Sidney Simmonds hits the first shot at the opening of Okehampton Golf Club on the 16th July 1913

In 1913 a 9 hole golf course was laid out by J.H.Taylor, the celebrated Golf Professional and winner of the Open Championship and opened in July of the same year. One man only was employed on it during the war.
In 1921 it was decided to extend the course to 18 holes. This work was supervised by Mr E. P Burd, the then Hon. Secretary, the benefit of whose long experience of golf and golf courses the Club was extremely fortunate in obtaining.
The full course was formally opened by ex-open-champions, J. H. Taylor and Alex Herd on the 9th May 1923. They were delighted with the course, saying the site was one of the most beautiful they had ever seen, that it afforded a most thorough test of golf, the soil and turf were excellent, and there were no two holes alike. The course has been improved and extended since this time and is kept in pristine condition with greens second to none in the County.

The Clubhouse 1933