Neil White
I am a listaoholic and keen golfer so, in June 2020, I set about the challenge of taking on England's top 100 courses with a notion to be followed by the British Isles', Europe and even The World.
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Isle of Purbeck (Purbeck) 01/06/2021
5th
77th
By the ‘flaming sword of Haile Selassie’, I declare the fifth hole at Isle of Purbeck the most dramatic I have played in the top 100 quest so far.The mystery over why the...
Ferndown (Old) 30/05/2021
4th
51st
“It’s the first birdie of the day!” proclaimed our playing partner as Mrs W’s ball zipped down the second hole of Ferndown’s Old Course only to thwack into a seagull.Seco...
Broadstone 29/05/2021
1st
30th
74th
“We’ve been coming here 50 years,” chuckled the old-timer after his group had teed off ahead of us and we wished them an enjoyable round.What a joy. Five decades of playi...
Swinley Forest 13/05/2021
1st
5th
19th
54th
Fun? Golf is meant to be fun? I have long believed that most golfers are masochists – they enjoy the torture of shanks, hooks and missed putts.Perversely, they revel in t...
Woburn (Duke's) 07/05/2021
2nd
49th
What was my take-home from the Dukes at Woburn? The aroma of the towering pines, the immaculate tee boxes, the stunning clubhouse or the pristine greens?They were all out...
The Addington 24/10/2020
16th
58th
"For some time, my wife's had this ridiculous idea that I'm playing too much golf. Actually, it came to a head at about 11.30 last night. She suddenly shouted at me: "Gol...
Northamptonshire County 06/10/2020
1st
93rd
The first day of winter golf and the putts needed whacking and two extra clubs were required on green approaches.I would have scored well around Northamptonshire County i...
Delamere Forest 02/10/2020
2nd
40th
93rd
"Watch out for the ninth. It has big dips in front of the green and beyond and I watched two scratch golfers make a mess of it on YouTube."Fortunately, having come to gri...
Berkshire (Red) 23/09/2020
2nd
22nd
49th
"This is my favourite place on earth." Buoyed by the endorsement of a 4-handicap society colleague, I played the best round of my life on the best course I have played so...
Bearwood Lakes 11/09/2020
4th
52nd
If the kite which blessed the skies over Bearwood Lakes was whistling in appreciation at my tee-shot on the 8th, it was crying in dismay at my second which thudded into t...
Sherwood Forest 02/09/2020
2nd
56th
Sunlight reflected from the purple haze of Sherwood Forest, the starter announced me on the tee and memories of my best ever nine holes, inspired a wallop down the middle...
Beau Desert 31/08/2020
3rd
55th
"Did you use the green behind the clubhouse for practice?", asked the friendly starter at the first-tee induction ahead of our am-am round at Beau Desert.
"Yes," we answ...
Prince’s (Himalayas) 20/08/2020
6th
99th
Apparently, a "bloody and vicious" battle took place in 851 on what is now Prince's Golf Club's links. Well, 1,169 years later a rather friendlier fight was won by the el...
Royal Ashdown Forest (Old) 17/08/2020
3rd
39th
92nd
"Hold on a minute, it's going in!". My playing partner was as shocked as he was excited that I had unfurled a drive which was threatening the cup on Royal Ashdown Forest'...