Never before has a search for a ball ended as abruptly as it did on the par 5, 4th hole at Burnham & Berrow.

Seacroft is a challenger for the best value among England's top 100 courses.

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.