Eoin Gallagher with friends ringing the Shandon Bells in memory of Rory Gallagher’s 20th year anniversary.

Valhalla is a stadium-style golf course, which offers its competitors a wonderful study in contrasting landscapes and colour from the open, lower-lying front nine holes to the markedly more elevated and densely-wooded back nine.

The promotional catchphrase for this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship is – ‘Expect the Unexpected’.