I must agree with the Naffer that St Enodoc is truely a magical place. My wife was born in Lytham St Annes, but her family moved to Cornwall when she was 12. You can imagine how dissapointed I was when I finally got my Confidential Guide and found out that one of England's finest links was only a 30 minute drive away; and I was going to places like St Mellions! My thanks go out to Tom Doak for this greatest of all travel guides for golfers. His description had long signaled what a special place this is and NAF's posts earlier last year only increased my hunger. While popping into the clubhouse for some refreshment after that round I mentioned to one of the members what an architectural masterpiece they had there. He said that stuff was way over his head but sent over a fellow who would be more in tune to dissecting the virtues of the course. He was an avid club and ball collector (he found several valuable specimens in the creek short of the 5th green when its course changed in the winter) and we had a nice chat. He later informed me that he was the father of former British Amateur Champion Scott Godfrey. We had no accomadation for the night and he led us into the boondocks for dinner and a room in the hamlet of St. Minver. These type of magical things happen all too often when traveling the English countryside looking for golf, refreshment and conversation. I would encourage all GCAer's to think of England as a golf destination: uncrowded courses, with great architecture, at very reasonable rates.
Dick, the irrigation system was installed in 1998, the members were sick of the course "turning white". There is a large detention pond on the dune to the right of the first hole; thankfully the water is used to keep the grass alive not green. They experienced a major drought last summer and the courses with no irrigation were litterally white, not a problem for the purists on this site, but stressful to the turf. I think this was the Clubs prime motivation, keeping the turf healthy.
George, I used a digital Cannon S-30 3.2 Mega pixel. It's compact, fits nicely in golf bag or pocket, has a rechargable nicad battery, but the drawback is that the viewfinder doesn't show how the picture is actually framed and in daylight the LCD display is hard to see.