THE 1895 CLUB

Great Torrington Golf Club is one of fifty-five golf clubs established in the year 1895. Members of Great Torrington Golf Club are entitled to reciprocal playing rights at other participating 1895 Clubs.

It is said that the 1895 Club concept was instigated by three Edinburgh golf clubs (Craigmillar Park, Duddingston and Torphin Hill) whose centenary year coincided with each other. 

Participating clubs founded in the year 1895 have since agreed to be part of a friendly association, each offering reciprocal courtesy visits to each others club members. To take advantage of these courtesies the following procedures must be followed:

CLUB BASIC RULES/COURTESIES 

For courtesy visits to other Clubs in the 1895 scheme some basic courtesies/rules are to be followed: 

Members make their own arrangements (IN ADVANCE) with the secretary of the Club they wish to visit.  (Do not turn up unannounced.) 

Members must take with them a letter of introduction and a handicap certificate.  

Check with the host Club their dress rules and respect them. 

Numbers to be kept to a reasonable level at any one visit as are the number of times visits are to the same Club.

Some Clubs have put restrictions on the number of visitors at any one time and these are shown on the bottom of the list of participating Clubs. Please check before you make any requests. 

The original arrangements included a 75-mile separation between Clubs for visits to take place, meaning that some effort should be made by visitors, rather than a short ride to a neighbour Club, thus avoiding the possibility of convenience leading to nuisance visits. However a few Clubs have come to mutually agreed reductions in the separation distance, and this is a matter entirely decided by the Clubs in question.

Click on the club name below for further details as to how each club is participating in this arrangement.