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February 2023

171 – Netherlands Tour Pod Part 2

2023-02-04T11:30:26+00:00February 4th, 2023|Course Diaries, Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

The second instalment of our two part tour podcast from The Netherlands. our time at Kennemer, Norrdwijkse, and Koninklijke Haagsche (just go with Royal Hague - much easier to pronounce)!Appreciate this is a beast of an episode and only Joe Rogan can really get away with 3 hour podcasts, hence why we broke it into two chunks!Big thanks to our series sponsor Footjoy for making this trip a reality, our friends in The Netherlands and of course the clubs who supported this and allowed us to bring you all this content! hello and welcome back to another episode of [...]

170 – Netherlands Tour Pod Part 1

2023-02-04T11:26:12+00:00February 4th, 2023|Course Diaries, Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

First instalment of our two part tour podcast from The Netherlands. We talk about why we went to visit the Dutch courses, the adventures on getting there, the rounds and the courses themselves and a few good stories along the way. We talk about Rye, Eindhovensche Golf & Utrechtse Golfclub De Pan. Pt II will be with you on Thursday morning, so you won't have to wait long! Appreciate this is a beast of an episode and only Joe Rogan can really get away with 3 hour podcasts! Big thanks to our series sponsor Footjoy for making this [...]

Netherlands Series: Utrechtse Golfclub De Pan

2023-02-03T07:18:35+00:00February 3rd, 2023|Video|

https://youtu.be/2t_SiN9c1a0 Our second instalment from our Netherlands Tour in partnership with FootJoy at the end of 2022 takes us to Utrecht Golf Club - 'De Pan' - situated just 15 minutes outside of the student city of Utrecht. Utrecht Golf Club is regarded as one of the great inland layouts in continental Europe and consistently ranked inside the top 100 course in the world. Our Netherlands series will see us cover 5 courses, with a 2 part tour film, as well as 5 course films, podcasts from the clubs, photography on our social and of course some editorial over [...]

Netherlands Tour Film pt I

2023-02-03T07:16:06+00:00February 3rd, 2023|Video|

https://youtu.be/Cebb913NPr8 The first instalment of our tour film from The Netherlands includes a Rye-some at Rye, Bruce driving through the night to Ghent, Eindhovensche Golf, Utrechtse Golf Club De Pan, a lost laptop, camera and a flat tyre! 48 hours of sheer adventure! Our Netherlands series will see us cover 5 courses, with a 2 part tour film, as well as 5 course films, podcasts from the clubs, photography on our social and of course some editorial over on our blog! Follow along to make sure you don't miss a beat! Details of series below; 17 JAN: Eindhoven Golf [...]

January 2023

169 – Course Diaries: Utrechtse Golf Club De Pan w/ archivist Ernst van den Doel

2023-01-27T11:50:51+00:00January 27th, 2023|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Our first course diaries episode from 2023 comes from the world renown Utrecht De Pan. One of the finest inland courses in continental Europe and the product of Colt's genius, we got to sit down with club archivist and neurologist Ernst van den Doel. As well as the club and course we also talk about the evolution of golf in The Netherlands / Holland, the primitive game 'Colf' which is still played in bars around The Netherlands today, and the game more generally. Huge thanks of course go to FootJoy as our series sponsor for helping make this [...]

Tour Journal: Utrechtse Golf Club De Pan

2023-01-24T10:58:55+00:00January 24th, 2023|Blog|

A continued blog piece to coincide with our filming releases in The Netherlands... in partnership with - Day 2 - Utrechtse Golf Club: 'De Pan'   Spirits were in the sky until approximately 5 km outside of Utrecht. The hour-long journey through the fairly anonymous Dutch motorway network had passed quite quickly, as we recounted the highlights of our day at Eindhoven, with Sam reminding the others in vivid detail how well he had played on the back nine to secure the win. Bruce was at the wheel when suddenly a light flashed up on the dashboard, warning that the [...]

Netherlands Series: Eindhovensche Golf

2023-01-17T23:09:57+00:00January 17th, 2023|Video|

Kicking off with our film on Eindhovensche Golf, this was our first taste of golf in the Netherlands and, curiously, it’s the only club in The Netherlands without the word ‘club’ after its name. The history of Eindhovensche Golf is inseparably entwined with one of the great household names in electronics which was founded in the industrial city of Eindhoven in 1891: the Philips Company.  One of the co-founders, Anton Philips, along with his wife, Anna, had the inspiration to develop recreational and leisure facilities to attract prospective employees to their headquarters. Harry Shapland Colt was engaged to design [...]

Netherlands Tour Journal: Getting to Eindhoven

2023-01-17T09:58:00+00:00January 17th, 2023|Blog|

A continued blog piece to coincide with our filming releases in The Netherlands... in partnership with - Prelude - Rye Regular listeners of our podcast will know that a trip to the Netherlands to play golf has been a long term aspiration for the Cookie Jar Boys. In Sam’s case, it might be better described as a borderline unhealthy obsession, prompting more than the occasional outburst about how great it would be to see ‘The Old 9’ - the oldest clubs in the Netherlands, many of which were designed by the great H.S. Colt - soak in some Dutch culture, [...]

168 – Cees Collart – Sustainable Agronomy

2023-01-17T08:13:10+00:00January 17th, 2023|Podcasts|

Kicking off our first piece of content from our Netherlands Tour in October 2022 with Cees Collart, Chairman of Sustainable Golf at the R&A. Cees has spent much of his life around the game, spending time in England & Scotland as well as The Netherlands, now playing much of his golf at Eindhoven. Through some regular matches we have been friends with Cees for some time now, and getting to record a podcast with him about the work he is leading on sustainable agronomy was great fun. Really interesting stuff in here about turf types, turf management, and [...]

167 – Eclectic 18: James Bledge

2023-01-16T20:22:27+00:00January 16th, 2023|Eclectic 18, Podcasts|

On a blustery Monday in Liverpool, Tom traveled up to meet and record this podcast with Royal Liverpool links manager, James Bledge. James has had a fascinating journey in golf and the stories behind his choices are fantastic. Our Eclectic 18 podcast rules are simple, 18 holes, the hole numbers must correlate to the scorecard, and you can only pick one course once! 1. Gullane #1 2. Royal Portrush 3. Torey Pines North 4. Royal St. George’s 5. Princes 6. Royal Cinque Ports 7. Crans Sur Sierre 8. Royal West Norfolk 9. Royal County Down halfway-hut: Deal 10. [...]

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