On one of the hottest evenings of 2022, Sam went out to visit Church Stretton, playing with local member Cameron and his brother-in-law and ex-England cricketer James Taylor. Todays episode is with Sam & Tom discussing Church Stretton, and some of the truly jaw dropping land that this golf course is situated. Church Stretton is a simply marvellous golf club, and one of the most memorable courses you can play. A trifecta of opening par 3's, holes of all shapes and sizes and of course a health...
Sep 11, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 153
All three of the squad get together for a brief catch and up and round off the fairly insane developments over recent weeks’ across LIV and the PGA tour. Elevated events, PIP driven pool of players, a barnstormer of a finish in Boston which seemed to pass without much fanfare and more… If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Website...
Sep 07, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 152
We get back into the swing of course diaries this week. Sam visited Delamere Forest a few weeks back - located just south-west of Manchester - it’s a Fowler/Heathland classic. Delamere is a long way from the Surrey Sandbelt where you would usually expect to find a course of this ilk and it boasts some incredible elevation change, natural green sites and bunkering on a piece of land that feels just about as removed from everyday life as you could hope for! Next week we’ll be recalling East Lake a...
Aug 24, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 151
A big podcast milestone deserves a big announcement - we are recruiting for someone to join the team! Please head over to https://cookiejargolf.com/job-advert/ to find out more. In this episode we look back on 150 podcasts and evolution of the pod. This pod is a bit self-indulgent but we've thrown a few gaffe's for good measure, some awards as well as some highlights and lowlights. A big thank you from us for supporting us through 150 episodes. Without everyone tuning in and supporting us, it ju...
Aug 19, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 150
Our podcast with Ian is the last from our time up in St Andrews at the Sounder clubhouse at The Scores Hotel. Sam is joined by fans favourite Dan Davies podding live and on stage. Ian's story about how he fell into caddying for Seve is a fascinating one, including some of the key events along the way (including the development of yardage books), Ryder Cup appearances, being on the bag for the Lytham in 1988, and what it was like to work with the great man himself. It's a great episode filled wit...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 149
Another form the 150th week, we sat down with Lee Wybranski - golf artist & logo designer. We've been bouncing backwards and forwards for a while on when to record a pod, so it was great to get to do this in person at the Sounder Clubhouse, and his 150th commission certainly provides a great backdrop to the pod! We knew Lee was going to be a good guest, but no idea how good. He is a wonderful orator and brings his concepts and work to life in a vivid way. Lee is famous for his Major Champion...
Aug 09, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 148
Whilst up in St Andrews, we hung out with Erik and his team and decided to record a podcast. Founder of Random Golf Club, Erik has enjoyed a relatively late start in the game of golf, but he's certainly made up for lost time! His adventures in golf have taken him to some of the most remote stretches of golfing land, including Israel, Iceland, Africa and beyond! We wanted to hear about his personal journey in golf and thought we would do an Eclectic 18 to get his take on on the game, what has sha...
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 147
In our recent trip to St. Andrews, we met up with author Michael Morrison. Mike has just released his fourth book The Great English Golf Boom 1864 - 1914. Intriguing conclusions come through the book and a fascinating insight into the birth of the English Golf Club. If you are interested in purchasing this book you can email Mike on [email protected] If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Inst...
Jul 26, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 146
Sounder owner and coolest cat James Day talks to us live from the Sounder Clubhouse about the 150th Open at St. Andrews and Cam Smith and Rory Shootout. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Website...
Jul 18, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 145
Live from the stands on the right of the 1st tee, Sam & Tom talk through Rory's epic round on Saturday and how the atmosphere here on Open Championship Sunday. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Website...
Jul 17, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 144
Geoff swings by Jar HQ at the Scores Hotel aka the Sounder Clubhouse to do a live Q & A about the first two days of The Open If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Website...
Jul 16, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 143
Sam & Tom sat down with Barclay Brown, the young amateur that shot a remarkable 68 on day 1 of The Open Championship at St. Andrews. Barclay talks through his round, the course, his amateur status and his penchant for Love Island. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Website...
Jul 14, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 142
Bruce, Sam & Tom sit down to discuss the course on the eve of the opening day of the Open Championship. So much to unpack in a short space of time. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Website...
Jul 14, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 141
Dan Davies pops by St. Andrews Jar HQ aka The Scores Hotel to discuss an article he helped pen about the greatest shot ever played at The Open with a little help from the data gurus over at Clippd. Check out the article and enjoy - https://www.clippd.com/post/the-greatest-open-shot If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Website...
Jul 13, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 140
Tom & Bruce discuss the atmosphere here at St. Andrews on Tuesday of Open week. The whole town is buzzing, and we’re getting caught up in the excitement! If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Website...
Jul 12, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 139
In a series of micro pods we are going to run live from St. Andrews at the 150th Open, we are here on the Monday and bumped into Wallasey Course Manager John Mcloughlin. John and Tom got talking about the condition of the course and there are not many people that would know more about course conditioning than John. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Website...
Jul 11, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 138
Historian, writer and Herbert Warren-Wind shortlisted author Stephen Proctor joins the podcast this week to talk about the release of his second book - The Long Golden Afternoon. Charting the events around golfs ultimate boom period following the death of Young Tommy Morris right through to the advent of WWI, the book is a fascinating read to really understand one of the most significant (and often much less talked about) periods in history. Starting with John Ball jr of Hoylake becoming the fir...
