Initially, the game was played on Lammefælleden close to Vibenshus Runddel in Copenhagen. The players dug the holes in the morning and covered them up in the evening. After a few years the golf club was able to rent an area south-west of the Eremitage Castle, and in 1899 a 9 hole course was created opposite Klampenborg racetrack. In 1928 the current 18 hole course was inaugurated; 16 of 18 holes are still played in the same order as back then. The Royal Copenhagen Golf Club is situated in Dyrehaven, which is a national park established by the Danish King Christian V in the late 17th century. The Royal Copenhagen Golf Club is situated in an area of the park from where you have a beautiful view of Hermitage Castle (Eremitageslottet) and quite often a lot of free running deer. In the process, the village of Stokkerup and the neighboring fields were demolished. The golf course follows the natural rolling country side from a time when the area was farmland. The course was designed by a, still to date, unknown Scottish architect and established in 1928. In 2009 Tom Mackenzie, also a Scotsman, re-designed the golf course and made it more up-to-date and still very integrated with the natural surrounds. The challenging features besides the wind include the hollows surrounding many of the greens and the heavy rough that we are not allowed to cut.