 Next up on my trip to Madeira was a short journey to the top of a mountain and a golf challenge at Santo de Serra Golf Club. The views on the journey are quite stunning so I can only imagine what awaits. And to another episode of Man vs Golf from Madeira. And don't forget to check out MadeiraGolfPassport.com for more info and save money on the courses I play. Welcome back to another episode from Madeira and I'm going to be filming another Man vs Golf Old Challenge at Santo de Serra Golf Course. Obviously, with a high up top we've got some spectacular views as a bit of a breeze and I'm going to take on three signature holes here at Santo de Serra. You can't have three signature holes but they're all pretty damn good and I'll see how I get on in a Man vs Golf Old Challenge. Quick reminder of the rules of that one very, very shortly and I'll also show you around Funchal. Right, so the challenge starts here today at Santo de Serra. It's hole number two. I just play these things and no, pick the holes as I see them from the T-box. This looks like an interesting one. Stroke index seven, the bigger ravine to start with should be comfortably looking to get over that. We're going driver and then see what we leave over the other side. Big bunker on the right hand side and a lot of rubbish down the left. I've started off down the middle, it's leaking out to the right. I've seen it bounce, we're over so we've got the wind coming off the left which I'm not quite feeling off this T-box but I'm pretty sure we've got it howling off that left hand side. At least that's my excuse anyway and we've pitched in over the top of the bunkers just to the right but I'm feeling they might be blocked out for that second shot. Right, as I suspected, we're not blocked out. I've actually got a direct line to the flag but we've got a couple of trees to navigate to say the least. It's a tight one because going left you're a brave man. Obviously I haven't got a yardage but I think we're about 100 out and it's certainly got to be flited down a little bit. All that could work. Go. Kick on. Ah, do you know what? That's not too bad. It's, we've flited it down. It's probably had a little more carry than needed than I actually thought. At one point I thought that was really good you know. Yeah coming up a little bit short, the ground's a little bit soft. We've had a bit of overnight rain and I think in the summer that would have probably scooted onto the green. Anyway, can we get up and down? Sit. Sit. Ah, do you know what? We've got a chance and don't forget I'm on a shot. So what that basically means is I've got a put to win or two for the half. Just a little bit off right edge is my read. Oh and I think that was a bit of a pull more than anything else. A pretty weak effort with the putter. So that's a five which is a net four which means we start off with a half. Santo de Sera has 27 holes of mature park and golf set in a breathtaking location which provides a great variety of holes along the way. Right, we are going to play the third hole because I'm told that three and four are very much the signature holes here. We've got 451 off the yellows. I'm just looking back at the stroke index. I think that says six so we get a shot here as well. But very much the map shows that we're sort of weaving our way from right to left. So first of all we need to drive down the centre. Let me see. Well I literally as good as I've got. In fact it's probably the best drive I've had in the two or three days we've been here. That was bullet straight. It was right down the middle of the fairway. The treaty can see bang centre just to the right side of that. Hopefully shot trees have picked it up. Like I said I have no idea what lies over the other side. I think we should start to turn now into that left hand side. We'll see what lies over the brow. Okay well first of all we've got 174 into the flag. Right over the angle of this kind of ravine big fall off to the left. But what I first of all want to say is sometimes you're better off knowing, not knowing what lies above in terms of that drive. Because I couldn't have placed it any better but anything left is completely gone. But as it stands I brought five iron down. It's probably between five and six and the wind as I said on the earlier hole is sort of howling off this left. Right nice and easy. We'll go easy with the five because I'm not walking back to the buggy. Right ball that's a controlled five iron. Now just sit down. Sit down ball. I cannot believe that it's actually disappeared into the back bunker. When I hit the ball I thought, or when it was landing I thought it was just going to pull up pin high for a put for eagle. As it stands it looks like we've just disappeared into the back bunker. I brought three clubs with me because I wasn't sure exactly where I landed and looking at this the first thought was I've not landed in the bunker fantastic but then on second glance it looks like I'm going to have a real awkward one. So for the iron shot I played in I'm a little disappointed. And do you know what I think the easiest option might be to try and put this. This is for eagle don't forget. A little awkward one to say the least. Let's see if we can get it down