The original course, on the present site, was commissioned by the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) following the expansion of the railways at the end of the 19th century, designed by Old Tom Morris of St Andrews, and opened in 1899. Its opening was celebrated with a professional tournament, after which the winner Harry Vardon received the princely sum of £30. The present layout of the course is a result of it being redeveloped in 1926 by Tom Simpson and Herbert Fowler, although many of Tom Morris' original greensites and basic routing are still in evidence. At the same time as the opening of the golf course in 1899 a railway link to Cruden Bay was created. The magnificent Cruden Bay Hotel was built, and the "new seaside and golfing resort" was nicknamed "the Brighton of the North".

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