The first thing that hits you about The Els Club is the colour. Not the skyline, not the bunkering, not the clubhouse. The colour. You stand on the first tee and look down the fairway and what you see is this ridiculously vivid green strip of grass cutting through waste areas of pale yellow sand, and the contrast is so sharp it almost looks like a photograph that's been oversaturated by someone who doesn't understand colour theory. Except it's real.