“The 1^st looks so easy. It’s a par 4 and you can see the pin from the tee, so a reasonably good golfer can drive the green and there’ve been a number of holes in one there. But don’t be lulled into a false sense of security – Winnington Road looms large for the wild, right-hander’s fade; the fairway bunker may trap the ball on the other side of the fairway; and the steep slope at the front of the green might cause the ball to run through to the deep bunker at the rear – find yourself on a steep sandy gradient and coming out sideways is your only hope. On the first occasion that I ever played in a medal competition, I was five off the tee, then into the trees on the right and wrote 11 on my scorecard. Hampstead’s 1^st proves that golf is a thinking man’s game and that humility arising from arrogant stupidity is very good for the soul!”