Often described as the thinking man's golf course, Ashton & lea has a fairly flat parkland setting littered with many ponds and streams and is well known for the warm welcome it extends to visitors. A fair number of the holes will require good course management in terms of length and club selection and, if you get this right, there's every chance of scoring well.

The back nine sees water come into play regularly, such as on the par four 13th where you can either take the chance of driving over the water, or law up shot for a long approach to the green. Taking a par here is doing very well indeed.