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 137
Another special guest joins the pod for his Eclectic 18... this week it's the turn of Richard Pennell. Someone who has grown up around the game and spent much of his career working at them - often at some of the mopst storied and historuc clubs in Surrey. Richard left his role at Woking last year to give himself more time to writer about the game he loves and his blog 'Stymied' can be found here: https://richardpennell.substack.com/ Richard's writings are wonderfully nostalgic and remind us how ...
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 136
Amateur course architect, career golf writer and full time racontuer Dan Davies joined the podcast to talk about the founding of RNGC. England's latest and hotly anticipated new build course. Measuring just 510 yards, this 9 hole short course is shrinking the game! We caught up with Dan to chat about his career and what drove him to spend 11 months building a course in his back garden! For more on Dan, check out McKellar journals where he has written some fabulous pieces and of course The Sounde...
Jun 21, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 135
Sam & Tom dissect day 2 from Centurion from the ground. We talk fan experience, shotgun start, team dynamics and absolutely do not talk politics. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Website...
Jun 11, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 134
The boys are back together rounding out a hectic month. Too much time on the golf course and not enough time behind the mic’s! We celebrate Bruce’s 27th birthday, and reflect on a magical few days on the Kent coast for the Spring Meeting a few weeks back. More importantly though we look ahead to the 150th Open at St Andrew’s as well as the inaugural event from the LIV golf series this weekend at Centurion. Whatever your views are on the emerging new series, it’s certainly going to be an interest...
Jun 07, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 133
Course Diaries from Dunbar recorded in the hotel lobby of the Marine at North Berwick! That explains some of the subtle chill out music in the background or the occasional jangling of cutlery! We had a wonderful morning at a Renaissance with Jason & 2013 Scottish amateur champion Zander Culverwell, and felt compelled to talk about it! If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram / Facebook / Twi...
May 31, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 132
We sat down with Rob McGuirk - general manager at Prince’s golf club while we were in Kent for our Spring Meeting to talk about his career in the game, the evolution of Prince’s and of course his rather spicy Eclectic 18! Rob has a fascinating history with the game, growing up playing to a high standard, turning professional and competing for a living, and more recently running Prince's! his scorecard is a mouthwatering one; #1 Brora #2 Pine Valley #3 Royal County Down #4 Swinley Forest #5 Royal...
May 18, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 131
Paul Craven is a man of many talents. A member of The Magic Circle, an industry leader on the subject of heuristics and behavioural science, and also one of the club's passionate archivists at Royal Cinque Ports (aka 'Deal). We sat down with him 42 minutes before the clubhouse closed when we were down in Kent last week to talk to him about the evolution of the links, the connections it has with The Open and the Halford Hewitt, as well as some of the quirky and amusing tales from yesteryear. It's...
May 11, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 130
Tom sat down with Patrick Forbes from the Preferred Lie and Tim Lobb from Lobb and Partners to talk through Patrick's UK trip and his collaboration with Tim in the UK. Tim currently advises courses such as Woking, Worplesdon, West Hill & St. Georges Hill amount many others. He has a great knowledge on heathland golf courses and Patrick and the Preferred Lie team are helping Tim to create some content around the work that Tim is doing. Fascinating insight two great companies. If you've enjoye...
Apr 26, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 129
We've been long time fans of Andy and his work over at The Fried Egg, and when it came to potential guests to do an Eclectic 18 with, we knew Andy would deliver! Tom & Sam catch up with Andy to hear about his course - all public, and all holes under 400 yards! Eclectic 18 - Andy Johnson #1 - Eagle Springs #2 - Old Macdonald #3 - Pinehurst (no. 2) #4 - The Loop (Black) #5 - Greywalls #6 - Pacific Dunes #7 - Pebble Beach #8 - Bandon Trails #9 - Wild Horse #10 - Lawsonia (The Links) #11 - Belve...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 128
Tom & Bruce get the opportunity to sit down with Golf Channel presenter Cara Banks. Cara talks through her career in golf, starting with the early days at Golfing World and moving to America to host Morning Drive on the Golf Channel. Recording from Augusta, Cara chats through the ANWA and the upcoming Masters tournament. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube...
Apr 04, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 127
Co-founder of Sounder Golf, James Day joins Sam for a podcast about his Eclectic 18. The conversation is wide ranging; from turning pro at a young age, to becoming disenfranchised with the game in his early 20's, right through to his adventures in setting up Sounder Golf, and reviving the brand that was styled so brilliantly by Seve in the late 70's and early 80's. We cover a range of topics (not least of all his travel in the game and his outstanding eclectic 18). Listeners to this podcast rece...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 126
Sam, Tom & Bruce are joined by Harry to talk about their time at The Golf House Club at Elie. The excitement from their afternoon should tell you all you need to know about this beaut of a links in Fife. It’s a wide ranging discussion from an afternoon in the sun, complete with information about the course, the iconic periscope and of course the grudge match. We also talk about our latest fit with TaylorMade and the new Stealth equipment which was in the bag! If you've enjoyed this episode, ...
Mar 29, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 125
In this episode of the pod, Bruce and Sam sit down and chat to Peter Dawson, CBE about his career in golf. Peter served as Secretary and later Chief-Executive of the R&A from 1999-2015, a time of great change in the professional game as Tiger Woods became the iconic figure in our sport. We talk about Peter's own start in golf, the growth of The Open Championship, the wider responsibilities of the R&A, the amateur game, as well as Peter's role as President of the IGF, which helped to secu...
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 124
