The club is located on the southern edge of the township of Barwon Heads and comprises an eighteen-hole links style championship course as well as a nine-hole 3-par course, tennis courts and a clubhouse with accommodation built in the 1920s.

[1] In 1920 the club moved to its current location on the southern edge of the Barwon Heads township on the Bass Strait coast line.

[1] The links style course was designed by Victor East, the then professional of the Royal Melbourne Golf Club, the plowing and shaping of the course was done with horse drawn implements and the course was planted with couch grass obtained from the Royal Melbourne Golf Club.

[2][3] The clubhouse has subsequently undergone a number of renovations, it is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

[3] In 1961 the club built a nine-hole 3-par course, it was laid out by Legh Winser.