For some 20 years the Club was 'right out in the country' with only an isolated farmhouse to be seen. The Clubhouse was a wooden hut with a small part of it partitioned-off for the ladies. It was situated about 100 yards up the Hillington Road from the old Renfrew to Glasgow Road. As there were no motor cars or buses at that time, members had to walk or use a bicycle.

The course was to be officially opened by Mr Hagart Speirs but come the day - 22 October 1894 - that function was carried out by the Provost of Renfrew, Mr Andrew Brown before a large attendance.

It seems almost unbelievable that a golf course of sorts could be laid out in less than one month.

In 1880 Scotland could boast only 43 golf courses. But such was the game's growing popularity that by 1910 a further 223 courses had been built. Some 43 of these were, like Renfrew, constructed between 1894 and 1896.

This rapid expansion in the Royal and Ancient game was possible because of the very basic requirements of "gowfers" at the turn of the century. The game at that time was played on existing landscapes - courses were laid out rather than constructed - and so it was with Renfrew.