The Barton family of Trentham and Wairarapa owned extensive land in the Heretaunga area in the Upper Hutt Valley and offered to sell club 48.5 hectares of their estate.
[3] This offer was accepted in a Club meeting on 20 November 1906 and subsequently much of the land was cleared and marshes drained to construct the rudimentary course.
The present championship course was redesigned by Greg Turner and Scott Macpherson and opened in 2013.
There is also a nine-hole Terrace course, which takes in some of the most scenic parts of the club's property.
Royal Wellington Golf Course is the host venue for the 2017 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.