Rowlands Castle Golf Club

About Rowlands Castle Golf Club

The inaugural meeting of Rowlands Castle Golf Club was held at the Portsmouth County Club on 27th February 1902 when a committee was formed, a set of rules agreed and invitations extended to interested persons to subscribe 2 Guineas (£2.10p) to cover 2 years’ membership. Sir William T Dupree was elected President - a post he held for 30 years. The first clubhouse was a used railway carriage, which was purchased for £10 and was known as the Pavilion since many members were also members of Havant Cricket Club. The club started as a 9 hole layout enclosed by the land of todays back nine although the detail of the individual holes has changed somewhat. Needless to say, all the work to construct the course was carried out without the assistance of any mechanical equipment, only shovels, horses