July 2023

The 151st Open: Amateur Hour

2023-07-19T14:32:54+00:00July 19th, 2023|151st Open, Blog|

With play at the 151st commencing at 6.35am tomorrow, all eyes appear to be on Rory, Scottie, Jon and the host of big names coming into the week with form and pedigree. Whilst anticipation is through the roof for seeing how the game’s elite fare around Hoylake in some rather changeable weather, less has been said of the cohort of amateurs who are not only vying for the Claret Jug, but also the Silver Medal. Competed for since 1949, the Silver Medal has seen a host of illustrious winners: Sir Michael Bonallack, José María Olazabal, Tiger Woods, Justin Rose [...]

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The 151st Open: The Champion Bag of the Year

2023-07-18T15:09:17+00:00July 18th, 2023|151st Open, Blog|

Before you start reading, I must warn you that I’m about to enter down a very niche and rather weird golf equipment rabbit hole, but its Open week and I’m here for it. During a brief escapade on the course during today’s practice round, the mad dashes of colour bobbing down the fairways of Royal Liverpool were offering up a stark, but welcome contrast to the menacing clouds drawing in overhead. The Open staff bags have arrived. Am I really writing this? Yes. We march on. Here at Cookie Jar Golf, we love stash, and it is a central [...]

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Hoylake to Hong Kong: Two Clubs Intertwined

2023-07-16T13:51:38+00:00July 16th, 2023|151st Open, Blog, Golf Course Architecture, Golf History|

Words by Charlie. In December of 1857, in Greenock, on the south bank of the River Clyde, a boy was born who would etch his name into the history of Hoylake and who would play a pivotal role in the transporting of the Royal and Ancient game to Asia. His name has understandably been overshadowed by the greats that line the oak-panelled walls at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, but he was a golfing pioneer, nonetheless. That bonnie lad was Gershom Stewart. The young Gershom’s stay in Scotland was to be a mere sojourn for he was moved to [...]

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June 2023

The Muddyman Torpedo: A Mid-Amateur Scratch Event (28th July)

2023-06-01T12:26:24+00:00June 1st, 2023|Blog|

'The Muddyman Torpedo ' Blackwell Golf Club Friday 28 July 2023 36 holes scratch medal  Mid Amateur event (aged 25 or over on 1.1.23) Those of you who follow our content know how passionate we are about the amateur game - particularly those great anecdotes and characters who sadly seem to be less common in today’s more professionalised, sanitised world of golf.  Well, in fighting for the true spirit of amateurism, we’re delighted to resurrect a famous event of the Blackwell calendar - The Muddyman Torpedo.  ‘The Torpedo’ was an annual contest hosted at Blackwell by one of the legendary [...]

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May 2023

Match Report: Spring Meeting MMXXIII

2023-05-16T07:33:24+00:00May 16th, 2023|Blog|

in partnership with   The second Cookie Jar Spring Meeting was held on the 10th & 11th May at Moortown and The Alwoodley Golf Club. A two day handicap Stableford competition for 33 supporters, friends, and golf obsessives.  Moortown & Alwoodley both hold a special place in the history of golf course architecture: Alwoodley being the first design by the great Dr Alister MacKenzie who would go on to work at Royal Melbourne, Cypress Point and Augusta National but not before Moortown which was his second creation and our first stop of the tour.  The story is well documented in [...]

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April 2023

Match Report: Cookie Jar Masters Friday at Blackwell

2023-04-09T08:15:26+00:00April 9th, 2023|Blog|

The ‘Cookie Jar Masters Friday’ not only coincided with the Bank Holiday Good Friday, but also the best day of weather Britain had seen so far this year. Our 6th event and 4th ‘Mixer’, Masters Friday event saw 44 golfers from all over the country make a pilgrimage to Blackwell Golf Club for a traditional jacket & tie club lunch, 18 holes of golf and an evening of watching trees fall down at Augusta National.  Everyone congregated outside the clubhouse to take in their first healthy dose of Vitamin D, mingle and enjoy some drinks. The course was looking sharp [...]

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February 2023

Tour Journal: Royal Hague (Koninklijke Haagsche)

2023-02-23T19:51:54+00:00February 23rd, 2023|Blog|

A continued blog piece to coincide with our filming releases in The Netherlands... in partnership with Day 4: Koninklijke Haagsche (Royal Hague) Pulling into our hotel for the night in Wassenaar (an affluent suburb of Den Haag near the golf course), oddly enough it was the same brand of hotel we stayed in on our first night in Ghent - the sort of chain hotel in the Benelux region you would expect if Premier Inn and Village Hotels had a lovechild -  ‘Van Der Valk’.  We enjoyed a few scant minutes to throw our bags on the bed, a quick [...]

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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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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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January 2023

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 [...]

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