Serpentine and Districts Golf Club is a Sand Greens course.  The fairways are reticulated and are a mixture of Kikuyu and wild Couch. The course is watered from two dams, which allows play all year round. The two dams, one on hole no 9 and the other on hole no 12 are the only permanent water on the course, the other water hazards only contain water during winter.
The front nine on the southern side of Karnup Road, designed by Chas Newman, was first used in competition in 1970.  The back nine on the northern side of Karnup road, designed by former club President Merv Gossage,  was officially opened on May 23rd 1976.