Carved by hand, kept by tradition.
The history of The Manchester Club is, in many ways, the history of golf in this hemisphere.
A founding without precedent.
When a small group of residents laid out the first nine holes in the Mandeville highlands in 1865, there was no other golf course on this side of the Atlantic. The Club predates the United States Golf Association by 29 years and most of the courses now considered ancient in the Caribbean and the Americas.
The clubhouse and the layout have evolved across the decades — but the spirit of an unhurried, members' Club, set above the heat of the coast, has remained intact through wars, hurricanes and the long slow ceremony of generations.
What we keep.
Manners on the course. Care for the grounds. A welcome that does not depend on whom you know. These are the only rules that have outlived every change of committee.
Heritage
The oldest golf course in the western hemisphere — and we treat it that way.
Community
A members' Club in the truest sense, open to families, juniors and visiting players.
Stewardship
The fairways, courts and pavilions are kept for the generations ahead — not just this one.
Today the Club remains a private home for the pursuit of golf, racquet sports and the gentle art of gathering well. Tradition lives here, but never stands still.