On March 13, 1888, in the presence of Princess Frédérika of Hanover, the British Golf Club was inaugurated. The Lighthouse course then has 18 holes and a 9-hole course reserved for ladies. Attached to these facilities are a croquet pitch, another cricket pitch, tennis lessons and pigeon shooting.
The following year, Tom and Willie DUNN, renowned English architects, were contacted to redesign the links. The course then extends to the current Chambre d’Amour and includes on certain holes a crack in the ocean, the chasm, which makes it a course that is both very sporty and of great beauty.

In 1920, the Committee decided to call on HS COLT, a renowned architect (creator a few years later of the Chantaco Golf Course), in order to restore the appeal of Biarritz golf in which foreign players were gradually losing interest. The modifications recommended by Mr. COLT mainly concern the length of the course, a large number of holes of which only have one drive and one pitch. The work was inaugurated on February 4, 1924.
The Club House also underwent some transformations: having become too small, it was enlarged and redeveloped in 1926.

During the Second World War, the German army having requisitioned the entire part of the golf course located in Biarritz, the 12 holes of Anglet were transformed into 18 holes. After the war, the part located at the Chambre d’Amour being very damaged, these holes were practically no longer used.
This land was sold in 1964 to the company which would build the current VVF there.
At the end of the 1960s, large tree plantations gave the Lighthouse route its current appearance.

Translation of history from Golf de Biarritz Le Phare