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September 2020

Story of a Golf Club: Cleeve Hill

2020-09-23T09:58:04+00:00September 23rd, 2020|Video|

#savegolfonthehill The next episode from our ‘Story of a Golf Club’ series is  sad one, but it’s a story we have to tell. Golf has been played on Cleeve Hill common from as early as 1891, and the course was originally laid down by Old Tom Morris, consisting of dramatic views and blind shots with huge elevation change, but sadly its days are numbered. The layout was symptomatic of the location of the hill; sitting on top of a Limestone escarpment in the Cotswolds, 5 miles north of Cheltenham, and the club owes much to the stone its [...]

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041 – US Open Round-Up with Chris Trott AKA Trottie Golf

2020-09-23T09:47:49+00:00September 23rd, 2020|Podcasts, Tour Takes|

The boys are joined by Trottie (who after his first guest appearance couldn’t stay away) to talk through Bryson’s win at Winged Foot in what many see as a watershed moment for the game. Wherever you stand on the distance debate and the strategy Bryson has used this year, it’s certainly got people talking! We are also in middle of club champs season, and Trottie could resist telling us about his recent (nett) win at Goat Hill last week! Enjoy

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040 – Amateur Golf Round-Up, (L)PGA Tour Controversies, and US Open Preview

2020-09-16T06:00:21+00:00September 16th, 2020|Podcasts, Tour Takes|

The full squad reconvene to recap the three prestigious Amateur events that have been played on British soil over the past couple of weeks: the Amateur at Birkdale, the Women’s Amateur at West Lancs, and the Varsity Match at Muirfield. We also hear about Cal’s latest putter acquisition and dissect a couple of controversies emerging in the professional game: the format and purses of the PGA Tour Playoffs and Sophia Popov’s exclusion from the ANA Inspiration. Finally, we look ahead to the US Open at Winged Foot and make our picks…

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Story of a Golf Club: Royal Liverpool Golf Club – Hoylake

2020-09-15T19:05:15+00:00September 15th, 2020|Video|

In our 3rd episode from our ‘Story of a Golf Club’ series we head to Royal Liverpool Golf Club (Hoylake), taking in the incredibly rich history and understanding about how the course has evolved over the years. Established in 1869, the course was founded on the same ground also used as a horse racing track, and the internal out of bounds that sits on the right side of the 1st and 16th stands as a monument to its equine ancestry, in addition to a number of other more subtle features through the club and its clubhouse. A number of things [...]

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039 – Bobby Jones 90th Anniversary Grand Slam special – Part 2

2020-09-06T19:13:12+00:00September 6th, 2020|Bruce's favourites, Golf History, Podcasts|

The second part of our special series on the life of Bobby Jones, winner of the Grand Slam in 1930 and arguably one of the most influential people in the world of golf, if not sport more generally. With Jones having won the UK leg of the grand slam at Royal Liverpool and St Andrews, we head over for the second half at Merion and Interlaachen. We also look at the legacy Bobby Jones has left on the game, including the Masters, designing Augusta with Mackenzie, and his affinity with the town of St Andrews! It’s been a pleasure [...]

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038 – Bobby Jones 90th Anniversary Grand Slam special – Part I

2020-09-02T19:11:30+00:00September 2nd, 2020|Bruce's favourites, Golf History, Podcasts|

Part one of our special series on the life of Bobby Jones, winner of the Grand Slam in 1930 and arguably one of the most influential people in the world of golf, if not sport more generally. Heading into the Tour Championship at East Lake felt like the perfect time to release this two-parter around his life and career, beautifully narrated by golf historian and Jones fanatic Sid Matthew from Tallahassee, FL. We’ll be dropping part two later this week! Enjoy!

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August 2020

037 – Lies, Damned Lies & Statistics

2020-08-26T20:05:48+00:00August 26th, 2020|Podcasts, Tour Takes|

The full squad are together to catch up on the latest developments in the game, we get to hear from the latest tinkering in Cal’s workshop in search of the fabled wand as he moves onto putter #26, and we look at whether the stats in the Amateur game are totally bogus, or really help players!

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Story of a golf club: Woking Golf Club

2020-08-23T09:27:19+00:00August 23rd, 2020|Video|

Episode 2 from our ‘Story of a Golf Club’ series takes us inland, to the rich sandy and acidic soil of Woking Golf club. Established in 1893 by a number of barristers from New Temple, in the centre of London, Woking was the first heathland golf club in Surrey. Years before, golf was a pastime enjoyed on the British seaside where clubs had originally formed around the South Coast (namely Royal St George’s, Rye) following the games growth in popularity in Scotland, however inland golf was something of a non-event. In London, things were even worse, where eager golfers [...]

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036 – PGA Round-Up

2020-08-12T09:00:15+00:00August 12th, 2020|Podcasts, Tour Takes|

Bruce, Sam & Tom recap the highs and lows from Harding Park, and the superb return to Major Championship golf. An emphatic performance from Collin Morikawa as well as Englands own Paul Casey, trash talking by Brooks, whiffs from Rickie, and confusion for Kaymer!

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035 – Major Golf is BACK!

2020-08-05T09:00:06+00:00August 5th, 2020|Podcasts, Tour Takes|

Tom, Sam and Cal recap some of the latest news on both sides of the Atlantic, including Eddie Pepperell's withdrawal from the HERO Open, as well as the danger Fire Ant's pose to golfers in the modern era. Most importantly we talk through some predictions for the PGA at Harding Park this week in what feels like an eternity since major golf and get to hear about the latest activity in Cal's workshop!

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