It was in 1895 when a group of sports characters, ...

It was in 1895 when a group of sports characters, (especially very golfers), decided to create with the Duke of Alba (grandfather of the recently deceased Duchess) at the head and supported by King Alfonso XIII, which was the first golf course. golf in Madrid. Until then, both this and almost all sports were English things, exotic activities, almost unknown in our country.

In 1909, King Alfonso XIII ceded the lands that the Club now occupies in the Puerta de Hierro area, to group for the first time in the same institution and under the presidency of the Duke of Alba, the activities of Polo, Golf and Tennis .