The British Ladies' Championship came to Saunton in 1932 for the 1st time, when members of the US Curtis Cup team were competing. From then onwards the Club has hosted a large number of prestigious events. (See the list of  Championship Events.)

In 1935 it was recognised that Saunton needed a second course and J.H. Fowler was again asked to design it. This new course is now known as the West Course.

However in 1939 a 2nd World War again 'interrupted play' and the courses and Clubhouse were occupied by the military until 1951. The whole area was extensively used as a battle training ground prior to the D-Day Landings and the Americans based a large number of tanks in the dunes.

As can be imagined, the Courses suffered immense damage during this period but the Green Staff and some German Prisoners-of-War had the East Course up-and-running by January 1952.

Meanwhile the West course was re-designed by Frank Pennink and re-opened in 1974. Further work however was required to bring the standard of the greens up to those of the East course and they were all re-laid in 1987-8.

Since then both courses have been updated with the enlargement of many tees and the introduction of new bunkers to try to keep pace with the improvement in clubs and balls! The East course alone has 30 new bunkers.

Despite the proliferation of new courses nationwide, Saunton's 2 courses have stood up well to the competition. The East Course is ranked No.32 in the Golf World "Top 100 Courses" and the West Course is No 67. And there is only one Club with 2 better links courses in the whole country and that is St Andrews!