Guests of the Pod
141 – Live from St. Andrews – LFG
Bruce, Sam & Tom sit down to discuss the course on the eve of the opening day of the Open Championship. So much to unpack in a short space of time. Latest Products
140 – Live from St. Andrews: The greatest shots every played in The Open
Dan Davies pops by St. Andrews Jar HQ aka The Scores Hotel to discuss an article he helped pen about the greatest shot ever played at The Open with a little help from the data gurus over at Clippd. Check out the article and enjoy - https://www.clippd.com/post/the-greatest-open-shot Latest Products
139 – Live from St. Andrews: The Atmosphere
Tom & Bruce discuss the atmosphere here at St. Andrews on Tuesday of Open week. The whole town is buzzing, and we’re getting caught up in the excitement! Latest Products
138 – Live from St. Andrews: Wallasey Course Manager – John Mcloughlin
In a series of micro pods we are going to run live from St. Andrews at the 150th Open, we are here on the Monday and bumped into Wallasey Course Manager John Mcloughlin. John and Tom got talking about the condition of the course and there are not many people that would know more about course conditioning than John. Latest Products
137 – Stephen Proctor: The Long Golden Afternoon
Historian, writer and Herbert Warren-Wind shortlisted author Stephen Proctor joins the podcast this week to talk about the release of his second book - The Long Golden Afternoon. Charting the events around golfs ultimate boom period following the death of Young Tommy Morris right through to the advent of WWI, the book is a fascinating read to really understand one of the most significant (and often much less talked about) periods in history. Starting with John Ball jr of Hoylake becoming the first Englishman and Amateur to win The Open in 1890, right through to the Great Triumverate and the success of many others, it's a cracking book. I firm recommendation from The Jar to add this to your golf library - the link can be found below. Stephen is a fabulous guest, incredibly knowledgeable and articulates history in such a captivating way! AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Golden-Afternoon-Golfs-1864-1914/dp/1913759040 Latest [...]
136 – Eclectic 18 – Richard Pennell
Another special guest joins the pod for his Eclectic 18... this week it's the turn of Richard Pennell. Someone who has grown up around the game and spent much of his career working at them - often at some of the mopst storied and historuc clubs in Surrey. Richard left his role at Woking last year to give himself more time to writer about the game he loves and his blog 'Stymied' can be found here: https://richardpennell.substack.com/ Richard's writings are wonderfully nostalgic and remind us how much beauty there is to golf and the wonderful variety it offers! His scorecard isn't bad either; Hole 1: Royal North Devon (Westward Ho!) Hole 2: Tandridge Hole 3: Wenvoe Castle Hole 4: Rye Hole 5 : Painswick Hole 6: Royal Cinque Ports Hole 7: Hankley Common Hole 8: Hayling Hole 9: West Byfleet Hole 10: Woking (the 10th Simpson designed which [...]
