History & Tradition
The Club was established in 1969 as The British Golf Club Gatow, making it the second oldest club in Berlin-Brandenburg after Golfclub Wannsee and among the oldest in Germany.

The Berliner Golf Club Gatow e.V., its German counterpart, was founded in 1990 by British and German members of the British Golf Club Gatow almost as a club within a club, which took over from the Allied Forces following their planned withdrawal from Berlin in 1994.

On 1st October 1994 The newly founded Club became official "inheritors" of The British Club which by then could look back on 25 years of history and tradition.

Survival - From 9 to 18
Today, the course consists of 8 "old" holes that were part of the original British course built in 1969 (holes 1, 2 and 13 through 18), although the greens were completely re-constructed in 2004-5. In June 2001 ten "new" holes were  added (holes 3 through 12), completing the 18-Hole course that is now in operation.

These changes - from a 9-hole to an 18 hole course - were made out of sheer necessity. The 9-Hole course and club would otherwise not have survived the climate of uncertainty following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the ensuing threat of the land being needed for housing. The financial viability of a small 9-Hole course with around 600 members was called into question and necessitated the club having to buy the existing land from the german government. Only an 18-Hole course could sustain enough members to guarantee survival.

Safety First!
This done, the original 1st and 10th holes in front of the club house had to make way for the new practice area, and the second hole became the first tee we know today. This was an inevitable change which had to be made as the german TÜF declared the 10th hole as "unsafe" and netting would have to have been strung across the terrace to protect it and the club house windows from the vaguaries of the slice! A great shame, said many, as Berlin's notorious and hardest par 3 was forfeited in the interests of survival and safety.