rippling undulations on the fairways were revealed by the setting sun. Seaton Carew is a flat and authentic old-fashioned links, with low rugged sand hills running through the middle into which all three of the par 3s have been inserted, unusually close to each other. The bunkering was an outstand- ing feature – old, characterful, forbid- ding, unexpected, and stylish. They captured my admiration.
I usually have a sense of where to go on a strange course, but the routing was confusing early on due to greens re- vealing themselves here and there. If it wasn’t for a passing dog walker, I might never have found the eighth tee. And playing No 8 I set out on a line to the tenth green, before realising my error when I ventured into thick rough. The two greens are adjacent to each other. Seaton Carew might not be as
have been more pronounced. The clubhouse is in a street of amusement arcades, fish-and-chip shops, ice cream parlours, and hotels. It had just hosted the 2024 English Amateur as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations. The links was alongside the Tees estuary, and chimneys, cranes, and chemical industrial sites framed the landscape. Being in the evening, this I played on my own when the beautiful
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