Average score: 93.05%
Cost of a round: £80 (November-March)
We’re swapping Links courses for an inland one, and a lengthy 18, for one a touch shorter with a total yardage of just 6,355 yards.
Nevertheless that doesn’t mean you should think any less of the West Sussex Golf Club.
A challenging course, with each hole posing golfers with a new riddle to overcome. From the 224 yard sixth with a huge pond sunk in front of the green to the blind drive required on par 4 seventh, this is a thinking man’s golf course.
The summer sees vibrant pink heather form an aesthetically pleasing contrast to the towering pine trees that mark the course on the edge of the South Downs National Park.
However, as an alternative the grand, sometime brash callings to the more well-known courses around the country, 18 holes here is pleasant any time of the year.