Rick Wakefield

Because Gran Canaria isn’t everyone’s first choice when planning a trip to the Canaries Anfi Tauro gets overlooked . My advice to anyone planning a golf trip is overlooking GC is your loss . There’s some fabulous holiday golf to be played , notably RC de G Las Palmas up in the hills but the overlooked gem is Anfi . There’s some of the best vistas from the elevated tees you’ll find anywhere in Europe , the course is literally blasted out of the volcanic landscape and is I imagine what some of these desert courses in Arizona are like . The fairways are lush , generous and neat . Every tee shot invites you do your best . For the more adventurous they’re ample opportunities to open your shoulders and go for it . The more tactical golfer is also rewarded for plotting their way to the green . If you get a chance , take it . You won’t be disappointed.

Difficult to rate higher than an Excellent only because geographically it is as the crow flies a close neighbour to Royal Birkdale , Royal Liverpool , Hillside and Formby ( special mentions too to S and A and Wallasey) . But I’d agree with the assessment that it’s probably the best course never to hold The Open ! The course is as true a links course as any in the land and is always eminently playable . How well you play it depends on ability and wind . In recent years I’ve had 19 in a howling gale and 44 on the stillest day possible . All I can say is - if you can , play it !

By far the best course in the Bolton area . Great greens and nice running fairways . Always worth a visit .Looking forward to the planned improvements which involve selling off the sad old clubhouse and building a more suitable one with views of the course by the 10th hole .

Played Clitheroe several times , never really impressed me ! Seems to be a bit of a mix up of quality on the greens . Too many holes up and down ,lots of opportunity if you're a bit erratic to be on another fairway - and of course be on the receiving end of a bit of wildness !

Unfortunately Hesketh lives in the shadow of it's neighbours and falls well short . There are a few interesting holes on the old part of the course around the clubhouse , but the ones on the other side of the road are a bit of a mix up . Not somewhere I would return for the prices they charge !!

Not even the best course in Sandiway , for that go the mile down the road to <A href="/golf-course/delamere-forest" target=_self>Delamere Forest</A>. Cannot understand the hype _ possibly because of all the corporate do's there ! It's a nice course but not a great course .

Always in fantastic condition , due to its sandy base . It can be raining heavily and the greens still play like its not rained for weeks . I'm guessing that it probably only shuts when the course is under a blanket of snow .Beautiful clubhouse setting , would be quite happy to be a member there !