Golf on the Edge

I suppose the trigger for this feature would be my three visits to Thurlestone in Devon this year, where the course, laid out over the clifftops between South Milton and Bantham beaches, was once likened to Pebble Beach by Peter Alliss. While the views may at times rival those of its Californian counterpart, you’ll be relieved to know the green fee is a mere nine per cent of Pebble’s!

Only one of my visits was to actually play the course, which I thoroughly enjoyed, with my first involving a walk along the clifftop path flanking the course and my most recent a family holiday. On our return from that August holiday, as we debated whether to use the Bridport bypass or drive through the town, it dawned on me that I’d still not played Bridport and West Dorset on England’s Jurassic Coast, where the signature hole is the spectacular, steeply downhill