Luffenham heath

■ Distance: 10 miles/16.4km ■ Time: 4½ ...

■Distance: 9 miles/14.5km ■Time: 4 hours ■Grade: Moderate ...

■Distance: 7¼ miles/11.7km ■Time: 4 hours ■Grade: Moderate ...

Five of the 15 fine courses to host regional qualifying for golf’s oldest Major this year

Jeremy Ellwood ventures down to Gloucestershire with Golf Monthly courses colleague Rob Smith for a night and round at this Hilton hotel close to Tewkesbury

Rob Smith takes to moor, heath and hill to further expand his golfing CV in the western reaches of England’s most golf course-rich county