"The presence of food and green draws people".
In the Green Drawing Room, ancient Han dynasty vases painted in metallic car-body colours sit on a table.
Shades of pink and green, drawn from heather and plaid, but avoiding that clichéd view of the Highlands, made this a strong collection with the soul of Scotland.
This is cane country, canal country, desert reclaimed by the British, country well entered, white from salt on waterlogged flats, elsewhere green, drawing you into its center.
8.16pm BST McDowell creams his tee shot on 4 straight into the heart of the green, drawing it round to a position six feet from the hole.
He radiates a raw gravitas that feels totally genuine – perhaps unsurprisingly so, given Green drew on his own experiences for the role.
The photographer Cecil Beaton built a set to recreate the aura of Westminster Abbey for the official portrait of the new queen, taken in the Green Drawing Room at the palace.
The severely sloping green drew the ire of many players during practice rounds, with many long-iron approach shots landing near the center of the green, only to trickle backward and down a hill, leaving the ball 30 to 40 yards from where it landed.
It spans several rooms, from the Green Drawing Room, where Alexi Lubomiriski snapped the official wedding party photos, to the ornate, gold-adorned Grand Reception Room, where queen hosted the couple in their post-wedding reception.
A: State Dining Room; B: Blue Drawing Room; C: Music Room; D: White Drawing Room; E: Royal Closet; F: Throne Room; G: Green Drawing Room; H: Cross Gallery; J: Ball Room; K: East Gallery; L: Yellow Drawing Room; M: Centre/Balcony Room; N: Chinese Luncheon Room; O: Principal Corridor; P: Private Apartments; Q: Service Areas; W: The Grand staircase.
