Granville is a beautiful links course on the northern coast of France. The clubhouse building looks like a chateaux and has a very grandiose entrance. The food is also phenomenal at the restaurant and the staff there have a great sense of humour.

We played in the height of the summer just gone when the course was burnt out, giving it a real links look and feel. The greens were still green and were in perfect condition so it was great to play a links how nature intended.

The round begins with a relatively easy par 5, although from the tee it was a little confusing as to which fairway was the first one! The second is a nice short par 3 about 146 yards where you can't quite see all of the green from the tee.

It's a tremendous links course with lots of interesting par 4s, good par 5s and excellent par 3s. The 10th hole is a brilliant par 3 which is a difficult start to the back 9. The green is like an upturned saucer with massive drop off slopes all around the green. If you don't find the dance floor from the tee, you're going to have a testing chip shot. The backdrop to the hole is quirkily framed by an American mid-west style water tanker on stilted legs.

The par 3, 16th is also a good par 3 which looks quite daunting from the tee. The hole goes up a slope all the way to a hugely raised green which looks like a plateau that you have to find or you're going to be testing your short game again.

The round finishes with a relatively easy short par 4 which leads back up to the impressive clubhouse.

I massively enjoyed my first ever round at Granville with its hummocks and sea views on offer. There is also a nine hole course on the property which we managed to sneak in before getting the boat back, and whilst the conditioning was not as good as the championship course, it only added to a fantastic day in the sun.