£590.00pp*

Dorset Heathland Golf Tour

Ferndown is where Peter Alliss learnt the game and it is no wonder the great man quickly fell in love with the game. At just over 6,500 yards off the white tees, the Old Course is a beauty with not a weak hole on it.

Harry Colt redesigned Broadstone in 1920 and the course plays pretty much as it was set out then. Five holes in you have worked your way up through the heather, pine, gorse and rhododendrons to be presented with magnificent views of the Dorset countryside.

Parkstone is a beautiful and mature heathland 18 hole course with lakes, standings of mature pines and a wide variety of wildlife together with panoramic views over Poole Harbour to Brownsea Island and the coastal downs of the Isle of Purbeck.

It is rare indeed that a course of Remedy Oak's calibre opens these days and rarer still that such a place lives up to its billing. In places, Remedy Oak is not unlike Loch Lomond. Jacobs' championship layout is perfectly playable (from the right tees) for the average player.

The Isle of Purbeck Golf Club was originally formed in 1892, and is among the most spectacular courses in England. There may not be another course in England with such stupendous views, situated as it is high on the shoulder of the Purbeck Hills.