It starts off as a typical parkland course but it is a bit more target golf than Scottish parkland after the first couple of holes. There is a fair amount of water and certainly the front 9 fairways were fairly waterlogged when we played. The first 6 holes are fairly uninspiring stuff that is until you hit the 7th, 9th. Badger and I were bemoaning the "Augusta" and generally just didn't see that the course was particularly special.

However, after hitting our tee shots down the middle of the fairway on the 7th and walking over the brow of the hill to stare down at a picture postcard green flanked by some delightful trees in full bloom I was blown away. The signature hole par 3 8th is just spectacular - now water is my kryptonite. However, with such a setting even I didn't fluff my lines and hit a lovely little iron onto the green. A great hole. The 9th is a long par 5 that sweeps down to a tight green and is a real test. The 10th is a great hole - you climb high to reach the tee and the water fountain at the top is a godsend but the view - just awesome. 4 better holes are difficult to find and to be honest these 4 are worth the green fee alone. One of the sore points, mainly due to my incompetence is that we got slightly lost leaving the 10th green and ended up having to double back on our self. There was then another long and steep climb to our next tee. As I have already said this is a long course not just from tee to green but in between holes. The remaining 8 holes were of decent quality with some very testing long holes and some particularly interesting houses bordering the course too! The 18th plays back towards the house and conservatory and it does look magnificent.