task of producing a downland course of good length offering 18 attractive holes of considerable variety. In 1999, all the greens were reconstructed to a USGA specification, and in 2018 a ‘Woodland Management Plan’ was implemented to restore Harry Colt’s original humps and hollows.