Sam takes on Glasgow Gailes, part of Glasgow Golf Club, set on the Ayrshire coast. Regular listeners to the pod will know that Peter played here in the Tennant Cup in 2025 — the oldest amateur open stroke play event in the game. Gailes was designed by Willie Fernie when the club - founded in 1787 - took on land for a second course along the coastline. It is one of the most comfortable walks in the game, and despite very little change in elevation, the subtle contours, small greens, and a routing that takes you in every direction make [...]

Sam & Tom made the trip back to Kington Golf Club, 12 months after being completely fogged off, to visit one of the highest 18-hole courses in England. While Kington might sit alongside other hilltop courses, there is a genuine and lasting sense of quality throughout — both in its setting and in the way the golf asks questions of you. The course was originally laid out by Major Cecil Key Hutchison, part of a broader Golden Age cohort that will feature in another video in the coming weeks, with later revisions attributed to the great James Braid. The result [...]

Atop this year’s bucket-list dreams was getting a chance to play at Brancaster (Royal West Norfolk) at high tide. The spring tides bring with them some extra oomph, transforming many of the outer holes into a series of dramatic carries across the water. Huge thank you to the club for making this one happen. We managed to stay in the club’s recently transformed dormy lodging the night before, and then head out at first light so we could time things right. Luckily the weather played ball too! Brancaster is not just one of the most enjoyable links experiences in the [...]

The Sefton Coast has suffered some of the most dramatic coastal erosion in Britain over the last half-century – and Formby Golf Club has felt it firsthand. In the early 1980s, the club lost its seaside holes to the tide. We caught up with consultants Sam Cooper and Joe McDonnell to uncover where those holes once lay and how the land has changed since. Donald Steel later rerouted the course, adding his name to a remarkable lineage of architects – Braid, Taylor, Hawtree, Colt, and now Cooper & McDonnell – who’ve each added their touch to a layout that feels [...]

Brought to you in partnership with Loch Lomond Whiskies, the Spirit of The Open. Tom speaks with Iona Stephen — broadcaster, golf obsessive, and content creator extraordinaire — to talk about her journey in the game. From becoming an elite player from a standing start, to building ⁨@ontheroadwithiona⁩ through to handing over the Ryder Cup to Team Europe back in 2023, it's a great chat! Huge thanks to Loch Lomond Whiskies for putting us together and providing such great refreshments for this 'blether'.   https://youtu.be/nvRr69zATRE