Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "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 including the world's top 100 golf courses. 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."@en }
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- Seaton_Carew_Golf_Club abstract "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 including the world's top 100 golf courses. 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.".