The 'Royal' was dropped from the name of the club in 1996, in advance of the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.

[1] The club paid a one-off premium to lease the land, and is wrongly labelled to pay only a peppercorn rent annually.

[4] On 8 May 1889, a notice was published on the Hong Kong Daily Press: "GENTLEMEN INTERESTED IN THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT GAME OF GOLF ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND A MEETING TO BE HELD IN THE HONGKONG CLUB ON FRIDAY 10TH MAY, 1889 AT 5 pm.

and Gershom Stewart (afterwards Knighted and a member of parliament for Hoylake) very few had much notion of the game but readily agreed to do what they could to established a foothold for it in the Colony.

Rumsey had been elected captain of the new club and had secured the consent of the Governor – Sir William Des Voeux – to accept the presidency.

[9] According to the club annals, "protracted negotiations" with the government and local farmers resulted in sufficient land being obtained in Fanling, its current location, to build its first full 18-hole course that was completed in 1911.

Grave mounds, or "pimples", as they were known, plus innumerable jars of human bones, existed on many of the fairways, but these were for the most part removed in 1920 as the result of a generous grant through Sir Henry May of $50,000, which was paid out as compensation to the families owning them.

There was a particularly large number of the "jars" at the base of the "saddle" or, as it is known today, "Tommy Tucker" (derived from the Cantonese "Mm ta-ka (唔得㗎)" – don't strike).

Whenever the Captain is at Fanling and any other member or subscriber sits in the chair by mistake, the penalty will be one round of drinks at that particular table in memory of the departed pimples.

"During the usual one-hour stopover and, as relations between the United Kingdom and Egypt were rather strained, the customs officer was somewhat suspicious of this damp, sackcloth-wrapped, parcel and insisted on it being opened.

In 1996, in advance of the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China, the club dropped 'Royal' from its name.

[1] In 2015, the club celebrated its 125th anniversary by offering Hong Kong residents a special HK$125 green fee rate on selected days.

[26] A land parcel of 32 hectares to the east of Fan Kam Road of the golf course, which is on the short-term tenancy, will be resumed by the government for housing development.

[27] In August 2022, shortly after the election of a new Hong Kong Chief Executive, the South China Morning Post reported that Legislative Council of Hong Kong member Regina Ip, also a member of the golf club, had called for the plans be abandoned; it was also reported that the club itself had been lobbying various groups in an attempt to overturn the plans on environmental grounds.

[30] In September 2022, the president of the Hong Kong Golf Club argued that it would not be cost effective to build public housing on the site.

[31] The Golf Club hosted an event with hundreds of dogs in an effort to rally public support against redevelopment of the land.

[32] Ta Kung Pao, a newspaper aligned with Beijing, said that "If the golf course development plan is thwarted, the public impression of 'business colluding with government officials' will only get worse.

Two resolutions were passed authorising the committee to proceed with a scheme for the extension of the Fanling clubhouse and the issue of debentures to the amount of HK$900,000 to cover the costs.

[45] In early 1970s, to raise capital for the new complex, including the swimming pool and the mixed accommodation, a scheme of Nominee Memberships was introduced.

[46] At the AGM in 1980, it was decided to issue 30 Nominee Memberships to meet the expense of a redevelopment scheme to include a swimming pool and squash courts in Deep Water Bay.

[48] In 1986, 10 Nominee Memberships were issued in the price of HK$1.1 million to raise fund for the building of the automatic irrigation system, which piping secondary treated effluent from the sewage treatment plant belonging to one of those estates of the new town, Shek Wu Hui.

Mrs. Rumsey unfurled the club flag and as a special gesture a Ladies' competition was played after the opening despite the heavy rain which was falling.

[44] At the Annual General Meeting in 1898, it was decided to erect a single story Club House at Deep Water Bay and this was built in 1899.

[57] During the war and after the fall of Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941, Deep Water Bay was used by the Japanese for various purposes for the most part as a transport depot but they also built piggeries and these provided the excellent flagstones which now surround the south and east sides of the Club House.

Frank Hunter, Club Captain in 1950, donated money to form the garden at the Half-way House on the occasion of his retirement from Hong Kong.

The roof is decorated with curving end ridges to the hips, and a colourful ridge-board supporting two green dragons competing for the Pearl for Wisdom.

In 1980s, the club introduced the recycling of domestic waste water collected from Fanling town centre to use as irrigation – making the courses more playable in winter.

In 2015, the club launched educational guided tours for local schools and organizations on specially designed tree trails over the three courses in Fanling.

The vegetation cover includes 75 hectares of mature lowland secondary forest, an extremely rare habitat in Hong Kong.

[63] Many charities hosted fundraising golf days at the club's courses, including the Community Chest, Po Leung Kuk and the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.