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October 2022

3 reasons why Castle Stuart 3rd is one of the great short par 4’s

2022-10-05T08:44:04+00:00October 5th, 2022|Blog|

words by Sam When I was about 11 or 12, I used to draw imaginary golf courses. Each would be a strong contender to host a Ryder Cup. Excessively long and littered with penal hazards, demanding one heroic shot after the next. There would scarcely be enough space between the trees to walk your dog, let alone play golf. Wind the clock on 20 years and I’m stood on the 3rd tee of Castle Stuart. It represented a watershed moment in my appreciation for golf course architecture. We weren’t actually meant to be there. We had been en route [...]

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September 2022

155 – Matt McLean: US Mid-Am Champion 2022

2022-09-27T11:15:41+00:00September 27th, 2022|Players, Podcasts|

Sam & Tom catch up with recent mid-Am champion Matt McClean following his epic win over in Erin Hills a week ago. Matt now becomes one of only 4 Irish players to have won a coveted USGA title, adding his name to Graeme McDowell, Rory Mcilroy and Padraig Harrington. Matt played in an all Irish final with travel buddy, roomie and friend Hugh Foley who has also enjoyed a stellar season on the amateur circuit.  The final was interestingly played over two days owing to a rain delay from earlier in the week which involved the finalists heading [...]

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154 – Course Diaries: Royal North Devon or Westward Ho! w/ historian Robert Fowler

2022-09-23T08:00:35+00:00September 23rd, 2022|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Sam & Bruce re-live some of the fun from Devon a few weeks ago where they played in the Silver medal (the oldest medal in English Golf) and The Kashmir Cup. 2 parts of a legendary week of golf played at Westward Ho! annually. This is a 2-part podcast with Sam & Bruce talking about the course specifically and trying to figure out why the links split opinion so heavily, as well as our interview with club historian Robert Fowler who wrote the history book for Royal North Devon as part of their 150th anniversary year. Robbie is [...]

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5 things… that will bring you back to Porthcawl time and time again

2022-09-20T11:20:43+00:00September 20th, 2022|Blog|

words by Sam I’ve been visiting Porthcawl since I was about 9 or 10 years of age, and there is a certain magic about any club that you see infrequently over what is sadly now more than a quarter of a century. Every time I return I find myself saying the same; ‘it’s the best I’ve ever seen it’ by which I do not mean just the course itself but the club as a whole.   Royal Porthcawl which is situated in the small seaside town between Cardiff and Swansea happens to be famous the world over for their annual [...]

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153 – Course Diaries: Church Stretton

2022-09-12T10:15:23+00:00September 12th, 2022|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Church Stretton: Course Diaries Rugged, provocative and downright memorable. Three terms I would use to summarise a visit to Church Stretton. It’s a course that has been on the wish list for some time now, and a recent Instagram poll back in August, when we asked where people would like to see a future Course Diaries feature, made me get in the car and head out to Shropshire to see why.  I came in anticipation of minute greensites stitched into the hillside and an abundance of quirk, and whilst Church Stretton didn’t disappoint in that sense, the quality [...]

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152 – Reflections on The Pro Game

2022-09-12T10:13:42+00:00September 12th, 2022|Podcasts, Tour Takes|

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… Your Content Goes Herehello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jargo podcast I am Tom Bales and today I'm joined by Bruce Fitzpatrick good day or good evening and Sir Sam Williams have a gentlemen Asia since we've potted together absolutely bloody ages yeah [...]

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151 – Course Diaries: Delamere Forest

2022-09-12T10:06:01+00:00September 12th, 2022|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

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 and getting into the weeds on all things from [...]

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August 2022

150 – A Milestone Podcast

2022-08-19T11:51:25+00:00August 19th, 2022|CJG Ramblings, Podcasts|

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 just wouldn't be the same! If you do get chance to leave a [...]

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149 – Ian Wright: Caddie to Seve Ballesteros

2022-08-16T12:44:12+00:00August 16th, 2022|150th Open, Behind the Scenes, Podcasts|

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 with plenty of war stories, [...]

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148 – Lee Wybranski

2022-08-08T09:00:35+00:00August 8th, 2022|Behind the Scenes, Podcasts|

Another form the 150th week, we sat down with Lee Wybranski - golf artist & 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. We knew Lee was going to be a good pod, 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 Championship watercolour commissions but we also spend half the podcast getting nerdy about golf logo's - [...]

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