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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, today the Club's crest and badge retain the emblems of both the Bishop of Durham and The Bishop 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 being of "sandy nature, covered with soft velvet turf that springs under one's foot and rejuvenates the aged". and 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〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Seaton Carew Golf Club )〕 including the world's top 100 golf courses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 100 Golf Courses – Seaton Carew, England )〕 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 Baily 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 was one of the earliest golf clubs in the UK to elect a lady captain of the Club. Jane Longhorn was appointed in December 2010 and served the Club as captain throughout 2011. Longhorn was the first lady to be elected as captain in the Club's 136-year history. ==Founding of the Club== This golf club's existence is due mainly to one man, its founder Dr. Duncan McCuaig, a surgeon from Edinburgh who moved down to Middlesbrough shortly after qualifying at Edinburgh University. McGuaig was a good golfer, winning the Gold Medal at St Andrews on two occasions, in 1867 and 1869.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Seaton Carew Golf Club History )〕 On transferring to Middlesbrough to further his medical career Dr. McCuaig was dismayed to find there was nowhere throughout County Durham or North Yorkshire to exercise his talent for the game. So he set about finding a suitable place to play. As luck would have it he came across a strip of pasture land, known locally as The Snooks at Seaton Carew, where local people grazed their livestock. It was close to the mouth of the River Tees, running between the north shore and Seaton Carew village, and was owned by Lord Eldon. With Eldon's permission, and after some resistance from the stint holders whose sheep and cattle roamed the area, Dr. McCuaig and a few like-minded colleagues were able to rent a piece of land on which they established the Durham & Yorkshire Golf Club.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Club History )〕 The contribution that Dr. McCuaig made to the creation of Seaton Carew Golf Club is recalled every time anyone plays the Seaton links, a challenging par 3 surrounded by eight bunkers is named "The Doctor" in his memory. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seaton Carew Golf Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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