Princes Golf Trips and Golf Outings

The land for Prince's was given by the Earl of Guildford to Sir Harry Mallaby-Deeley, who recruited Charles Hutchings, the 1902 Amateur Champion, and his friend Percy Montagu Lucas, the honorary secretary at Cromer Golf Club, to lay out the 18-hole course in 1904.



During the building of the links, Lucas sought advice from three individuals: Scottish international golfers Cecil Hutchinson and Mure Fergusson, as well as Herbert Fowler, the designer of Walton Heath's two superb golf courses.

In April of 1952, the links was eventually reopened as a 27-hole facility with an 18-hole Championship Blue course and a Red 9-hole layout. The majority of the original greens were retained in the new configuration.

The Himalayas is a favourite circuit for many members despite the Shore & Dunes' high ranking because it allows them to play a quick round on the shortest of the three nines. This loop includes the longest par five on the property at the 680-yard sixth hole, which is the hole closest to the coast.

The eighth and fourth holes share a double green, another homage to traditional course architecture. The ninth hole's final tee shot is directed towards a semi-blind fairway that leads to the home green, which is defended to the left by the renowned Sarazen bunker.

Architect Martin Ebert's redesign of the Himalayas Nine was shown by Prince in the summer of 2017. In order to create a long par five, the current second and third holes were combined. A new second tee was built to the right of the first first fairway. After the current fifth hole (new fourth hole), a brief par three fifth hole was added, playing towards the sea. Currently, the eighth hole is a short, driveable par four with everlasting marshes arranged on both sides of the fairway. May 2018 saw the opening of the new holes.