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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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 an...
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'...
Woodhall Spa (Hotchkin) 14/08/2020
1st
7th
21st
62nd
"You haven't seen anything yet, wait until the 12th", exclaimed our playing partner as I appeared as a mere speck against the backdrop of a giant dune in front of the 4th...
Trevose (Championship) 07/08/2020
3rd
66th
"Did you take any photos?", I asked of Mrs W who was going clickety-click crazy at Perranporth, St Enodoc and St Mellion during our week in Cornwall. "No," she replied. "...
Perranporth 06/08/2020
2nd
62nd
"Do you like Marmite?" I was asked the question in the professional's shop before our debut round on the links at Perranporth which we were warned we would love or hate....
St Enodoc (Church) 04/08/2020
1st
10th
28th
82nd
Wow, wow and thrice wow. St Enodoc is a fantastic golf links. If ever a sporting arena deserves to be romanticised in poetry it does. And, indeed, is. John Betjeman, who...
St Mellion (Nicklaus) 02/08/2020
4th
70th
"They reckon the average Stableford score around the Nick is 24," we overheard a local commenting as we took post-round refreshment at St Mellion International resort.If...
Little Aston 30/07/2020
2nd
46th
"It's a very good course but I'm not sure it is worth £105 a round," said one of my playing partners as we neared the end of our round at Little Aston.This was the most e...
Notts (Hollinwell) 27/07/2020
1st
18th
45th
My playing partners had never seen me move so quickly. The 35 miles-an-hour wind literally snapped my pal's umbrella holder and the brolly was cartwheeling across the cou...
Walton Heath (New) 21/07/2020
13th
37th
84th
On a beautiful summer's day, Walton Heath preened like a peacock and the New Course bore gifts. This track conjured thoughts of the serious Old Course's more light-hearte...