While I agree with comments regards climate having a huge influence on our courses, the wet winter was 4 months ago.
Since then I feel that we have experienced the best spring in many years which has helped all course managers.
One misconception that I'd like to clear up is the soil types, I believe 90% of the great heaths are on this green sand which does drain, not as well as a links site but a lot better than what we have at Walton Heath, as we are one of the very few heaths that are on clay which as we all know, does not drain, but you have to work with what you've got, and along with linksy presentation, regular sand top dressing, conditions can be presented in a fast and firm style.