In the early 70s golfing as a sport did not play a big role in Germany. At that time existed about 110 golf courses with approximately 23.000 golfers in Germany, 5 of them in Schleswig-Holstein.
The development of the golf course in Timmendorfer Strand was initiated by Karl-Heinz Tillipaul.
To realize his vision of the project, he was looking for investors, to support his project. The planning, organization and realization of the two 18-hole-courses was implement out by the architect Dr. Bernhard von Limburger and Kurt Peters.
The golf course Timmendorfer Strand e.V. was founded on 7th November 1973. The official opening with 200 golfers from 33 golf courses took place in July 1974 with an event, which lasted three days.