Hillingdon Golf Club - Middlesex

Hillingdon is a nice 9 hole members club, the course is certainly not flat but it is not too hilly either. Undulating tree-lined fairway's and greens with some blind approaches make this course quite interesting to play.

Horsendon Hill Golf Club - Middlesex

Horsendon is a little council owned nine hole course, there are 8 par 3's and 1 par 4 here, but the course does offer great views nice greens and is good practive for beginners.

Although I say this course is good practice for beginners it does have a tough opening hole, quite long and the tree right in front of the green makes this a tricky challenge for any golfer.

Hedsor Golf Club - Buckinghamshire

Hedsor is a nice little nine hole course, the fairway's were a little soggy but the greens were very firm and in good condition. The course is well laid out upon the land available, they could have just created fairways that ran alongside each other with the tree line dividing them, but the designer chose to have the holes cut through the tree line on a number of occasions making the course much more interesting.

Kirtlington Golf Club - Oxfordshire

Kirtlington is an undulating open parkland course with hardly a flat area on the fairways let alone the greens, which were in very good condition and provided some very interesting putts. You definitely have to think your way around this course as leaving a long putt on the green is more than likely going to take another three shots to get down and make sure you stay out of that rough. The tees and fairways were in just as good condition as the greens, the only bad thing to say about this course was it's lack of length and the portacabin clubhouse.

Oakland Park Golf Club - Buckinghamshire

Oakland Park is now an 18 hole course with the back nine playing a little tougher than the front. It is by no means a long course but you do have to think about your shots, whacking a wood from the tee every time is going to land you in trouble on this course.

Accuracy is the key here as well as good putting as the greens are well maintained and do have quite a few breaks in them. Tees and fairways are great and well placed trees on some holes make the fairways seem narrower than they really are.

Winter Hill Golf Club - Maidenhead, Berkshire

Winter Hill is a lovely looking course with some splendid views of the river Thames and the surrounding areas. Tees and fairways were in great condition and the greens were some of the best greens I have putted on so far this year, although they took some time getting used to them, I was glad of the few putts on the practice green before the round otherwise I would have got off to a terrible start, the ball just keeps on rolling them.

It's a nice undulating course with a few slopes on some holes but not too severe that it makes walking the course tiring. Overall we all enjoyed our round here even if some of us didn't play too well.

Test Valley Golf Club - Hampshire

When I played Test Valley it was WET!, VERY WET!

The course advertises the fact that it drains well, but with the constant rain there were the inevitable puddles on the greens and fairways. That said the greens and fairways were in good condition with some of the greens having multiple undulations and on two or more levels.

Hinksey Heights Golf Club - Oxfordshire

The heavens opened on the day I visited Hinkey Heights, the course was extremely wet when I started so take that into account of my experience. The layout of the course is pretty good, it has bumps and humps all over the place, giving the course a links feel, some of the approaches to the greens are blind shots with the greens themselves being anything but flat.

Weybrook Park Golf Club - Hampshire

Weybrook Park is a nice open course with some long par 4's. It is a new course (with a nice new clubhouse) so there are a lot of tree plantations along the fairways that in time will make the course less open, but the condition of the fairways was quite good for this time of year.

Cambridge Golf Club - Cambridgeshire

Cambridge is an open, flat course, over three farm fields with snaking fairways and raised undulating greens. Overall the course is great for a medium to high handicapper and I received a warm, friendly welcome here. When the wind gets up the lack of tree cover can cause you to think you are on a links course.

Dukes Meadows Golf Club - London

Dukes Meadows is a short Pay & Play 9 hole course in London. Quite good for your short iron practice and putting, the greens are definitely worth a visit as they are quite undulating and many of them are multi- tiered which can leave some very interesting putts.