The Golf Course
About South Bradford Golf Course
The drive into South Bradford Golf Club takes you round Odsal Stadium, home of the famous Bradford Bulls Rugby League team.
The course is laid out on a hillside creating a challenge for any golfer (and a reasonable degree of fitness to complete eighteen holes). When played from the Men’s Medal Tees the course measures 6,076 yards (5,556 metres) making it one of the longest 9 hole courses in the area. The Ladies course has a different set of tees for the first and second nine holes, giving the course a different aspect the second time around.
There are many natural hazards to negotiate around the course, and the par-3s are perhaps the feature holes with their well-protected approaches to tight greens.
South Bradford has produced some top golfers over the years and has a wealth of Achievements to their proud history. The club started in 1906 with holes in the Little Horton area of Bradford, but members were soon looking for a bigger site and settled on their current site, renting the land for £25 for seven holes at first.
Scorecard
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Click below to view our local rules.
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1. OUT OF BOUNDS
a) Beyond any boundary wall, fence or hedge.
b) In or on the Clubhouse, paved terracing, car park and surrounding areas, defined by gravel grip or white posts.
c) In or over the grip to the right of the 8/17th hole.
2. WATER HAZARDS (Rule 26)
The ditch to the right of the mom hole is a Lateral Water Hazard.
All other ditches are Water Hazards.
3. STONES IN BUNKERS - are movable obstructions. Rule 24-1 applies.
4. PROTECTION OF YOUNG TREES
A young tree is defined as any tree, which has a stake, attached to it. If such a tree interferes with the player's stance or the area of his intended swing, the ball must be lifted, without penalty, and dropped in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Rule 24-2b (I). (Immovable Obstruction). The ball may be cleaned when so lifted.
5. PUBLIC PATHS
If such a path interferes with a players stance or the area of his intended swing the player may lift the ball without penalty, and drop it in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Rule 24-2b (immovable Obstruction). The ball may be cleaned when so lifted.
6. FIXED SPRINKLER HEADS
All fixed sprinkler heads are immovable obstructions and relief from interference by them can be obtained under Rule 24-2. In addition, if a ball lies off the putting green but not in a hazard, and such an obstruction on or within two club lengths of the putting green and within two club lengths of the ball intervenes on the line of play between the ball and the hole, the player may take relief as follows: The ball shall be lifted and dropped at the nearest point to where the ball lay which:
a) is not nearer the hole,
b) avoids such intervention and
c) is not in a hazard or on the putting green.
The ball may be lifted and cleaned.
7. DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICES
For all play at this course, a player may obtain distance information by using a device that measures distance only. If, during a stipulated round, a player uses a distance-measuring device that is designed to gauge other conditions that might affect his play (e.g. gradient, wind speed, temperature, etc.) the player is in breach of Rule 14-3 for which the penalty is disqualification, regardless of whether any such additional function is actually used.
PENALTY FOR BREACH OF LOCAL RULE: (Those not covered by Rules of Golf).
Matchplay - loss of hole.
Strokeplay - two strokes.
NB. Players completing 9 holes must be allowed to merge alternatively with any groups waiting to commence play on the first tee.
Where a competition or match has been granted a reserved tee time by the management committee, no other match or competition is allowed to tee off or start a second 9 holes during that time (club rule 18b).
Any players on the 9th green, or those approaching the green, must be allowed to complete the hole and tee off on the 10th before any group commences play.