Peter Alliss designs

To commemorate the loss of the great man a year ago this month, we look at five of his golf course design collaborations

knuckle ride where each successful shot is followed by an equal measure of delight and relief. This is a genuinely interesting and different course brimming with risk and reward where commitment is vital. As may be a plentiful supply of spare Titleists!

18 holes: £20-£50

Carnoustie – Buddon Links

Peter Alliss and Dave Thomas designed this very sporty links/parkland hybrid 40 years ago on land that formerly belonged to the Ministry of Defence. Appropriately, each hole is named after a famous battle, and the course is a shade under 6,000 yards from the white tees. It may only be the third most famous course at Carnoustie, but it offers a genuine alternative to the very stern challenges posed by its siblings. GF: 18 holes: £75

Old Thorns

Back in the mid-1970s, at a time when demand for Alliss/thomas designs was at its height, the pair created this undulating parkland course. Not far from the Alliss family home on the Surrey/hampshire border, it is also very close to Top 100 favourite Liphook. Aside from the many specimen trees, some of which are scarily intrusive, there is plenty of water with which to contend.

GF: 18 holes: £50wd, £60we

Manor House

This extremely pretty Alliss design, again with Clive Clark – who has recently received great acclaim for Dumbarnie Links – dates back to 1992. It is situated just outside Castle Combe in leafy Wiltshire and is well suited to a buggy as it covers a vast acreage of undulating terrain. There are two outstanding short holes at 2 and 17 and the gorgeous par-5 12th is another real highlight, with the river, a lake and a battery of bunkers.

GF: 18 holes: £65 Mon-thu, £75 Fri-sun

Clandeboye – Dufferin

Over 50 years ago, Alliss and Thomas were involved in the expansion of the original 18 holes at Clandeboye into a pair of very enjoyable heathland courses, the Dufferin and the Ava. They worked with German architect Baron Von Limburger and the result is two quite different layouts, with the Dufferin the more testing. It runs over land that was grazed by monks more than 1,500 years ago. If you have time, play both!

GF: 18 holes: £80wd, £100we