The old course was left almost unchanged but the new layout was built on the seashore. In 1989 a new elegant club house was built as an addition in 1973 decision had been made to add another 9 holes but that came not to reality until 1994. Temporary course of xxxx holes replaced the 9 hole course until all ashes had been removed and that took full 4 years. The catastrophic eruption in 1973 changed all plans regarding the new club house and the game of golf as volcanic ashes covered the whole course. The old house is now used as a lodging cabin for travelers. National celebration in Herjólfsdalur forced the members to seek out new land south of the valley and in continuance of that a new clubhouse was built. Only year after a small clubhouse was finished in the east part of the valley and then enlarged in 1945. Three of the original holes are still in use and those holes are the oldest golf holes in Iceland.
To begin with, the small valley Herjólfsdalur, was the settlement for the first 6 holes. The Golf club of Vestmanneyjar is the third oldest in Iceland, founded in 1938 by 36 dedicated people.
