PAUL LAWRIE GOLF CENTRE DIRECTOR OF GOLF MOVING ON

ROBBIE STEWART TO BE ROVING 

TEACHING PRO, BASED AT NEWBURGH-

ON-YTHAN GOLF CLUB

NEWS RELEASE FROM 
NEWBURGH-on-YTHAN GC
 Robbie Stewart is to start a new phase of his professional golf career as a roving teaching professional.

From May 1, his base will be Newburgh-on-Ythan Golf Club, Aberdeenshire, where he will be able to provide both indoor and outdoor lessons for both visitors and members. 
Robbie, pictured above (right) with Newburgh club captain Jeff Winslade, will be involved in membership development at the club and also be responsible for organising and hosting corporate events.
His experience in PGA management will be a great asset, says Newburgh club captain, Jeff Winslade.
“We look forward to working with Robbie to build a long, lasting and fruitful relationship with him.” Stewart will also have teaching commitments with the Scottish Golf Union's clubgolf whose aim is to develop junior golf in Scotland. 
It involves teaching youngsters to play golf and providing a development programme from entry level through to the highest level of achievement with the long-term objective of providing the next generation of adult golfers.
Robbie said, “I am delighted about the opportunity offered to me here at Newburgh and look forward to making a positive contribution to the club through providing golf instruction and in addition assisting the club with its marketing activities.”
Lossiemouth-born Robbie Stewart has been a PGA professional since 1980. He started his career as an assistant professional at Gleddoch House and Country Club. He then moved to Largs Golf Club as the PGA club professional and stayed there for nine years. 
In 1992, he joined Cruden Bay Golf Club and held various posts over his 20 year stay, firstly as the Head PGA Professional and for the last two years he was the PGA Director of Golf.
In August 2012, Robbie joined his long-time friend Paul Lawrie as the PGA Director of Golf at the The Paul Lawrie Golf Centre on the South Deeside Road at Ardoe, two or three miles from Aberdeen's Old Bridge of Dee.
Robbie is a past captain of the North-east Golfers' Alliance and Newburgh regularly hosts
NE Alliance fixtures.

Newburgh-on-Ythan Golf Club, situated at the mouth of the River Ythan, celebrated its 125th Anniversary in 2013 and in the same year, Golf World magazine ranked it as the sixth best course in Aberdeenshire. 
The 18 hole course is 6,423 yards in long with a par of 72. It is located on the Aberdeenshire coastline between Trump International Golf Links to the south and Cruden Bay Golf Club to the north and is situated next to the Ythan Estuary with stunning views over the river and the Forvie National Nature Reserve.

Website: http://www.newburghgolfclub.co.uk