The Riversdale Cup is the nations second oldest amateur golf tournament celebrating its 113th year in 2008.

The Riversdale Cup" was first played for during an Open Amateur Meeting conducted when the Club was known as "Surrey Hills Golf Club". It was held on the Club's Mont Albert Course between the period 22nd May to 25th May, 1896, and was known then as the "Surrey Hills Gentlemen's Championship, Gold Medal".

The event was continued at Mont Albert until 1907, when the Club moved to Camberwell and changed its name to the "Riversdale Golf Club". Play was not possible in 1908, but the Meeting was recommenced in 1909 and the event then became known as the "Riversdale" Trophy.

In 1927, the Club moved to its present St John's Wood property, and the Event was resumed on the new Course in 1928 under its present name of the "Riversdale Cup".

Each year the tournament attracts more than 140 players and teams from throughout the world and Australia to play in the 72 hole stroke event and International Teams Championship.

The Ladies Riversdale Cup celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2008. It has hosted some of Australia's leading players, many of whom have gone on to the international stage.