{"id":428876,"date":"2026-02-16T15:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/428876\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T15:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:58:07","slug":"dinsdale-golf-club-owners-make-difficult-decision-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/428876\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinsdale Golf Club owners make &#8216;difficult decision&#8217; to close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Dinsdale Spa Golf Club, which was founded in 1910, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenorthernecho.co.uk\/news\/25856456.dinsdale-golf-club-set-close-100-years\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced to members last week that it would be closing for good on April 1.\u00a0<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It marks the end of 116 years of golfing at the 18-hole Neasham Road course, with the Durham County Golf Union stating it was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by the news.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  While the club is yet to publicly comment on the closure, a letter sent to members and seen by The Northern Echo from owners describes it an, &#8220;incredibly difficult decision&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It states: \u201cThere is never a perfect way to make these announcements; however, we wanted to write to you personally to let you know that Dinsdale Golf Club will be closing from April 1, 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThis has been an incredibly difficult decision and not one we have taken lightly.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Dinsdale Golf Club (Image: SARAH CALDECOTT)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Since arriving in 2018, we have poured our hearts into the club, improving the course, enhancing the facilities and rebuilding Dinsdale.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThe club has been far more than a business to us, it&#8217;s been a central part of our lives.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cHowever after dedicating ourselves fully to the day-to-day demands, we have come to the decision that now is the right time to step away and prioritise our families and other parts of life that have taken a back seat for far too long.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The closure of the club has sent shockwaves across the golfing community in County Durham and Teesside, sparking a string of support messages from other clubs online.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Durham County Golf Union said its thoughts were with staff and members and that it remains hopeful there \u201cmay yet be a viable future for the site and that golf could continue to be played there in the years ahead\u201d.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Teesside and District Union of Golf Clubs added that it was \u201cvery sad\u201d to hear the news about the club, saying it has a \u201clong and proud history which will be missed\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Northern Echo has contacted Dinsdale Spa for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dinsdale Spa Golf Club, which was founded in 1910, announced to members last week that it would be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-428876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}