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February 2023

Netherlands Series – Noordwijkse Golf Club

2023-02-14T19:00:30+00:00February 14th, 2023|Uncategorized, Video|

Our fourth stop off in The Netherlands was at Noordwijkse Golf Club. The most recent links course in the country, and product of passionate members who pioneered the project when the club was left without a home in 1972. The land at Noordwijkse is without doubt the strongest golfing terrain we found in the country. Pure white sand, blown out dunes, rolling and crashing landforms. The club are now embarking on the next chapter in their evolution with the assistance of Martin Ebert who is helping the club with a long term plan. https://youtu.be/SDoSEUP9Ehk

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Tour Journal: Noordwijkse Golf Club

2023-02-14T09:44:59+00:00February 14th, 2023|Blog, Uncategorized|

A continued blog piece to coincide with our filming releases in The Netherlands... in partnership with Day 3 (Afternoon) - Noordwijkse Time was more than tight. I think all three of us are proud to say that we've never missed a tee time before, but this one was looking tighter than Rory’s episode at Medinah in 2012. We departed Kennemer 15 minutes before balls were meant to be in the air at Noordwijkse, Google Maps was showing the journey time as 20 minutes, and it later transpired that the Club was a further 3 miles past the pin location that [...]

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173 – Course Diaries: Kennemer Golf & Country Club

2023-02-10T09:39:21+00:00February 10th, 2023|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Short bonus course diaries for you this week! Sam sat down with Christiaan & Lucas from Kennemer. Christiaan is a long standing member and current chairman of greens, and Lucas is the head greenkeeper. It's a good chat following on from our conversation with Cees back at Eindhoven about sustainable greenkeeping, encouraging finer grasses to grow and the transition work that the two have embarked on. If you haven't checked it out yet, head on over to youTube to see our latest film from our Netherlands Series in partnership with Footjoy, from Kennemer. 27 holes, with a fascinating [...]

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Tour Journal: Kennemer Golf & Country Club

2023-02-08T11:02:33+00:00February 8th, 2023|Blog, Course Diaries|

A continued blog piece to coincide with our filming releases in The Netherlands... in partnership with Day 3 (Morning) - Kennemer Day 3 of the Tour began with a shrill 6am alarm. Nursing sore heads, we quickly got dressed and packed up the car. This was the only day of the Tour where we would (attempt to) fit in 36 holes at two different courses - Kennemer and Noordwijkse, and two of the Jar were doing so on a heavy dose of Calvados from the night before.  Thanks to some motivational quotes and general man-management from Tom, we said farewell [...]

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Netherlands Series – Kennemer Golf & Country Club

2023-02-08T09:28:07+00:00February 8th, 2023|Video|

Our third instalment from our Netherlands Tour in partnership with FootJoy at the end of 2022 takes us to Kennemer Golf & Country Club a stones throw inland from the beaches of Zandvoort. Home to 27 holes, each named after prominent figures in the clubs history - Van Hengel, Pennink & Colt - this is one of the most traditional and well regarded clubs in The Netherlands. https://youtu.be/33hgKFdM7ms Kennemer Narration. The coastal town of Zandvoort in North Holland is known for two things: beaches and Formula 1 racing. And just a stones throw from the famous beaches you [...]

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172 – Eclectic 18: Sam Cooper

2023-02-07T05:00:42+00:00February 7th, 2023|Eclectic 18, Podcasts|

During lockdown in 2020, Sam & his wife Harriet embarked on the unthinkable task of playing all links course in Britain. They created a live-in van which would serve as their tour bus, and set off in search of sandy soil on some of the most remote stretches of British coastline. Amazingly, after 3 years he completed his task and with a book on the way and his inspiration now feeding his work as a partner for Clayton DeVries & Pont as an architect, he sat own with us to record an Eclectic 18. this one however is with [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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