History

The West Palm Beach Country Club was built on the North West side of which is now the Palm Beach International Airport. It was founded by philanthropists and businessmen. These gentlemen created West Palm Beach Country Club to serve the public citizens as the popularity of golf began to grow.

The onset of World War II brought a need for an expanded airport which utilized the present land of the Golf Course. The money that the government paid for the course was used to build a new course on its present site on Parker Avenue. Dick Wilson, a prominent golf course architect designed the unique, highly undulated, waterless eighteen hole layout. The new course was opened in 1947 and was soon to host the ‘Palm Beach Open’, a yearly PGA Tour event. The likes of Arnold Palmer, Gardiner Dickenson, and Gay Brewer, are just a few of the victors at the annual Palm Beach event.

Today the West Palm Beach Golf Course thrives as an accessible public venue that will intrigue golfers of all skill levels. The 1980’s brought fame as one of the “Top Ten” public golf courses in the United States. The Friday Pro Am still boasts of being the ‘Oldest Game in Town”, and still attracts many Professionals and top amateurs.

When in Florida do not miss the opportunity to play where the Pro’s played, and still do….the West Palm Beach Golf Course.