My first course played in the UK in eight years, and one mentioned often on this web site.
It is indeed one of the loveliest courses imaginable, but I would be interested in knowing whether the low markers here who have played the course found it a pushover.
I thought it was far from easy, with acres of heather even more rapacious than the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which is really saying something. The heather makes it an especially tight driving course, leaving not a lot of margin for error if you want to get the best angles into the greens.
The sand in the bunkers seemingly has the texture of Sweet n' low, making them something to be avoided at all costs, whilst for a short course, there appeared to be an awful lot of 200 yard par threes and 440 yard par fours.
Hopefully I'll get to a few more of the heahtland courses during my stay, but West Sussex leaves a lasting memory for being a fun, lovely, yet subtle and, for me, demanding course.