Newburgh On Ythan Golf Club
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Newburgh On Ythan Golf Club was founded in 1888 by John Udny of Udny and a band of ‘founding fathers’ and is one of the oldest golf courses in Scotland, United Kingdom.
The course was originally presented to the people of the tiny fishing village of Newburgh for their enjoyment. The original 9 holes measured 1 mile, 401 yards (1 976 m) but it was changed around 1901 and was played as 18 holes up until the First World War. The course was extended back to 18 holes in 1996 and now has a growing reputation as a ‘tough but fair’ traditional gorse lined links course where classic links shot making is required.
The club is proud custodians of a majestic clubhouse which was built with the support of lottery and local authority funding and which was officially opened by the former British Open Champion, Paul Lawrie in 2001.
They have benefited from an increased profile recently as they are only located some two miles (3.2 km) directly along the coastline from the proposed Trump International Links Golf course which is being built by Donald Trump. April 2006 also saw the club recruit their first PGA professional, Ian Bratton.