there. Give us a chance. It's got to slow down. Slow down a bit. Yeah. At first I thought it was okay but it's kind of raced away a little bit. We're putting for birdie and I'm on a shot. So effectively two for the wind from here. But I'd still like to get the birdie because I feel like the drive and the five iron in certainly deserved it. We know that's not how golf works. I don't think there's a great deal in this again. Falling away to the right if anything. Come on and really hold the put yet and we still haven't. That's frustrating. Two great shots and a three put but there you go. We've walked away with what is again. Don't forget that's a par on a shot so it gets me the win. It's going to be quite lively. Roll out ball. Roll out. Got a bit of a chance you know. It's got a bit of a chance. These greens are lively to be honest with you here at Santa de Sera and they're really really true as well which is nice to see and hopefully you've seen plenty of holes in between to give you a little bit of a look around this place. But earlier on this morning I took a walk around the city of Funchal which is about a 20 minute drive from here. Right let's make this challenge really simple. We're going to play two, three and four. The fourth being a par three, stroke index five, one sixty three off the yellows. There's a real weird one because I'm going to go with a time because I think the wind is across but perhaps helping again. Do they have real disappointments? I'm so sorry I can't show this course off in its full glory is that the sort of into the water out there is some kind of rocks and almost like peninsular that goes out into the sea which I visited yesterday very briefly to have a look around and it looks absolutely stunning. There's water right over the top of there. It's very much their signature hole but unfortunately we can't see enough of it today. If I get a chance later on this clears a little bit then I will come back and hopefully be showing you some brighter pictures right now. Anyway, eight iron it is. It's a big eight iron don't get me wrong so I'm looking for a lot of the wind to help me carry it off that left hand side. Okay, that's a good strike. Here comes the wind. It's hovering a little bit. Is it got to go? I don't know whether that's long enough. That seems to hold in the wind which is confused me a little bit because it feels like it's coming off the back of me but I think that's possibly short. I thought it was really good again. It looked right on the pin to be honest with you. The green has got a bit of a backstop so I'm hoping it just kills it a little but it's not an easy one. It's nestled down a little bit. Let's sit. Sit. Now come on and you've got to make a putt. Let me get me putter again. Walk down with a couple of wedges in a putter. I'm quite happy with that but as we've seen already getting it has not been too bad today. It's been the putter that's been the problem. Now in theory we've got the win but we still need that. I'd like to par that and make a nice up and down just to finish our little challenge year. Yes a hole won't last. I've had a danger. I don't even know she's run her first two. A bit of a pull certainly over to the left hand side. Get that face open and we've hole one nice and straight and firm. Great hole as I said. Massive apologies well to everybody involved really. It's a shame that we can't show this off to its full potential because yeah another great signature hole. In fact please if you just have a little walk forward don't let me forget me golf ball. This is probably a closer look at the sort of peninsula that I was suggesting. In fact come all the way forward. I'll read the bunker. We'll walk through the bunker and forget me. Have a little pan over there and that's what we're looking at and what we normally see from the T-box. Oh Jesus. I forgot the wall after all. I knew I'd do that. Here's Trace. I've just had an incredible meal and what a great afternoon. We're back into a different hotel which is that one there. Garlow Resort in Madeira. I'll let you know what this place is like very very shortly. Right on the waterfront yet again. It's been a great few days so far. It's supposed to be it for the evening and what I'm about to show you is really really special. Now behind me is well it's a nice room really nice bathroom. Very pleasant indeed. But when I turn this camera around the real sort of star of this show is what's on the other side of the camera and on the other side of these windows because this is well I'd say balcony but it's not a balcony is it? It's a terrace. Maybe that's another statement as well. What a view. What a location Yeah that there is going to be our residence for the next few nights. Right welcome back to the channel and this week's video comes to you from Palero Golf Club in Madeira. I've got lots of content on film over the next four or five days but this is very much my what's in the bag of 2022. The other thing works it's what's in the bag right now there's a few tweaks and changes that still might happen as to where I'm at but there's some interesting changes there and if you've been watching the channel of late the big question is did I change those irons or not?