'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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

@halfparkid (Peter) is a mysterious instagram character, who - like many - have built an anonymous social media presence around something he loves, able to share the finer details of bunkers, clubhouse lunches and green-to-tee transitions with a wider audience than just his school friends. Obsessed with British club culture and great architecture, we’ve been friends with Peter for a few years now and despite his diminutive frame, and bearing more than just a slight resemblance to the Superbad teenage tragic ‘McLovin’, there’s a huge golfing brain in there (as well as talent).  Peter played full time for several years, [...]