Seaton Carew has held golf games since 1874, making it the tenth oldest golf club in England.
The Club is based on the North Sea coast, north of the River Tees in North East England. When it was first established this classic links course became the only golf club in the English counties of Yorkshire and Durham, hence its original name The Durham & Yorkshire Golf Club. In commemoration of this the Club's crest and badge retain the emblems of both the Archbishop of Durham and The Archbishop of York.
As more golf clubs were coming into being, particularly in North Yorkshire and County Durham, the Club's committee and members decided the old title was no longer apt and the name of Seaton Carew Golf Club was adopted in 1887. By the end of the 19th century the course was already regarded as one of the English game's premier golfing locations. In the 1888-89 Golfing Annual the course was described as of sandy nature, covered with soft velvet turf that springs under one's foot and rejuvenates the aged.
The golf club was also featured in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News which even in 1894 stated that in the opinion of visitors that between St Andrews and Sandwich there are few better rounds on the east coast than Seaton Carew. The course has since featured in many golf publications and reviews. Seaton Carew is frequently referred to as one of the most challenging links golf courses anywhere in the British Isles. In 2009 the "Sky News" reporter Graeme Bailey said of his visit to these links "Seaton Carew has everything any golfer would want, but most importantly it is a course which could stand shoulder to shoulder with anything in Britain’’.
Seaton Carew Golf Club is fortunate to have a total of 22 holes, which means we can create 5 different course layouts. However, please note that only one course is ever in play at any one time.
