 Today I finally hit the road and the search is quite simply to find courses off the beaten track Which sounds like the perfect name for this new series Well, it's okay. Let's kick the morning off with a confession I did say that all of my travels would mean I would be staying in this van and sleeping in it However, a viewer suggested I stay in one of the coolest places Which isn't too far away from the golf course we're visiting today and to be honest with you having seen it I couldn't resist and more from the accommodation a bit later But for now I'm up in Scotland of course some stunning views where we're going. It is Southerness Golf Club I can't wait to get there. The weather isn't perfect right now, but I'm assured the Sun will come out very very shortly I'm not too sure where those assurances came from but as the clouds offered a glimmer of sunshine It was far outweighed by darker skies and our hopes of a glorious day on the links were soon fading The journey over teased brighter skies and as with all golfers I held on to the hope that as often in Scotland the rain would disappear when I get to that first tee Now some of you may have seen Southerness on this channel before in the Scotland's less obvious series And I absolutely loved it. The Sun was shining I had little breeze and today is very different and a much truer test on the links And that last visit resulted in the lowest gross round I have ever posted Which was a one over par 70 and I hope I don't regret returning and ruining that memory I'm talking of memories. Why is it golf courses can evoke such emotions of joy and misery and not always an equal measure Irrelevant of what I score today. I can guarantee I'll be smiling at the end Well inside at least Solid start at least Sit sit If anyone's wondering I'm four over through the front nine and I won't be threatening my round of 70 from previous See how we got on this back nine solid start at least great strike Sit sit I think that could be a bunker Get in And whilst the rain held the skies darkened and my ability to show the true beauty of Southerness became a challenge And within a blink of an eye the storm hit the rain fell and clouds took away my light I did however have one more morning to capture Southerness and my hopes lay in the hands of the gods What a difference a day makes I'm now squinted because the Sun is in my eyes I'm going home late on this afternoon But before I do there's one golf hole in particular But I just cannot wait to share with you. So don't go anywhere As ever I have my camera at the ready and my goal today is not only try and get some incredible footage of this golf course But also the best photograph I or my wife can possibly get It's a challenge, but I would love your input and I'll tell you how shortly I'm just so glad we got back up this morning and came back out as you see by the flag zero breeze Sun in my eyes life couldn't be any better right now Right now before I get my back nine underway and hit a tee shot off the 10th I just want to I mentioned that I wanted your involvement in this video and the challenge that we've set My wife's behind the camera We've been taking a number of photographs over the past two or three days And I want you to decide which one is best. So put your comments down below and make sure Right Here we go. How nice is this this morning? Life's good this morning The swing is as well. This is definitely the winning photo by the way Definitely 100% I've just won with this one Right, so this is the hole that I came out for and to show you in this light It's absolutely perfect as you can see from that drone footage going over now Just perfect light unfortunately, it's not facing the right way for me for this tee shot, but It's 381 yards. It's stroking deck six and it's a par four But it's such a well-designed hole It's left to right as you can see on the dog leg and it's quite a severe one and the further you go Left off this tee shot. You're left with a horrendously long shot into a very tough target So what we're going to do I'm going to go at the bunkers on the corner of the dog leg With mini driver and see if we can get as tight to those as possible Come on and it was nice to play a hole you like Well, well, I've played it. Well, had you stop it stays out the bunkers now. I've been too greedy But again, I'm looking right into the light. I can't quite tell it when exactly where I aimed It's close to the corner of that dog leg if it's pulled up just short of the bunkers Then we could be in a perfect position to play why it's pretty much a perfect golf ball to be honest with you Now rarely when I aim for something do I actually hit it? So I can't believe this has made its way into this well-placed bunker Which is what I always say about good course design The flag is still tucked way over there, and I can't take anything more than a 58 wedge to try and get up and out of this thing I'm going to get as far over to the left to leave a bit of an angle For the third Yeah, that's good. Get out. Okay We're in the middle of the fairway again. We're reliant on a decent iron 120 to the flag look how that sits on the horizon. I just want one decent wedge and come on Stay left of the flag should be good sit down Yeah, we're on maybe a little bit too cautious Try not to stay away from those two right side bunkers that protect the flag. You can watch this put But it's that backdrop. You should be looking at one incredible golf ball. This is two putts and for a bogey five Turn a bit. Oh The pace was perfect Bogey is What am I bothered not one bit Just look at that. Oh my word Southerness Golf Club is in Dumfries and Galloway in the southwest of Scotland and sits on the Solway Firth This is a championship golf course and an open qualifying venue for good reason The course gives you nothing and everything is earned at Southerness Arguably your short game will decide your fate The subtleties of links golf that often go unnoticed can wreak havoc with your scorecard Cambers swales Uneven lies and of course the elements will play their part This time of year means a loss in color from both Heather and Gorse But the autumnal colors and hills in the backdrop Provide a different kind of beauty at Southerness and of course, I didn't regret returning to Southerness quite the opposite My golf might not have been as good as my previous visit But what hasn't changed is how good Southerness is and will continue to be Those used don't disappear in reality nor memory Bright or dark skies only affected my ability to film in preferred light But neither took away my enjoyment of playing golf in November on the magical links land in Scotland The green fee was just 55 pound So my job was done Well, almost I had one thing left to achieve back at the lodge And whilst the view of me and my speedo's in a hot sub would rival the 12th at Southerness I'll save that for another day Thanks for watching