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Withernsea Golf Club is a member-owned golf club on Egroms Lane at the edge of the seaside town of Withernsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The club has occupied its present site since 1909. Its parkland course can be played as nine holes or, as it is normally played, as an 18-hole round, using 12 individual greens.
The club's current website describes narrow, undulating fairways and greens of varying sizes, with bunkers, ditches, out-of-bounds areas and ponds forming part of the documented course strategy. The standard 18-hole layout is par 72. Current independent course-rating sources agree on a White-tee rating of 71.1 and slope of 125, although published total yardages conflict and have therefore not been used here.
The course is an 18-hole parkland golf course. It plays to par 72, course rating 71.1 and slope rating 125. The course originally opened in 1909. It is open to the public. On-site facilities include Clubhouse, Bar, Catering, Changing Rooms, Showers, Free Parking, Putting Green, Golf Lessons.
Golf at Withernsea has been centred on the club's present site since 1909. The club's own history describes the course and organisation as having occupied the same location from that year, although both the course and the way the club is managed have changed over time. It developed on the low-lying rural ground at the edge of Withernsea, close to the East Yorkshire coast.
Unlike clubs built around a proprietary or resort model, Withernsea developed as a community-oriented members' club and remains owned by its membership. The club's chairman has emphasised that most members live within roughly 15 miles of the first tee and that the organisation has historically avoided an exclusive model of golf.
No named original architect or documented formal design philosophy could be verified. The present course makes repeated strategic use of the existing terrain and comparatively compact routing. The club's own hole guide documents narrow and undulating fairways, bunkers guarding many greens, ditches crossing or bordering lines of play, ponds, out-of-bounds areas and several holes where position is more important than distance.
The course can be played as nine holes or as the usual 18-hole round, with 12 individual greens serving the routing. The seventh is among the newer greens and was funded through donations associated with members, friends and family of Darren Hart.
The club states that the course has been extended since its establishment in 1909. More recently it has worked to reverse a period of decline by improving both the playing surfaces and clubhouse facilities. The old clubhouse has been refurbished, while the greenkeeping team has received additional support for course improvements.
One visible alteration to the routing was the introduction of a new seventh green, funded by donations raised by members, friends and family of Darren Hart. These changes have taken place while the club has retained its member-owned structure.
Withernsea Golf Club continues to operate as an active member-owned club that also welcomes visitors and societies. The standard round is 18 holes, though a nine-hole option is available. The current club website lists free parking, showers, male and female changing facilities and bar catering, while visitor group packages are available by arrangement.
The club describes itself as seeking a sustainable role both for golfers and for the wider Withernsea community, with membership packages and community use of the clubhouse forming part of that approach.
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