July 2023

190 – 151st From Hoylake – Course Manager James Bledge

2023-07-18T12:30:35+00:00July 18th, 2023|151st Open, Podcasts|

Tom sits down with course manager James Bledge on the Tuesday of The Open to discuss how the course is shaping up and the fantastic work the greens team are doing.  As you will hear, things haven't exactly gone to plan with the weather, but the team have worked incredibly hard to present the course in immaculate condition for the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Latest Products

189 – The Great Players of Royal Liverpool with Stephen Proctor

2023-07-13T12:27:55+00:00July 13th, 2023|151st Open, Golf History, Podcasts|

Tom sat down with Stephen Proctor to discuss the great players of Royal Liverpool. John Ball Jr and Harold Hilton were true legends of the club and two of only three amateurs to win the Open Championship. "And now sir, you may catch your boat" Latest Products

188 – Evolution of Hoylake with Joe McDonnell

2023-07-10T12:09:10+00:00July 10th, 2023|151st Open, Golf Course Architecture, Golf History, Podcasts|

Tom sits down with good friend of the podcast Joe McDonnell to chat through the evolution of Hoylake, through its ground breaking origins, Harry Colt changes and the new changes. Many mins ago, we stated the Royal Liverpool are progressive traditionalists, let’s dive deeper and find out why. Latest Products

Cookie Crumbs #4 – Mike Clayton talks through the brief history of GCA from episode 022

2023-07-07T12:07:46+00:00July 7th, 2023|Cookie Crumbs, Podcasts|

Mike talks through the transformation of golf course architecture from the earliest professionals to the renaissance in golf course architecture. Latest Products

187 – Course Diaries: Traigh Golf Club w/ David Shaw-Stewart

2023-07-06T12:03:29+00:00July 6th, 2023|Course Diaries, Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

Sam & Tom sat down with David Shaw-Stewart, the owner of Traigh golf club to chat through all things 9-holer. It’s safe to say, this little place stole our hearts. A lovely, quirky 9 hole layout that you can whip round in no time, endlessly loop and never get bored. Latest Products

186 – Tour Diaries – The Outer Hebrides

2023-07-03T11:56:55+00:00July 3rd, 2023|Course Diaries, Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

Sam and Tom chronicle their journey across the Outer Hebrides in a van. Five days , eight courses and a product shoot. Very busy indeed. The courses we visited were: Southerness Carradale Machrahanish Dunaverty Traigh Askernish Stornoway Isle of Harris Latest Products

June 2023

185 – Colin Sheehan

2023-06-13T11:49:45+00:00June 13th, 2023|Behind the Scenes, Podcasts|

Huge episode this one. We knew it would be a biggie, Colin is a great orator and has a fascinating insight on the game of golf. As head coach for Yale Bulldogs for over 15 years, he has seen a generational change in the way the game is played by the young amateurs that progress into the professional ranks and had a front row seat to the action. Colin has also been a pioneer with recent developments like Ohoopee Match Club, Castle Stuart, and restorations like Yale. Colin has a huge fondness for British club culture which comes [...]

Cookie Crumbs #3 – Iona Stephen and her astonishing route into golf from episode 014

2023-06-09T11:45:39+00:00June 9th, 2023|Cookie Crumbs, Podcasts|

Sky Sports presenter Iona Stephen talks through her astonishing ascension through the age of golf and the injury that prevented her from progressing further. Latest Products

May 2023

183 – John Simpson MBE

2023-05-25T10:47:27+00:00May 25th, 2023|Behind the Scenes, Podcasts|

Sam & Bruce speak to John Simpson who runs the on course foundation helping injured veterans in the US & UK get into golf as well as working for Mark McCormack at IMG fromThe 1970’s through to 1997, and looking after some of the best players of his era; Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Vijay Singh. For more on the On Course Foundation head to their website Latest Products

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