The work of the Yamoussoukro golf course, under the will of Felix Houphouet-Boigny and designed by architect Dave Thomas, a former Welsh champion, began in September 1977. They ended more than 24 months later. If the configuration of the ground has made it possible to insert an exceptional layout, it was not the same on the other hand for its subsoil which proved particularly difficult to work. Sixteen kilometers of trenches were dug to install a fully automatic irrigation system of the most modern, to deposit pipes of diameter ranging from 150 mm to 40 mm and resistant to more than 10 kg / cm2. Nearly 550 automatic sprinklers were buried, discharging more than 2,300,000 liters in less than 8 hours at a pressure of nearly 6 kg. A pumping station of 2 engines of 75 hp each was installed, drawing nearly 80 liters per second in the lake of 6 ha located in the middle of the course.

The construction of this course on a field of 75 hectares was carried out by more than 40 men maneuvering Caterpillar D8 and D7, Poclain shovels, etc., sowing 35 ha of fairways with more than 7000 kg of bermuda seed, 15 ha of rough and planting 13,000 m² of dwarf tifton greens, specially from the United States. More than 6,000 tons of sand were needed for the construction of greens and tees and tons of fertilizer were dumped. After a period of intense activity, everything is calm and rest, ready to welcome golfers from all over the world and the Club ...

The lake of 6 hectares, located in the middle of the course, shelters lazy crocodiles (nicknamed Lacoste by the caddies) who come to lay their eggs in the bunkers.

The course, of 18 (2x9) holes, is technical because of the many water obstacles but is relatively short: 5.8 km.