At the turn of the century, the game of golf had come very much into vogue, chiefly among the leisured and professional classes. The absence of links in Scarborough was to the disadvantage of the town, the well know links of the Scarborough Club at Ganton being inconveniently situated for many owing to its distance.

Hence a movement was set afoot, it's object, the provision of golf links and tennis courts on South Cliff. The proposal at first was that the Corporation should carry the scheme as a municipal one; there were difficulties however in the way of this. Consequently the movement became one of semi private character, a Limited Liability Company.

The Scarborough Town Golf and Lawn Tennis Company Limited being formed with a capital of £1,500 in £1.00 shares to carry out the scheme. Subsequently the following notice appeared in the Scarborough Evening News on the 4th November 1902: