Whilst the course only opened officially in September 2003, a huge amount of work had taken place prior to this to transform the land from a gorse and broom infested hill into the course that you see today.

Until a few years ago the area that the course now occupies was covered in gorse and tussocky grass. It was home to a few sheep and numerous rabbits. Apart from grazing the only other use was for off-roadmotorcycles who used the area for a spot of practice.

How do you turn rough grazing land into a golf course? First, get rid of the gorse and other unwanted vegetation. This was weeding on a vast scale and needed some rather unconventional techniques. With the gorse removed it was possible to start preparing the soil ready for seeding as grass.

However as the soil hadn't been touched since the last ice age a 'few' stones had to be removed.20,000 tons of rock later (if you wonder what we've done with this amount of rock, it has been crushed and now forms the 5km of tracks that traverse the course) and having built our own version of the pyramids we could begin preparations in earnest.

A clubhouse has always been part of the development plan and in mid 2004 the foundations were begun with the main structure commencing in Aug 2004. The roof was completed in the autumn of 2004 and the clubhouse lounge area opened for use in early 2005.