Bala Golf Club was relocated at Penlan in 1928 from the banks of the River Dee, where flooding made playing practically impossible during the winter months. The present clubhouse was built in 1973.

Nature having provided the necessary hazards and difficulties of a more interesting and certainly more varied kind than the usual man-made hazards on the average seaside course, Syd Collins, a well-known Llandudno pro, made the most of the land before him.