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Talksport newsreader Hugo Chambre, a 7-handicap golfer at Hampton Court Palace Golf Club is attempting to break par for the first time.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tBe prepared to spend the next few hundred words feeling extremely jealous as you read about one player who is taking the phrase \u2018golf trip\u2019 to a whole new level. Alex Perry sat down with Hugo Chambre to get the itinerary.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve all dreamed of chucking our golf clubs in the back of the car and disappearing from real life for a while. Hugo Chambre is currently embroiled in that particular fantasy.<\/p>\n
A simple getaway with nothing but his sticks was not enough for Hugo, though. He needed something a bit more extreme. The mission he concocted is, in theory, quite simple: \u201cI\u2019m not coming home or going back to work until I play a round of golf under par.\u201d Practically, it\u2019s not impossible, but the 29-year-old is going to have to do something he\u2019s never done before in order to achieve his goal.<\/p>\n
Undeterred, he put his clubs, a tent, and as many polo shirts he could fit into a Fiat 500, turned his \u2018out of office\u2019 on, and set off from his central London home for the deepest depths of Cornwall to embark on a Land\u2019s End to John O\u2019Groats challenge with a golf-flavoured twist.<\/p>\n
Starting with Mullion, the UK\u2019s most southerly golf club, Hugo will play as many as 40 courses over a six-week period, culminating at Reay, Scotland\u2019s northernmost 18 holes, in September.<\/p>\n
It will see him trek through Cornwall and Devon, around the entire Welsh coastline, across the English Midlands, before moving over the border into the Home of Golf. Including the drive from London to Mullion and then Reay back to the capital, Hugo will cover more than 3,250 miles and spend 70 hours \u2013 almost three days \u2013 in the car. \u00a0<\/p>\n
When TG caught up with him, he was taking in the delightful scenery of Cardigan Bay on the shores of west Wales. \u201cAs Brits, we always say it would be nice to holiday in the UK,\u201d Hugo muses in the small talk that opens our conversation. \u201cBut then EasyJet and Ryanair have cheap flights to Spain and Portugal, so we do that. I\u2019ve always wanted to see more of the UK, and this is probably not news to a lot of people, but it\u2019s stunning.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s here, overlooking the crisp blue Irish Sea, that Hugo has just played his favourite course of the trip so far: Borth & Ynyslas \u2013 a Harry Colt redesign that lays claim to being the oldest in the country. \u201cThey didn\u2019t really believe me when I told them,\u201d he smiles. \u201cI came in and asked them if I could just go out again \u2013 which was not the most sensible idea given how much golf I\u2019ve got lined up, but it was just so fun. You can\u2019t beat somewhere where you get breakfast, 18 holes on a brilliant golf course, and a meal afterwards for fifty quid.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just been amazing to not worry about work for a while, and all those really small, everyday things that get you stressed.\u201d<\/p>\n
But we\u2019re getting ahead of ourselves a bit. Because first we need to ask the most obvious question. Why on earth are you doing this? Hugo, a 6.6-handicap at Hampton Court Palace Golf Club in south west London, let\u2019s out a huge sigh. \u201cIt\u2019s a good question,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019ve been thinking about quite a bit. Obviously I love golf. I love playing, and I\u2019m quite competitive and challenge-minded \u2013 whether it\u2019s on my own or playing with friends. And I\u2019ve had a few rounds where I\u2019ve come close to shooting level par and I\u2019ve always thought it would be quite cool to do one day. As a seven-handicap, it feels possible but not easy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m getting married next year, I had a bit of annual leave to take and no holidays on the horizon, so I just went for it.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy fianc\u00e9e, Lily, was amazing. Maybe this says a lot about what it\u2019s like to live with me, but as soon as I mentioned it, she was fully behind the idea. We\u2019re always quite good at being encouraging of each other, and she probably likes the idea that the flat might be clean for six weeks without me there. She\u2019s currently on holiday, so maybe it will be slightly trickier when she\u2019s back at home and at work, and I\u2019m not around, so we\u2019ll see.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n
Talksport newsreader Hugo Chambre, a 7-handicap golfer at Hampton Court Palace Golf Club is attempting to break par for the first time.<\/p>\n
As anyone reading this will know, any kind of golf trip requires a tremendous amount of administration. This challenge takes that to a whole new level. Hugo managed to get most of the rounds booked in before he embarked on his mammoth journey, but some of that is still being dealt with as he goes along. Then there\u2019s making sure he gets to each campsite on time, the erecting and dismantling of his tent each day, and trying to work out if there\u2019s a launderette anywhere en route. While \u201csmelly clothing and camping gear\u201d isn\u2019t causing much distress, another problem has arisen. And it\u2019s one we all know far too well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first few days were tough because my body hadn\u2019t physically got used to playing golf every day and sleeping in a tent, and I stupidly bought a new pair of shoes that just destroyed my feet. There was a particularly difficult day when I played 36 at Royal North Devon and Saunton. Amazing courses, but I played so badly and my feet hurt so much. That evening, I rang one of my friends and asked him to go to my flat and get my old golf shoes to post to me. I\u2019ve had him send them to a golf club I\u2019m going to in a couple of days, so hopefully they\u2019re there.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s these little things you don\u2019t have to think about normally. But regardless of the state of his feet, Hugo has no plans to halt the journey should he achieve his goal of scratching a number matching level par into his scorecard, saying instead that he would \u201cfigure out another challenge for the remainder of the trip\u201d. But what if he doesn\u2019t do it?<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I\u2019m hoping that it doesn\u2019t come to that and that I have enough time,\u201d he says, with just a hint of nervousness in his voice. \u201cI don\u2019t particularly want to speak that idea into existence, but I can go further north \u2013 there\u2019s golf in the Shetland Islands! \u2013 and I\u2019ve got more than thirty rounds left so I\u2019m trying not to think about that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hugo\u2019s boss at Talksport, the radio station where he works as a newsreader, might be less understanding than his loved ones. \u201cIf this continues for an extended period without success on the golf course, then there could be some interesting phone calls to make,\u201d he laughs.<\/p>\n
Above all, though, it seems like it\u2019s been a cathartic experience for Hugo \u2013 and we all need more of those in our lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, it\u2019s just been amazing to not worry about work for a while, and all those really small, everyday things that get you stressed when you\u2019re navigating the nine-to-five, Monday-to-Friday rat race that we\u2019re in.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his downtime, Hugo has been occupying his time by making short videos<\/a> and keeping a journal where he rates each course and how he\u2019s played.<\/p>\n \u201cI phone home a bit, but I\u2019ve actually been OK in my own company,\u201d he explains. \u201cAnd I know this sounds a bit pathetic, but there is a strong correlation between how miserable I was when I was playing badly and how my spirits have picked up now I\u2019m playing\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n He pauses.<\/p>\n Good?<\/p>\n \u201cLess badly.\u201d<\/p>\n You can follow Hugo\u2019s Land\u2019s End to John O\u2019Groats golf adventure on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t