In November 2009, Clifton Springs Golf Club celebrated the centenary of the first competition held on the course. Clifton Springs golf course, now a challenging 18-hole layout, can trace its origins back to the late 19^th century.  It is believed it first took shape as part of a clifftop hotel development catering for holidaymakers coming by paddle steamer to the nearby mineral springs. The original Clifton Springs Golf Club held its first recorded official Saturday competition on November 20, 1909 on what was then a nine-hole links layout, set out by a well known course designer Dick Banks.

The history of the original golf club has been lost and the present day Clifton Springs Golf Club was not formed until 1970, by which time the course was owned by developer Willmore and Randall who expanded it to 18 holes. Ownership of the course transferred to the local council during the 70s and the club, which today is wholly responsible for the operation of the course and its costs, leases it from the City of Greater Geelong.

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