February 2021

070 – Rethinking Improvement with Adam Young

2021-02-28T22:21:50+00:00February 28th, 2021|Behind the Scenes, Podcasts|

This week, Bruce and Tom chat to Adam Young, acclaimed instructor and author of the bestselling book ‘The Practice Manual’. Adam offers a fresh take on how we, as golfers, can hope to get improve at this often frustrating sport. In this pod we take a deep dive into the distinction between technique and skill, how to practice more effectively, and we hear about Adam’s own journey towards what he calls ‘golfing enlightenment’. If you’re planning on 2021 being your most productive playing season yet, then this is a good place to start! Latest Products [...]

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069 – Richie Ramsay on Life in the Bubble, Distance Report & European Tour

2021-02-18T20:02:20+00:00February 18th, 2021|Players, Podcasts|

Great catching up with Richie while he was in quarantine after his trip to the Middle East. We wanted to know what life in the Bubble is like on The European Tour, where he sees the future of the tour with the PGA taking a seat on the board as well as the latest distance report from the R&A and USGA. Latest Products Your bag? [contact-form-7 id="850" /]

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068 – Erik van Rooyen

2021-02-15T08:53:25+00:00February 15th, 2021|Players, Podcasts, Tom's favourites|

Trouser trailblazer Erik van Rooyen joins us this week to talk about his career, adjusting to a PGA tour season having moved out to Florida 18 months ago, his approach to the mental side of the game. Majors, his injury at the back end of the season and the exciting year ahead! Great catching up with this cool-cat! Latest Products Your bag? [contact-form-7 id="850" /]

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067 – Daryl Evans – Rocketyard Sports

2021-02-11T05:00:26+00:00February 11th, 2021|Behind the Scenes, Podcasts, Tom's favourites|

With a career throughout golf, Daryl now heads up RocketYard sports! A sports marketing & sponsorship agency that represents some of the best athletes in the game as well as rights holders. Fascinating discussion about the world of endorsements behind the scenes in the game, as well as why 7 out of every 10 sponsorship deals wind up with the company wanting out prematurely! Latest Products Your bag? [contact-form-7 id="850" /]

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065 – Ronan Rafferty

2021-02-04T05:08:19+00:00February 4th, 2021|Bruce's favourites, Players, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

We had a blast chatting with Ronan about his career,  with all the war stories from his time on the European Tour. In this monster 2-hour podcast we also got to talk about Ronan’s time in the Ryder Cup, narrowly missing out on the Claret Jug to Nick Price, as well as all his adventures growing up around the game which saw him playing top level amateur golf from a very young age! We think all of our podcasts are good - but none more so than this one! Enjoy hello and welcome back to the cookie [...]

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064 – Lies, Plugged Lies, & Ethics

2021-02-01T19:43:50+00:00February 1st, 2021|Podcasts, Tour Takes|

Round up from the weekends action at The Farmers & Dubai Desert Classic. Big win for Paul Casey out in Dubai with a masterclass in ball striking, and Patrick Reed picks up another PGA tour win, despite only finishing 63rd in GIR for the week, leaning on a prolific short game and benefitting from some helpful relief in places (couch cough)..... What's currently in your bag? [contact-form-7 id="850" /]

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January 2021

Cleeve Hill Golf Club – New owners announced!

2021-01-29T13:30:04+00:00January 29th, 2021|Blog, Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

On the 22 September last year we released our #savegolfonthehill campaign, and within 24 hours the outpouring of emotion across the golfing community around the world was incredible.The phones were ringing thick and fast with enquiries from people all over the globe, including the press, golf course architects, interested parties and people who just happened to share a special connection with Cleeve Hill - so when we received a call into Cookie Jar HQ on Wednesday evening, much like Keyser Söze revealing his true identity, from the new owner soon to be announced, we couldn't wait to talk [...]

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062 – Mike Clayton & Ed Cartwright – Seven Mile Beach & The Golf Club Committee

2021-01-26T05:00:14+00:00January 26th, 2021|Bruce's favourites, Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

Great to welcome Mike back onto the pod, with Chairman of Clayton, DeVries & Pont - Ed Cartwright. Not only are we bringing some special news only just announced in the last few hours regarding the new development at Seven Mile Beach in Hobart, but we also talk about the dreaded golf club committee and how that shapes the golfing landscape over time - sometimes for worse, sometimes for better....

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061 – ‘Hats Off to Hatton’

2021-01-24T20:23:42+00:00January 24th, 2021|Podcasts, Tour Takes|

After a great final day out in Abu Dhabi, we get together to chew through the weekends events, including Tyrell Hatton's exceptional final day performance, some mediocrity from the chasing pack, and a few notably absences from the weekends affairs. Also, with the much discussed HBO Tiger documentary now on air in the UK, we offer up our two penneth. Other trivial nonsense discussed includes Bruce's new haircut, Tom confusing himself with the latest caddy line up across the European Tour, and Sam getting shouted down for getting his facts wrong (again).

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