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Netherlands Series – Noordwijkse Golf Club
Our fourth stop off in The Netherlands was at Noordwijkse Golf Club. The most recent links course in the country, and product of passionate members who pioneered the project when the club was left without a home in 1972. The land at Noordwijkse is without doubt the strongest golfing terrain we found in the country. Pure white sand, blown out dunes, rolling and crashing landforms. The club are now embarking on the next chapter in their evolution with the assistance of Martin Ebert who is helping the club with a long term plan. https://youtu.be/SDoSEUP9Ehk
174: Valentine’s Day Chit-Chat
A rambling chatter between Sam & Tom on their golf, their own goals this year, the recent WM Phoenix Open, the upcoming Full Swing series over on Netflix and more. This one lacks structure, and substance, but apart from that it’s great! Latest Products
Tour Journal: Noordwijkse Golf Club
A continued blog piece to coincide with our filming releases in The Netherlands... in partnership with Day 3 (Afternoon) - Noordwijkse Time was more than tight. I think all three of us are proud to say that we've never missed a tee time before, but this one was looking tighter than Rory’s episode at Medinah in 2012. We departed Kennemer 15 minutes before balls were meant to be in the air at Noordwijkse, Google Maps was showing the journey time as 20 minutes, and it later transpired that the Club was a further 3 miles past the pin location that we'd been aiming at... Bruce was his usual composed and efficient self, driving us safely and very much within the speed limit, whilst Sam rang Maarten to make some advance apologies. Fortunately, we had a small bit of leeway and it looked like we were going to make it. The [...]
173 – Course Diaries: Kennemer Golf & Country Club
Short bonus course diaries for you this week! Sam sat down with Christiaan & Lucas from Kennemer. Christiaan is a long standing member and current chairman of greens, and Lucas is the head greenkeeper. It's a good chat following on from our conversation with Cees back at Eindhoven about sustainable greenkeeping, encouraging finer grasses to grow and the transition work that the two have embarked on. If you haven't checked it out yet, head on over to youTube to see our latest film from our Netherlands Series in partnership with Footjoy, from Kennemer. 27 holes, with a fascinating history! hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast Sam here we've got an exciting episode today a little bonus course Diaries episode so we've got about 30 minutes with Christian and Lucas Christian's the chimney greens at canima uh and and Lucas is the [...]
Tour Journal: Kennemer Golf & Country Club
A continued blog piece to coincide with our filming releases in The Netherlands... in partnership with Day 3 (Morning) - Kennemer Day 3 of the Tour began with a shrill 6am alarm. Nursing sore heads, we quickly got dressed and packed up the car. This was the only day of the Tour where we would (attempt to) fit in 36 holes at two different courses - Kennemer and Noordwijkse, and two of the Jar were doing so on a heavy dose of Calvados from the night before. Thanks to some motivational quotes and general man-management from Tom, we said farewell to the lovely Utrecht house and the rubber hit the road just before 7am. One of the great features of Dutch golf is that these fantastic courses are all located (reasonably) close to one another, and so we were hopeful that in just over an hour’s time we’d be on [...]
Netherlands Series – Kennemer Golf & Country Club
Our third instalment from our Netherlands Tour in partnership with FootJoy at the end of 2022 takes us to Kennemer Golf & Country Club a stones throw inland from the beaches of Zandvoort. Home to 27 holes, each named after prominent figures in the clubs history - Van Hengel, Pennink & Colt - this is one of the most traditional and well regarded clubs in The Netherlands. https://youtu.be/33hgKFdM7ms Kennemer Narration. The coastal town of Zandvoort in North Holland is known for two things: beaches and Formula 1 racing. And just a stones throw from the famous beaches you will find the Kennemer Golf Club, one of the oldest and most traditional clubs in the Netherlands. It’s apparent from the moment you set foot inside the clubhouse at Kennemer that this is a club which is proud of its history. An aura much like many of the quintessential British [...]
