Usually, when I play badly, it tends to reflect on my opinion of the course - not so in the case of Hadley Wood.

"It's paradise out there," remarked one golfer to us just after completing his round at the home of Stableford.

My second visit to Walton Heath's old course peeled back layers which I may not have appreciated first time around.

Blackwell is impressively maintained - its fairways are in super condition and its greens were pretty sharp.