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July 2022

142 – Live from St. Andrews: Barclay Brown discusses his opening 68

2022-07-14T18:40:59+00:00July 14th, 2022|150th Open, Podcasts|

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. Latest Products

140 – Live from St. Andrews: The greatest shots every played in The Open

2022-07-13T18:40:58+00:00July 13th, 2022|150th Open, Podcasts|

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 Latest Products

138 – Live from St. Andrews: Wallasey Course Manager – John Mcloughlin

2022-07-11T18:40:57+00:00July 11th, 2022|150th Open, Podcasts|

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.  Latest Products

137 – Stephen Proctor: The Long Golden Afternoon

2022-07-05T18:40:55+00:00July 5th, 2022|Behind the Scenes, Book Reviews, Podcasts|

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 first Englishman and Amateur to win The Open in 1890, right through to the Great Triumverate and [...]

June 2022

136 – Eclectic 18 – Richard Pennell

2022-06-28T18:40:53+00:00June 28th, 2022|Eclectic 18, Podcasts|

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 much beauty there is to golf and the wonderful variety it offers! [...]

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