A heathland classic Given that I grew up in Surrey and then (until recently) lived in West London, it is perhaps surprising that the first time I played Woking Golf Club was in 2018. I had heard of the 3 “W”s and had been looking for an excuse to play them. I was, however, a
Two great courses The Berkshire has two great courses – the Red and the Blue. I have had the great fortune to play them both on a number of occasions, despite not being a member. In addition to golf, I am a keen (if pretty average) cricketer. The Berkshire plays host to the MCC Golf
Back to the parkland I had heard many good things over the years about Bearwood Lakes. I was, therefore, delighted to receive an invitation to come and play it on a Sunday afternoon in June. After my recent excursion to Norfolk, it was a definite change of scenery to turn up at this parkland course
Sheringham So, having finished at Comer we jumped straight in our cars and headed along the coast to Sheringham. It is an easy 15 minute drive between the two courses, but the first round had taken little longer than anticipated. We had a bit of time to spare, but it was a good thing that
Forming a plan … During our recent round on The Duchess at Woburn, DTH and I discussed revisiting a trip to Norfolk. We had intended to go at the beginning of April, but the lockdown scuppered those plans. For that trip, I had battled with the difficulty of getting a morning tee time at any
A chance encounter My first experience of Woburn Golf Club was a round at The Duchess in 2010. I gladly accepted very kind invitation to play in a golf day organised by my previous firm. I was in total awe of the place, but I had a pretty torrid time. At the time I really
Golf at The Grove In the immediate aftermath of the government relaxing the lockdown restrictions, there was a rush to get straight out onto the golf courses. As play was restricted to two-balls, most traditional clubs elected to limit access to members only. This meant that there were limited options for those who were not
Best laid plans I spent a *long* time over last Christmas planning my golf for the first half of 2020. As I have mentioned other posts, I want to play as many of the Top 100 courses with friends and as most of us are based in or around London that takes some organising. The
The Quest In November 2019, Golf.com published an updated list of their Top 100 Courses in the World. In December 2019, I listened to the No Laying Up Podcast interview with Simon Holt – the first Brit to conquer the list. I was captivated. I started to look into it further and decided that, whilst