Market Rasen Golf Club Diary

In the interest of all, players should play without delay. No player should play until the players in front are out of range. Players searching for a ball should signal the players behind them to pass as soon as it becomes clear that the ball will not easily be found; they should not search for five minutes before doing so. They should not continue to play until the players following them have passed and are out of range. When the play of a hole has been completed, players should immediately leave the putting green.

No-one should move, talk or stand close to or directly behind the ball or the hole when a player is addressing the ball or making a stroke.

Before leaving a bunker, a player should carefully fill up and smooth over all holes and footprints made by him.

Through the fairway, a player should ensure that any turf cut or displaced by him is replaced at once and pressed down, and that any damage to the putting green made by the ball is carefully repaired.

Players should ensure that no damage is done to the putting green, and that neither they nor their caddies damage the hole by standing close to it, in handling the flagstick or in removing the ball from the hole. The flagstick should be laid gently on the green and properly replaced in the hole before the players leave the putting green. Players should not damage the putting green by leaning on their putters, particularly when removing the ball from the hole.

SLOW PLAY - PLEASE NOTE
It is perfectly possible to complete a four ball round in three and a half hours. Slow play usually results from failure to clear the green promptly or from being unprepared to play your shot immediately it is your turn. Your co-operation is eradicating this malaise will be greatly appreciated.

Those Market Rasen golfers who opened a nine hole course in 1912 behind the Roman Catholic Church and along Gallamore Lane could not have visualised that in the new millennium their club would be housed in magnificent buildings on a lovely golf course on what they knew as Warren Farm on the Legsby road.

The story of the present Club began in 1922 when the Town Club was closed and land was rented at Warren Farm.

During the interim years another 9 holes were added and eventually in 1973 it became a Par 70 18 hole course of just over 6000 yards.

Members and visitors play in the picturesque heathland course enjoy challenging tree lined fairways with many natural hazards including the River Rase which flows through the course. In the year 2001, 3 new holes in keeping with the heathland terrain were opened replacing the old 15th, 16th and 17th bringing the yardage up to 6239 yards.

Building development to improve the facilities of the Clubhouse began in 1968 and later during the four years between 1989 and 1993 a major transformation of the original red brick and pantiled farm buildings was undertaken together with the construction of a number of architecturally sympathetic additions. Further building and refurbishment has continued which has resulted in the modern Clubhouse complex of Locker Rooms, Secretary’s Office, Professional Shop, Casual Lounge, Bar and Dining Room for Club Members and Visitors.