Sam, Tom & Bruce catch up briefly to talk through the latest happenings. Sam & Tom - severely jet lagged and operating on 30% after their whirlwind trip of Georgia & South Carolina, and Bruce back to the grind with work and coming off the back of the presidents putter. We run through announcements, brand partnership changes with Nike / Tiger and of course what all this means for the DP World Tour. Latest Products
We are delighted to welcome Graeme back to the podcast for the third time. We discuss the challenges he faces with the weather at Hayling Golf Club and the trade-off between meeting membership expectations and managing the golf course ecosystem. Stay tuned for Part 2, where we talk more about his experience on the voluntary support team for the US Open at Pinehurst. As always, thanks for listening! Sam and Bledge Latest Products
Bledge and I do tend to agree on things. So much so one of you guys asked us to put it to the test. In reality, we tend to bicker and disagree on many things. But both value an other perspective and share many of the same philosophies that underpin golf (and, indeed, life). So Producer Harriet put us to the test. Here we discuss some of our favourite things. Some, in typical Golf Badger fashion, are inane and inconsequential. Our favourite Instagram accounts, beers, spike bars. Others are a bit more relevant to our listeners. What are [...]
Tom recently sat down with Kristian Baker, co-owner of Sunningdale Heath Golf Club. Sunningdale Heath is making great waves in short form golf. A par 58 measuring 3,700 yards, Sunningdale Heath really tests your iron game. VRSD, who have recently launched their own Kummel, have been working on their British concoction for over a year to bring some choice back to the Kummel market. For more on VRSD to head to their website where listeners of the podcast will receive a 25% discount on their order, simply use the code ‘COOKIEJAR” are checkout. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave [...]
Final episode of 2023 brings an exciting announcement. We are thrilled that FootJoy are officially partnering with us! An iconic brand, incredible products and a team that just really love golf! We all get together to talk about the highlights from the year. From the Netherlands series, to the series of get togethers and events throughout the year, the Walker Cup, The Open and AIG Women's and much much more. A bit of a 'back-slap' heavy episode with some appraisals at the end, but the biggest thanks go to our listeners and supporters who have encouraged us and [...]
Golf course construction guru Mik Wells joins us this week to talk about his career in golf course construction, how that work has evolved in recent years as well as the influence he draws from the great golden age architects of yesteryear. Mik is such a fun person, we stayed wiht him up at the lodges in Cabot Highlands earlier this year and when we learnt he was over at Hinkley Golf Club doing some work to their bunkers during the off-season we couldn't resist going over for a bit of dinner and podcast! The work of Mik [...]
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Sam, Tom & Bruce get together to recap the days major announcement from the USGA and the R&A related to the 'ODS' changes affecting golf ball performance. The latest rules will be implemented in 2028 (for elite players / tournament play only) giving manufacturers a healthy R&D window to perfect the ball which will now be tested at 125mph speeds, rather than the current 120mph level, with the same distance tolerance of 317 yards in place. In 2030 this will be implemented across all levels of the game and represents the biggest shift in equipment rules since the [...]
Sam, Tom & Bruce are held up in the warmth of the Woburn clubhouse as they talk about exhibition golf (following on from the latest and somewhat disastrous 'Netflix Cup', as well as shows like 'The Match') and talk about whether exhibition golf can ever be pulled off successfully. So we tuned into an episode of Shell's Wonderful World of Golf series, watched for ourselves and came back with some thoughts. It's a great episode this one which touches on equipment changes (announcement due from the R&A / USGA imminently), as well as course set up, green speeds, [...]
Sam sits down with owner of National club Golfer - Tom Irwin - to talk about the history of Alwoodley Golf Club. The first design by Dr Alister Mackenzie who was part of a group of members that founded the club, how it came into being is one of the great stories in golf club history. A link to our Story of a Golf Club film can be found here In November & December we have teamed up with Spornia.uk, the no.1 golf net as rated by MyGolfSpy and Golf Digest. If you order now using the code 'cookiejar' you [...]
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