January 2023

Story of a Golf Club: RNGC

2023-01-16T16:00:08+00:00January 16th, 2023|Video|

Nestled in the rolling countryside of Devon, is England’s latest ’new build’. A course founded, designed, built and run by visionary Dan Davies. A man with a storied career in golf journalism and writing, he has developed RNGC to revive the short-course competitions from years gone by. The story of RNGC is really the story of Dan Davies. A man who has spent 10 months of more building a golf course to host a special one day invitational event for his friends and loved ones. Despite being a mere 510 yards in total, this 9 hole course makes up for [...]

The 2022 Spring Meeting at Prince’s & Royal St. George’s

2025-01-17T10:52:30+00:00January 16th, 2023|Events, Video|

The spring meeting is a staple of the golfing calendar, whereby a group of people convene following a long cold winter to mark the start of the golfing season. At the start of the year, we thought we would have a go at doing one with a twist! Two days in Kent with music, fireworks, great food, world class golf courses and of course, a group of people who share an unrivalled passion for the game! Special thanks must go to Prince's and Royal St. George's Golf Club who, without their extreme generosity and support for Cookie Jar, the event [...]

December 2021

Bushfoot Golf Club

2021-12-14T10:09:09+00:00December 14th, 2021|Video|

Only 6 miles up the road from Portrush sits Bushfoot golf Club, nestled at the foot of the river Bush. Its a small 9-hole community golf club with a great history and some cracking holes! Playing here was a timely reminder why its so important to stay put in one location when travelling so you experience the full breadth of the golf on offer. Not just the trophy courses but the smaller ones that fly under the radar!

Royal County Down Golf Club: Ecstatic Dreams

2021-12-10T17:53:07+00:00December 10th, 2021|Video|

When speaking of Royal County Down Golf Club, Bernard Darwin said it was 'the kind of golf that people play in their most ecstatic dreams'. A statement we wholeheartedly agree with and when we visited the club in October we could resist setting some of these beautiful aerial shots to some music! Royal County Down really is one of the greatest places to play on earth. It's a hard hitting course with views all around with the Mourne Mountains, Slieve Donard, the town and of course the sea with waves crashing up against the opening few holes. Initially [...]

August 2021

The Old Course at St Andrews: Old Tom Trails

2021-08-17T10:12:11+00:00August 17th, 2021|Video|

St Andrews is a place that is synonymous with the game of golf, and we’ve all heard so many superlatives used to describe The Old Course that it’s perhaps easy to take the history of this links for granted. The earliest reference to golf in this small coastal town in Fife is from 1552, where the charter proclaimed by the Archbishop Hamilton referred to the townspeople’s rights to pasture animals, dig turf and play golf. When the North Sea receded some 10,000 years ago, it had left sandy, undulating linksland which provided the ideal golfing terrain. The ownership [...]

Old Tom Trails: Prestwick Golf Club

2021-08-09T18:40:30+00:00August 9th, 2021|Video|

Founded in 1851, Prestwick was the first established golfing links on the West Coast of Scotland as the game was developed largely on the East coast until those days. It was also a site of huge significance for Old Tom. Somewhere he travelled to having parted ways with Allan Robertson in St Andrew's, taking a full time position to develop the course & keep the greens as well as resident club and ball maker. Prestwick is also the birthplace of The Open Championship, where a competition was founded in 1860 to establish the champion golfer of the day. Robertson [...]

Prestwick Golf Club: Old Tom Trails

2021-08-02T18:00:04+00:00August 2nd, 2021|Video|

Founded in 1851, Prestwick was the first established golfing links on the West Coast of Scotland as the game was developed largely on the East coast until those days. For all other films please head to https://www.cookiejargolf.com It was also a site of huge significance for Old Tom. Somewhere he travelled to having parted ways with Allan Robertson in St Andrew's, taking a full time position to develop the course & keep the greens as well as resident club and ball maker. Prestwick is also the birthplace of The Open Championship, where a competition was founded in 1860 to establish [...]

July 2021

Old Tom Trails: North Berwick West Links

2021-07-26T18:00:33+00:00July 26th, 2021|Video|

North Berwick West Links evolved from a small stretch of common ground in this small coastal town in East Lothian, and grew significantly throughout the 19th century. Since then, the routing has remained largely unchanged. Golf began all the way back in 1611 at North Berwick when a rudimentary version of the game was played across a small stretch of common land, and from there - The links expanded westward, taking advantage of ground from local landowners who could not find suitable use for the links land we now enjoy. That gradual encroachment allowed the course to extend [...]

North Berwick West Links: The Old Tom Trails

2021-07-26T18:00:02+00:00July 26th, 2021|Video|

North Berwick West Links evolved from a small stretch of common ground in this small coastal town in East Lothian, and grew significantly throughout the 19th century. Since then, the routing has remained largely unchanged. For all other films please head to https://www.cookiejargolf.com Golf began all the way back in 1611 at North Berwick when a rudimentary version of the game was played across a small stretch of common land, and from there - The links expanded westward, taking advantage of ground from local landowners who could not find suitable use for the links land we now enjoy. That gradual [...]

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