Tom & Sam catch up after a heavy week of televised golf…. An outstanding Solheim Cup, a slightly less inspiring Tour Championship, as well as some excitement before the final Ryder Cup picks are made! Latest Products Your bag? [contact-form-7 id="850" /]
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" /]
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 [...]
Episode 100 is a course diaries feature from Bruce & Sam's time down at Burnham & Berrow, playing foursomes golf in the Brent Knoll Bowl. Incredible fun out on the links in arguably the purest form of the game... We talk about the course, the influence of the early greats like JH Taylor & Colt, recent alterations by Mackenzie & Ebert and we discuss the format itself. hello and welcome back to the cookie jar golf podcast I'm Sam Williams and it is a great privilege to introduce my foursomest part of last weekend Bruce Fitzpatrick to the [...]
Babe Zaharias is a figure in the game with a career that is quite simply incredible. Her story is one of enormous achievement, not just in the game of golf but as a multi-discipline athlete. She overcame sexism and prejudice, she challenged stereotypes, she influenced the women's game in a way like no one else, and set records which still stand today. Susan Cayleff is a pulitzer prize nominee who has dedicated endless time to researching and documenting Babe's career, and this podcast gives you some colour and context around the rich tapestry of her life. Sadly, babe died [...]
Two time Herbert Warren-Wind award winner and St. Andrews resident Roger McStravick joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of what we all now refer to as 'The Home of Golf'. In conjunction with our film, Roger takes us through the watershed moments that have shaped the history of the links and the Auld Grey Toon, from the origins of golf right up to the 21st Century. Latest Products Your bag? [contact-form-7 id="850" /]
A round up from our time at Worcester Golf & Country Club. Originally laid out by Alister MacKenzie in the 1920’s, it’s exactly the sort of Golden Age wonder you can easily skip past when you focus on the trophy links courses around the UK. Was really cool getting off the beaten path and playing somewhere different… hello and welcome back to the cookie jar golf podcast crumbs episode pilot Mark II course Diaries course Diaries Thomas all right the cookie crumbs is something you've been trying to push for a long time it's course Diaries yeah the crumbs [...]
Despite being stood up by Bruce, Tom & Sam press on with podding, and thrash out the latest on golf in the Olympics. The format, the field, the stories…. even the team uniforms! Great to see golf feature, but is there room to shift it up a bit from 72 hole stroke play next time around? Latest Products Your bag? [contact-form-7 id="850" /]
A new concept from us, we thought we would start releasing some shorter podcasts centred around some of the courses we play on our travels. Here is the first one, from our recent visit to the quirky, short, and absurdly difficult Painswick in Gloucestershire. This place is F-U-N! hello and welcome back to a new series or a new semi-series or a new sub series of the cookie jar golf podcast I'll just call it a different flavor it just basically it's gonna be the same thing as the cookie jar golf podcast but it's going to be [...]
Jordan is another one of Scotland’s passionate souls that work in the game of golf. Having worked in the industry for years, he is now shaking up the golf tourism market by looking at things through an experiential lens. We got to catch up with him before we teed it up together at Royal Aberdeen. Really interesting talking about golf tourism in Scotland as well as America, and also the role of Social Media and how it affects perceptions Latest Products Your bag? [contact-form-7 id="850" /]
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