The Pennant Hills Golf Club is a golf club in Beecroft, New South Wales, Australia, a suburb of Sydney. Founded in 1923, it is a par 71 eighteen-hole championship course. It has hosted many amateur events including the NSW Men's and NSW Ladies Amateur Championships. In 1925, the original clubhouse was designed by Thomas Pollard Sampson, a playing member of the club, and he extended the building in 1929 and again in 1939. History The club was incorporated on 26 February 1923 when it completed the purchase of an area of land of 97 acres, 1 rood and 24 ½ perches, paying £4750 to Mr J.W Meader for the land previously secured by Robert Vicars. An initial course layout in 1923 included 9 holes on the western end which had previously been cleared for farming and cultivation. The remainder of the course was covered with hundreds of trees and stumps, water holes, and rock shelves which required removal before an 18-hole course could be completed. The course was extended to an 18-hole course over the next year following advice provided by Professional Golfer, Tom Howard, the then holder of the Australian Open, NSW and Australian PGA Titles, He was paid a fee of £1/1-. The first 18-hole layout was played in March 1924. Over subsequent years, the layout was changed until a final layout in 1934, which opened on 17 March 1934. Layout and signature holes Apart from the initial course layout in 1923/24 designed with the advice of Tom Howard, the subsequent course design was mostly done by club members. There was no master layout for the course, which evolved through five progressive layouts from 1924 to 1934. Each layout was enabled by the clearing of trees, which provided areas for new fairways and greens and lengthening of existing holes to achieve a course of championship length. When considering changes to the 16th hole in 1936 to create a dog-leg, Eric Apperly, then Australian Amateur Champion. was asked to provide a design. Also in 1952 when the 9th green was reconstructed requiring excavation into the sandstone cliff behind, the advice of Australian Open Champion 1950/52/53, Norman Von Nida was sought. In laying out the course, the design took advantage of the often steep hilly contours of the site, as well as the many stands of old growth trees and the deep gully carrying Devlins Creek through the eastern end