Cawder Golf Club opened on April 13, 1933, and the Honorable Max Atiken, Lord Beaverbrook's son, was its first captain, though perhaps that pedigree isn't as important as the Cawder Course's architect: James Braid.

Braid laid out the Cawder Course at Cawder Golf Club to open in May of 1934, though it has been reconstructed several times since, first after World War II, and the second came when some of the golf course's land was reclaimed for mineral workings.

The latest layout of the Cawder Course at Cawder Golf Club began construction in 1981, with new unique feature holes and some of the classics retained from the first incarnations of the golf course and some bonus practice areas and holes.

Cawder Golf Club added the Keir Course as membership increased. Built on leased ground and opened in April 1937, the course was designed, like its Cawder sibling, by course architect James Braid; the current layout is largely faithful to his original vision.

The Keir Course at the Cawder Golf Club is the shorter of the two golf courses, but that just makes the greens tighter and trickier, providing big challenges for the short game.

Dress the part if you want to get on the Keir Course at the Cawder Golf Club, though, as a strict dress code is enforced, barring denim and tracksuits, and only allowing shorts in the summer.