The golf movement in Taiwan got its start during the Japanese colonial period with the establishment of the Tamsui Golf Course (today known as the Taiwan Golf Club or "Old Tamsui Golf Course") in 1914. At first, the course only had three holes, which were expanded five years later to nine holes, eventually reaching the standard 18 holes in 1929.
台灣高爾夫球運動開始於日據大正三年（民國三年）的淡水球場（今稱台灣高爾夫球俱樂部，或老淡水球場），原先只有三個洞，五年後才改為九個洞，昭和四年（民國十八年）增至十八個洞。