My growing belief that Suffolk is in the Top Five English Counties for Inland Golf was reinforced by 36 holes at Bungay yesterday. I am really sorry that I don't have pictures, other than a link to the club website
http://www.club-noticeboard.co.uk/bungay/welcome.htmlbut this small, informal, slightly shaggy heathland course and club would, I think, please a lot of GCA adherents. Very clever use (by Braid and others) of some interesting ground, including (I think) an old river-bed, with a few splendid green sites, and it was also very nice to play for once on some properly mottled heathland fairways. The short holes perhaps a little bit samey, but one truly excellent short par 4 in the 15th, and one equally excellent proper par 5 (the 17th). And 36 holes cost the princely sum of £18, or $25 (admittedly a reduced rate because of recent treatment to the greens). Cod and chips and excellent Adnams also added to the overall experience.
I am not claiming for one moment that this is a 'hidden gem' like Boat of Garten or Liphook, but for 6000 yards of proper and interesting natural golf Bungay makes an ideal stopover, especially for those heading to the more heralded Suffolk quartet of Aldeburgh, Woodbridge, Thorpeness and Purdis Heath. Anyway, for the price, warmly recommended.