The golf course is situated in the park lands which surround the City of Adelaide.

[3] A nine-hole course was briefly established, but ultimately this early golf club was to be short lived, becoming defunct around 1876 following the departure of Governor Fergusson in 1873.

Cows, which had the run of the park lands at the time, were a frequent hazard on this early course.

Players were also permitted to lift their ball from cow pats without incurring a penalty stroke.

Several holes have been realigned in the intervening years, and club membership waxed and waned.

It hosts a mix of short, tight holes and longer, open fairways.