With Golf closed across England and Wales under tight restrictions, and everyone around the world affected by the pandemic in some form, we have created a short and uplifting film in collaboration with our friends in the golfing community!
Story of a Golf Club: Kilspindie Golf Club Kilspindie Golf Club, often overlooked by visitors drawn to its bigger, and more famous neighbours, sits nestled quietly down a single track road, in the small village of Aberlady, in East Lothian, and maybe… just maybe, that’s a good thing. Kilspindie is the quintessential Scottish golf club, and the lucky visitors who are curious enough to venture off the well-trodden East Lothian path, will be rewarded with what is hidden within. Founded in 1867, The Luffness Golf Club was, at the time, the 35th registered golf club in the world. [...]
Story of a Golf Club: The Renaissance Club The 2017, 2019, 2020, and - dare we say 2021 - Scottish Open venue that is The Renaissance Club. The brainchild of Jerry Savardi is sandwiched between the venerable Muirfield links, and Archerfield to the East, and designed by the acclaimed architect Tom Doak, opened for play in April 2008. Firstly, the club. Renaissance is exclusivity defined, and you get the sense that you’re in for somewhere very special when you arrive at the 20 ft high wrought-iron gates at its entrance, with the simple button by the side to [...]
Story of a Golf Club: Gullane Golf Club Our Scotland Tour series continues in East Lothian with a golf club that sits front and centre of the town of Gullane; Gullane Golf Club. With records showing the game has been played on the links since the 1650, the course mysteriously cites no name accredited with its design meaning we can only assume Mother Nature is responsible for the fine routing we get to enjoy today. Gullane enjoys three golf courses, all maintained to the same exacting standards that start and end right in the town itself. In [...]
Story of a Golf Club: Musselburgh Links - The Old Golf Course Musselburgh Links – The old golf course….. To the racing fan stood up in the terraces, it looks like any other 9 hole golf course. But to golfers, it’s a pilgrimage to the games roots. With golf played since 1672, and fabled stories that Mary Queen of Scots played here as early as 1567, Musselburgh is the oldest remaining course in the world, and the game we enjoy would be very different in a number of ways without its existence. Starting with the hole itself, [...]
We’re proud to bring you Part II from our Scotland adventure in October, this time from Scotland’s Golf Coast – East Lothian! Renaissance Club, Gullane No.1, Muirfield, Kilspindie and Musselburgh Old Links! There’s stacks in here to enjoy, for a more behind the scenes look at three golfing nerds on blockbuster golf tour, including Steve Elkington impressions, broken clubs & broken courses! We’ve even included a ‘what’s in the bag’ with a twist for you, and the breadth of courses on offer shows you the real diversity that can be enjoyed all within a stone’s throw from Gullane town! Stay [...]
The second part of our Tour Film from the Cookie Jar comes from the Scottish Highlands. This one is a cracker! It’s longer than a typical English soap-opera, and twice the entertainment! In this episode, we head down to East Lothian for the second leg of our trip, playing at the Renaissance Club, Gullane No.1, Muirfield (The Honorable Co. Edinburgh Golfers), Kilspindie and Musselburgh Old Links. All of this in 3 days, with a late night barstool putting tournament at the epic Duck’s Inn, Aberlady with our host Malcolm Duck (aka The Duck)!We have a cameo appearance from Steve Elkington [...]
The first ever Tour Film from the Cookie Jar comes from the Scottish Highlands. This is a new style of film, and we hope you love it! In Part I from our tour, we make the stupidly long, nine hour drive north en-route to Boat of Garten, only to find out that the course was fully shut due to inclement weather in recent weeks. Luckily, things worked out ok in the end as you can probably tell! We’ve got footage in here from Castle Stuart, Royal Dornoch, and Brora! After all that, it’s down to East Lothian for [...]
The story of Castle Stuart is, in many ways, the story of Mark Parsinen… In the early 2000s, Mark began planning the design of a golf course on the Moray Firth. He had been closely involved with the creation of Kingsbarns near St Andrews, which opened to critical acclaim in July 2000. To create his Highlands masterpiece, Mark enlisted the support of the American architect, Gil Hanse. Although Mark was given an undeniably picturesque landscape from which to carve this links, his meticulous attention to detail certainly maximised the natural beauty of the surrounding environment. Both loops of [...]
Story of a Golf Club: Royal Dornoch Golf ClubVery few courses evoke the same, mystical aura as Royal Dornoch. Its remote location and rich history have combined to make Dornoch a site of pilgrimage for golfers, and it is perennially ranked as one of the Top 10 courses in the World.The earliest records suggest that golf has been played on the links at Dornoch since 1616, when Sir Robert Gordon spent a few pounds on bows, arrows, and golf clubs and balls for the young schoolboy, the Earl of Sutherland.The club itself was founded in 1877, but stood as [...]
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