Established in 1879, it is located in the capital city of Colombo at The Ridgeway Links also known as the Anderson Golf Course.

On 13 March 1880 ten founding members, led by Edward Aitken (founder of Aitken Spence), met at the Colombo Club and held the first General Meeting of the Colombo Golf Club.

[1] The first Chairman and Captain was W. Law and the Committee consisted of W. Somerville, F. A. Fairlie and R. Webster.

The land and funds for the Model Farm were provided by Sir Charles Henry de Soysa.

[1] During World War II the clubhouse and the golf links were used by the Royal Navy code breakers of the Far East Combined Bureau and were known as "HMS Anderson".