Malone's first golf course was laid out on a former polo field in 1895 but within a year the demand had outstripped the facilities and a new site was found. Several other moves took place before the present course on the Ballydrain Estate was opened in 1962.

The Championship Course has played its part in both the professional and amateur history of Irish golf but the smaller Edenderry Course, a quaint little nine-holer, is just as much fun without the dramatic challenge of its bigger brother.