Newbiggin-by-the-Sea donates a prize

A view across Newbiggin golf course

A 4 ball @ Newbiggin is a prize well worth winning. A great links course with superfast greens and hidden borrows, blind tee shots on some holes too. Newbiggin village history goes back many years and in 1204 King John granted royal rights to Hugh de Baliol who was joint regent of Scotland. Since 1730 the Freeholders of Newbiggin have held rights over the moor and can trace their history back to 1235. Newbiggin Golf Club was conceived in 1884 when a group of local business men suggested to the freeholders that the Newbiggin moor should be used for the game of golf and our Golf Club has been a tenant to the freeholders for over 100 years. An unusual activity takes place in the spring each year when any new freeholders are initiated by “Dunting” such persons on a special stone situated on the 8th Fairway followed by the riding on horseback around the bounds of their territory. This is a sight highly recommended to visitors.