October 2025

Royal Porthcawl: A Visual Course Diaries

2025-10-12T20:56:15+00:00October 12th, 2025|Video|

Ahead of the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl, Sam and Tom delve into the rich history of this iconic Welsh links – from its late 19th-century beginnings to the masterful refinements that have shaped it into one of golf’s true masterpieces. They say too many cooks spoil the broth, but Royal Porthcawl is the glorious exception. Over the decades, some of the game’s greatest architectural minds have each left their mark, combining to create a course of rare strategic brilliance. With its sweeping coastal vistas, intricate design, and uncompromising test, it’s no wonder Porthcawl is ranked among the very [...]

Padraig Harrington: The Importance of Footwear

2025-10-12T20:53:28+00:00October 12th, 2025|Video|

We had a front row seat to one of the games biggest thinkers - Padraig Harrington - talking through his shoe fitting back at the start of the season. We had a cracking day with Paddy and there’s some great nuggets in here as he talks about what he looks for form a performance standpoint with his footwear.   https://youtu.be/Ic2AhdTn9cM

July 2025

Royal Portrush – More enduring than brass

2025-07-19T09:05:19+00:00July 14th, 2025|153rd Open, Video|

Ahead of the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush, Sam and Tom dive into the Dunluce Course – from its early history as an Old Tom Morris design to Harry Colt’s masterpiece redesign. This film explores nearly every hole on the course, which has earned high praise not only as a great links course but as one of the greatest courses in the world. For more on Portrush, check out our social media channels and podcast.   https://youtu.be/1uPODF3_P60

Playing 99 Holes at Durness in a day

2025-07-14T22:55:07+00:00July 14th, 2025|Video|

Sam, Tom, Luke & Peter travel north to one of the most northerly clubs on the British mainland, and a course which we have been dying to visit for years now. Several trains, a few scary car journeys, 40 mph winds and lashings or rain didn't stop us. Huge thanks to Ali and the team at Durness for allowing us to do this and for making us feel so welcome! You can check out Durness on their socials @durnessgolfclub or their website: https://www.durnessgolfclub.org/   https://youtu.be/0chmis-NCMw

The Sacred Nine: Royal Worlington & Newmarket

2025-07-14T22:46:52+00:00July 14th, 2025|Video|

Royal Worlington & Newmarket - often referred to as the 'sacred nine' is one of the country's most loved venues. A potent nine hole course. Exceptional simple on paper but endlessly fascinating. With its small traditional clubhouse, it can often feel like you're playing golf in someone house at times. We spent the day there back in the spring and filmed a podcast with Michael Morrison (club historian) & Nigel Notley (club archivist) to uncover a bit more on the history of the club and the course, as well as all of the other little facets of the club that [...]

320: Colin Montgomerie (part 2)

2025-07-10T07:56:26+00:00July 10th, 2025|Video|

Brought to you in partnership with Loch Lomond Whiskies - the Spirit of The Open. 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.   https://youtu.be/IJ71NKy4r84

319: Colin Montgomerie (part 1)

2025-07-08T07:16:14+00:00July 8th, 2025|Video|

Brought to you in partnership with Loch Lomond Whiskies - the Spirit of The Open. 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 in 1997, his pursuit of a Major title, and much more.   https://youtu.be/dJ3cBUtIprY

June 2025

006 – Swinging in the Wind

2025-06-01T17:05:23+00:00June 1st, 2025|Video|

The full squad are back, talking about their exploits on the windy shores, controlling ‘traj’, gambling (and losing), and news from the tour as we cover the Honda Classic in Florida and the Oman Open! If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-cookie-jar-golf-podcast/id1493651992) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/2RhNTEu1xA3I4QpUlHBt8H) ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cookiejargolf/?hl=en) / Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/cookiejargolf/) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/cookiejargolf?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) / YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTMcSQBY7eIq1q9DTC50QoA) / Website (https://cookiejargolf.com/)   https://youtu.be/IrbGBMnutNA

004 – The Genesis of the Cookie Jar

2025-06-01T17:05:23+00:00June 1st, 2025|Video|

Joined by our 4th regular host Cal, we talk through the latest from the Genesis invitational, along with some of the best Tiger stats we found and the impact of the Coronavirus on the European tour! If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-cookie-jar-golf-podcast/id1493651992) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/2RhNTEu1xA3I4QpUlHBt8H) ! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cookiejargolf/?hl=en) / Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/cookiejargolf/) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/cookiejargolf?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) / YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTMcSQBY7eIq1q9DTC50QoA) / Website (https://cookiejargolf.com/)   https://youtu.be/_mnJTNTM1mM

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