Events
The Addington: Cookie Jar Spring Meeting MMXXIV
Film from our first event of 2024, the much-anticipated Spring Meeting! Epic day at The Addington, not only one of Britain's most storied golf clubs but also undergoing the most bold and daring restorations under the stewardship of Ryan Noades, guided by Clayton DeVries & Pont. For more on The Addington, head to their socials @addingtongc or their website... or even better, check out the two-part Course Diaries podcast we have just released! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt5_Dt25Ocw&t=83s
#FeelTheJoy Summer Mixer: Blackwell, July 2024
Film from our wonderful day at Blackwell hosted in partnership with @FootJoy 18 holes of stableford golf, an excellent liquid lunch and some afternoon foursomes! Huge thanks to everyone who came and made it so special, to Blackwell for being the perfect venue and of course, our friends at FootJoy for providing everyone with some fresh wheels in the morning Friday's don't come much better! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7cwXACxiAE&t=88s
CJG x Sounder Golf Retro Extravaganza: West Byfleet Golf Club
People from all over the country descended on West Byfleet Golf Club on the 19th October for our second Retro Event. Everyone playing took things seriously, carefully curating their sets with persimmon, blades, wands and clubs of special meaning. West Byfleet is a wonderful course for such an event, playable and relatively generous off the tee, but with all the intricacy to ensure players wishing to be in the prizes needed all the shots. Huge congratulations to ex Touring Pro Josh White for his 67 and winning the gross, as well as nearest the pin leaving it inside an inch. Bernie Scotland won the nett, despite his son Zane playing with 'his irons' in the event! Thanks again to West Byfleet and Sounder Golf for helping make this event possible, as well as everyones generosity for providing clubs to Entebbe Golf Club in Uganda to help support the growth of [...]
Spring Meeting MMXXIII at Moortown & The Alwoodley Golf Club
Our 2023 Spring Meeting was held at Moortown & The Alwoodley Golf Club on the 10th & 11th May. A celebration of the early work by the great Dr Alister MacKenzie who designed and laid out the courses in Leeds. Alwoodley was his maiden attempt and nervous members - keen to find out whether their money was going to good use - appointed HS Colt to come and check the work by this physician turned architect. Not long after, MacKenzie was part of the group of founding memebrs at Moortown looking to establish a course less than a mile from Alwoodley. He built the now 10th hole 'Gibraltar' and accepted nominations from prospective members hoping to raise the funds to build 9 holes. it was so successful that funding was sufficient to build a full 18 hole course and since then, the position of these two courses in the history [...]
Masters Friday at Blackwell
Our full match report from the event can be found here. Film from our first event of 2023, Masters Friday at Blackwell Golf Club. 44 players from across the country descended on the mIdlands for a traditional club lunch, 18 holes and an evening spent watching the action unfold at Augusta National. Wonderful event, and big congratulations to our winners: 1st Mark Edwards winning a custom fit TaylorMade driver 2nd Rob Griffiths on a playoff Saunders & Long MVP winner: Mike Harris for buying 4 bottles of champagne to celebrate each of his par's on the way round - truly heroic! https://youtu.be/g4ZXJgPKMJM
The Cookie Jar Christmas Party at Urban Golf
''The Crump Cup of British Indoor Golf'' as it was affectionately dubbed! 70 people all flocked to Urban Golf in Smithfield, London to spend the evening spreading some festive cheer, a few holes on the sims and a few cold ones! A massive thank you to Urban Golf for laying the event on for everyone. The competition mirrored the format of a mid-am! A full match report can be found on our blog section of our website (linked below) - essentially a 3 hole qualification stroke play round to determine 8 quarter finalists who battled it out on the old course... with one club only! Great fun and looking forward to more events next year! Read our match report for more here https://youtu.be/I4oTFuU5T44