Plagued by flooding, the management committee at Rothbury Golf Club approached Northumberland Estates with an idea to move the Club House to a better site and extend the course to 18 holes. Northumberland Estates, owners of the course, not only agreed to support the scheme, but also to finance the cost of building the new club house. Today it is not only the golfers who are benefit from the upgraded facilities. The golf club has become a community facility used by the whole community for everything from birthday parties and weddings to club meetings and social events.