I’m not a golfer: I belong to the league that figures if you want to take a long walk do it without chasing a ball. My worst date ever was with a pro who took me to a driving range for the night and didn’t notice I’d stopped swinging. So I’m usually immune to people waxing poetic about gorgeous and challenging golf courses, even though some of my best friends are avid golfers.

I just flew into Lisbon, reading on the plane about the new Amendoeira resort in Portugal’s Algarve; in fact we flew over it coming in, as the sun rose. The sun, I repeat. For while I left Geneva in a downpour that made driving to the airport at 5:30 truly miserable, the weather in southern Portugal is so good it almost makes me want to play golf today, with 18C and sunny skies, the kind of puffball clouds you get only when you’re next to the ocean.

And then I read CNN’s long article on Nick Faldo’s new golf course, which opened 19 October. Hand me a club, someone.

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