Covering 160 acres and boasting 1500 rooms, 65,000 marine animals, 17 restaurants and its own water park, the £1billion Atlantis in Dubai is surely the world’s most remarkable hotel.

It had been four years since I’d visited Dubai and it was as if I’d come back to a different city.

The sun is beating down, my water supply is running low and I'm sinking deeper into the baking hot desert sand. All I have to rely on is my seven-iron......

I had to ask. "Ever rolled it?" I enquired of Azim, the driver of our tank-like 4x4, as we sped over sand dunes on the outskirts of Dubai.....

Enjoy a pukka pastime in Dubai.