The plan however was potentially jeopardised because some of the area was originally farmland and one owner refused to sell his property to the course.
Undaunted, construction finally got under way in earnest on 1 December 1967, and the project was renamed Port Royal Golf Course.
Design had to be changed several times initially due to land agreements, however this rerouting lead to the creation of the world famous, and much photographed, spectacular 16th hole - the tee and green of which perch precariously on cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
More recently, it underwent renovation in preparation for the hosting of the 2009 PGA Grand Slam of Golf.
A member of the original design team, Roger Rulewich, has headed up this $14.5 million project and the course was officially reopened on 21 July 2009.