The views from the Dyke are wonderful. You've got the English Channel stretching from the Isle of Wight on a clear day across to Brighton and beyond. The course has played magnificently well this summer, the greens are quick and true. There are some tricky slopes and you have to play a links type game to get close in, especially if the wind is blowing. The wind is the main defence of the course. It makes a couple of the straightforward par4s and 5s card wreckers. And even on a calm day, the par 3s are hard to hit. Overall, this course is a gem. It can be brutal at times, but the course keeps bringing you back. Long hitters may find the course short when no wind. But there are enough hazards, even though the fairways are quite generous at times, to keep even the big hitters on their toes. The restructuring of the bunkers has worked really well, they are a test but a good bunker shot can be rewarded. The contouring of the fairways has also looked magnificent this year. There is a half way hut, the turn is at the club house, and there is a tap at the 7th/12th tees. The clubhouse is welcoming and the balcony is a pleasure to sit on.