tynemouth golf club
On behalf of everyone at Tynemouth Golf Club we extend a very warm welcome to
both our members and visitors alike. It is our privilege and honour to be
Captains for the year 2022/23 and to play our full part in ensuring all enjoy
the excellent facilities both playing and socially available at our wonderful
club. The face of golf is changing throughout the world and in the UK. New rules
and innovations came into effect in 2019 and a new World Handicap System in late
2020, with the aim of making the game more enjoyable for all. Innovations such
as speed golf, mixed competitions, easier playing/fun options are to be
encouraged and with the help and support of all members from the most senior to
most junior we feel sure that the club will move forward with success. TGC is
one of the most attractive "parkland courses" in the North East. This par 70,
18-hole course is situated minutes from the beautiful village of Tynemouth,
recently voted one of the best villages to visit in the country. The course
offers a very fair challenge to all levels of golfer and the course record of 64
shows that to any golfer it is not as simple as it first appears. Planned level
of improvements at the club are continuing and its environs will continue to
remain in good condition at all times of the year. The club is proud to have
completed an improvement program to the greenside bunkers in late 2020.
Following that, we now have the addition of our brilliant new outside terrace
which has proved extremely popular this summer with both members and visitors.
We regularly have the popular “tunes on the terrace” in the summer months where
different artists perform alfresco. We also have plans to further improve our
clubhouse over the next few years. Membership is thriving at every level from
new starters, juniors, low handicap to senior golfers. We are very well
represented at County and Regional level, in multiple leagues from Junior to
Senior. The gents team performed excellently in the Newcastle and District Golf
League Division 1 finishing a creditable 4th place in 2022. Our professional
John McKenna, oversees our adult "academy" for beginners, which was the
brainchild of our club manager Paul Whittaker, and this has proved a great
success. We extend our thanks to the members who acted as mentors and
enthusiastically supported the initiative. The academy will continue to develop
and encourage new golfers to enjoy the game and our Club. John also has a
thriving junior academy which is very popular with both girls and boys of all
ages.
