In 1910, a local hotel company began negotiations to rent land in the Bréville dunes from the Granville town council.

Thus in 1921 plans were laid and work was begun under the supervision of Harry Colt, the famed English golf architect.

Colt made good use of the magnificent dune landscape to design one of the largest courses in Europe at that time.

A visit in 1922 by the renowned specialist in golf course design, Martin Sutton, confirmed the natural quality of the linksland.

This idea was taken up by the club in 1973 and since then a competition has been held in his honour each year - La Coupe Dior, of which a photo can be seen below in the gallery.