Newspaper accounts have the details: “A forty-acre field owned by Mr. J. S. Polk just north of the station at the end of Ingersoll Line will be fitted up for the grounds.

Mr. Polk has consented to rent the ground to the club and become a member himself.” An organizational meeting on October 7 ratified articles of incorporation.

[7] The club relocated to Dallas County in 1970, opening a new course on a hillside overlooking a valley in West Des Moines.

[8] The club hosted the 1999 U.S. Senior Open, with a record 200,000 fans showing up for the four-day event,[9] won by Dave Eichelberger.

Thomas Bendelow, an employee of the Spalding Company, came to Des Moines on December 4 to design the new golf course.

At this time a faction of golfers led by the Hubbells and Denmans split off to build their own golf course on the south side of Des Moines called Wakonda Club.