I played Ganton in an open competition yesterday. My first visit in a decade.
Since I was last there a lot (and I mean a LOT) of gorse has gone. It's a huge improvement. In a fourball in which I was the high handicapper we lost a couple of balls but to genuinely atrocious shots, not tightness. In fact, bar a couple of spots (the drives on 9 and 16 are tight) I think the course played and felt reasonably wide (albeit that the bunkering remains as tough as ever).
After a wet winter of muddy lies at home the condition of the course was extraordinary, firm, fast greens, run on fairways. The "inland links" tag has never felt truer.