December 2021

110 – Geoff Shackelford

2021-12-10T17:02:11+00:00December 10th, 2021|Behind the Scenes, Podcasts, Tom's favourites|

A guest we’ve been excited to have on for ages, Geoff needs little introduction. We wanted to hear about Geoff’s route in to golf, how his passion has evolved and where his views may stem from, as well as talking about the crossroads the game is currently at with pace of play, sustainability, the professional ranks and of course - the distance debate! It’s a long pod - but it’s a cracker  Latest Products

November 2021

109 – The Faldo Series with Matt Faldo & Keith Wood

2021-11-04T13:18:44+00:00November 4th, 2021|Behind the Scenes, Podcasts|

Tom & Bruce get together with Faldo Series Director Matt Faldo and Keith Wood; Director of Instruction for the Faldo Series.  Matt & Keith talk through the formation of the Faldo series, along with some of its success stories over the last 25 years, and the future of the series moving forward. Latest Products Your bag? [contact-form-7 id="850" /]

108 – Zac Blair: The Tree Farm & an English Adventure

2021-11-04T13:16:48+00:00November 4th, 2021|Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

Tom & Sam catch up with Zac to hear about his latest trip to the south of England playing some of the famous Surrey heathlands as well as the links of the South Coast. It was really interesting to hear about The Tree Farm and the work of Tom Doak & Kye Goalby as the project approaches the build phase. It was a heavyweight itinerary (including Sunningdale, The Addington, Woking, Worplesdon, St George’s Hill, Walton Heath, as well as Rye, Royal St George’s & Deal on the south coast) - made even tougher without a passport! [...]

107 – Tour Diaries: Northern Ireland 2021

2021-11-04T13:16:27+00:00November 4th, 2021|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Tom & Sam wax lyrical about their trip to Northern Ireland. Starting with Royal County Down, a visit to Royal Portrush, and two cracking 9 hole course - Bushfoot & The Bann course at Castlerock… it was a great trip and a great insight into what Ireland in general has to offer. From ‘underlining’ to Hall & Oates on the course - it’s all in here hello and welcome back to the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills and today I am joined by my friend Sam Williams greetings Thomas feels like a real while since [...]

October 2021

106 – Course Diaries: Sunningdale Heath

2021-10-04T08:21:56+00:00October 4th, 2021|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

In this episode of Course Diaries, Tom & Sam visit Sunningdale Heath Golf Club in Surrey. It will take you only five minutes of this podcast to realise how taken we were with this place. Fantastic feel to a fantastic golf club. hello and welcome back to another interesting episode of the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills um you might hear a lot of noise around me today we are in the beautiful surroundings of Sunnydale Heath and I'm joined by my friend Sam Williams Sam welcome to Poker Thomas I'm more thrilled to be [...]

104 – BMW at Wentworth and Paddy’s Picks

2021-10-04T08:16:06+00:00October 4th, 2021|Podcasts, Tour Takes|

Tom and Bruce reflect on the exciting final day of the BMW Championship at Wentworth, which brought an end to the automatic qualifying for Team Europe. With Skipper Harrington having announced his three wildcard picks soon after the BMW’s conclusion, the time is nigh for some rampant speculation and conjecture about how the finalised European and American teams will stack up against one another at Whistling Straits... Latest Products Your bag? [contact-form-7 id="850" /]

102 – BMW Roundup

2021-10-04T08:09:08+00:00October 4th, 2021|Podcasts, Tour Takes|

The whole squad get together for to catch up on the latest Tour action. Annihilation of Caves Valley, a blistering putting performance from Patrick Cantlay and the incessant chanting of Brooksy. We also look ahead to the Ryder Cup, and some of difficult decisions facing Capt’s Stricker & Harrington…. Latest Products Your bag? [contact-form-7 id="850" /]

August 2021

101 – Martin Ebert: Golf Course Architect

2021-08-31T19:10:36+00:00August 31st, 2021|Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts, Tom's favourites|

Bruce & Tom had the opportunity to sit down with World renowned architect Martin Ebert from MacKenzie & Ebert. We talk through his route into golf course architecture, history of the great architects and courses that Martin has been working on. Having learnt his craft with Donald Steel, Martin and his partner Tom Mackenzie have worked with 198 courses since 2005 when they founded Mackenzie & Ebert. 17 of which feature in the World Top 100 lists, and a staggering 7 of the current 10 Open rota venues - it certainly provides the perfect backdrop for a fascinating [...]

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