Let me try a new form of golf trip reporting. OPOS stands for "One Picture, One Sentence" and it means that every course is to be represented with one picture and one (readable!) sentence only. This may lead to somewhat apodictic statements, but hopefully also cut down to the essence and spawn some discussions (which are of course not bound by the OPOS rules, although that might be an interesting experiment in itself ;-)
Ok, here goes:
Le Touquet, La Forêt course (Horace Hutchinson 1904):
Many strategically interesting holes combined with beautiful natural surroundings and great playing surfaces mean that there is no reason why Colt's La Mer should overshadow La Forêt for the average golfer.
Royal North Devon (Old Tom Morris 1864, Herbert Fowler 1908):
The oldest course in England presents itself much like it did in its infancy and would still be a world top 20, if all holes were as good as the stretch from 4 to 10.
Saunton East (Herbert Fowler 1919):
The masterfully low-key routing in dramatic surroundings asks question after question, but never devolves into an overbearing stress-test - worthy of an Open.
Saunton West (Frank Pennink 1974):
Shorter, tighter, quirkier, more undulated and harder for the average player than the East.
West Cornwall (Charles Gibson 1894):
No championship course, but world class fun, because every hole has some little or large twist.
St. Enodoc Church Course (James Braid 1907):
Quixotic, exciting, penal, beautiful, awkward, memorable and terribly difficult - has to be seen to be believed.
Perranporth (James Braid 1927):
Uncompromisingly traditional links sloping wildly this way and that, but not as crazy as some suggest.
Yelverton (Herbert Fowler 1919):
Delightful moorland track that features Fowler's usual restraint and elegance, but the short par 4s need more risk/reward.