July 2025

320 – Colin Montgomerie (pt 2)

2025-07-09T13:40:45+00:00July 9th, 2025|Players, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

In part two of this cracking podcast, we talk to Colin Montgomerie about his exceptional Ryder Cup record and some of the iconic events he’s played in — from the War on the Shore in ’91, to Valderrama in ’97, the 'incident' at Brookline with Olazábal and Leonard, and much more. Huge thanks to Loch Lomond Whiskies for their help in arranging this wonderful two-parter. A link to their website can be found here. Latest Products

319 – Colin Montgomerie (pt 1)

2025-07-08T07:40:33+00:00July 8th, 2025|Players, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

Sam & Tom are joined this week by Colin Montgomerie at the wonderful Woking Golf Club. Podcasting under the watchful gaze of John Low, whose portrait hangs proudly in the clubhouse, we chat to Monty about his career in the game. In part one, we talk about his earliest experiences with the game, his amateur career, and his quest to work in sports management at IMG — before unfortunately shooting 29 on the back nine at Turnberry during a job interview, which sent his career in an altogether different direction. We also touch on the emergence of Woods [...]

June 2025

044 – Badgers are Back

2025-06-03T17:03:24+00:00June 3rd, 2025|Golf Badgers, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

Sam & James sit down to discuss their much anticipated return after their hiatus with some exciting news! Now part of the Cookie Jar Golf, the team will be helping with editing and publishing of episodes, while still keeping the same great insight and lo-fi jazz intro that listeners will be familiar with. In this episode, Sam & James talk about what's been going on with them, the exciting news and of course the rdrought which has taken many courses to the edge this spring. Latest Products [...]

311 – Exciting Announcement: Golf Badgers

2025-06-03T09:54:46+00:00June 3rd, 2025|Course Diaries, Golf History, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

Some exciting news from us this week as we extend our ‘stable’ of podcast from 1 to 2! We’re thrilled to be bringing the Golf Badgers podcast into Cookie Jar! For those that don’t know, Golf Badgers is a popular industry and greenkeeping podcast which has been going for over a year now. The show is hosted by James Bledge (Links Manager at Royal Liverpool) and Sam Cooper (Course Architect at McDonnell & Cooper) who bring an unrivalled passion for their industries on all matters around turf health, agronomy and how it allows the golf course architecture to really shine. [...]

May 2025

310 – Course Diaries: Royal Wimbledon w/ Anthony Wolfe

2025-05-28T18:31:59+00:00May 28th, 2025|Course Diaries, Golf History, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

Sam & Tom sit down with Anthony Wolfe, the club archivist of Royal Wimbledon Golf Club, to talk about its history in the game which dates back to 1865. It has had three separate golf courses and its now full time home on the other side of camp cottage from Wimbledon Common, is the product of Harry Colt which has recently undergone huge work by Mackenzie & Ebert in recent years. Some of the game's greatest names have travelled through Royal Wimbledon, and we sit down with Anthony to talk about it all. [...]

309 – Persimmon Woods & Joe Powell w/ Scott Redman and John Morgan

2025-05-20T08:59:14+00:00May 20th, 2025|Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

Sam sits down with Scott Redman and John Morgan at The Bristol Golf Club who have in recent years acquired the Joe Powell Persimmon company. Scott is an equipment nerd and creative wizz who has spent decades around the game and John Morgan is a broadcaster for SkySports and played professionally on The PGA Tour. When the opportunity came up to acquire Joe Powell, they just couldn't say no, and their story, much like the company itself is a fascinating one. Huge thanks to The Bristol for having us last week, and looking after us so well! [...]

308 – GB&I Top 100 Reaction

2025-05-07T14:15:30+00:00May 7th, 2025|Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

Sam and Tom are joined by Half Par to dive into the newly released GB&I Top 100 from Top100GolfCourses.com — plus the other big three UK rankings from Golf World, Golf Monthly, and National Club Golfer. We get into the work that goes into these lists, what makes each one unique, the biggest movers (both deserved and controversial), the new entries, and whether rankings really matter at all. We also chat about our updated Rank of Ranks, where we’ve combined all four lists to create the ultimate guide — fully filterable, so you can slice and dice it however [...]

307 – Gary Wolstenholme MBE (Part 2)

2025-05-01T13:40:11+00:00May 1st, 2025|Players, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

In part two of this podcast with Gary Wolstenholme, we talk about his amateur success since winning The 1991 Amateur, his Walker Cup stories, life on the road and more... Once again a huge thank you for allowing us to do this at Ganton, a place of huge significance in Gary's career and the perfect setting for our chat. Latest Products

April 2025

306 – Gary Wolstenholme MBE (Part 1)

2025-04-29T06:24:03+00:00April 29th, 2025|Players, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

Sam & Tom sat down with Gary Wolstenholme at Ganton to talk through his stellar career in amateur golf. In Part 1, we talk through his early life in golf, being the son of a professional golfer, his journey from a 23 handicapper to winning the Amateur at Ganton Golf Club. The episode finishes with Gary talking through his first run out at Augusta National in the Masters playing alongside the great Arnold Palmer. Part 2 coming Friday Latest Products

March 2025

300 – The Halford Hewitt w/ Nick Owen

2025-03-31T15:25:48+00:00March 31st, 2025|Golf History, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

Final call for those yet to complete the Tip Jar - our online survey which can be found here.  Huge thanks to Nick Owen - Hon. Sec for The Halford Hewitt - for giving us his time for this special interview on 'the greatest of all truly amateur tournaments' as Nick Tremayne once said. Next week 64 independent schools will once again field their teams of 10 down at Royal Cinque Ports for this gruelling foursomes matchplay knockout event, with the hope of being immortalised on the boards of Deal. Nick does a wonderful job in this episode [...]

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