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The Muddyman Torpedo: A Mid-Amateur Scratch Event (28th July)
'The Muddyman Torpedo ' Blackwell Golf Club Friday 28 July 2023 36 holes scratch medal Mid Amateur event (aged 25 or over on 1.1.23) Those of you who follow our content know how passionate we are about the amateur game - particularly those great anecdotes and characters who sadly seem to be less common in today’s more professionalised, sanitised world of golf. Well, in fighting for the true spirit of amateurism, we’re delighted to resurrect a famous event of the Blackwell calendar - The Muddyman Torpedo. ‘The Torpedo’ was an annual contest hosted at Blackwell by one of the legendary figures at the Club, Paul Muddyman, aka 'Muddy'. Muddy encapsulates many of the great attributes we all strive for in golf - a friendly, welcoming personality, a brilliantly sharp sense of humour and one of the most prolific short games in the country. The Torpedo was the name of the [...]
183 – John Simpson MBE
Sam & Bruce speak to John Simpson who runs the on course foundation helping injured veterans in the US & UK get into golf as well as working for Mark McCormack at IMG fromThe 1970’s through to 1997, and looking after some of the best players of his era; Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Vijay Singh. For more on the On Course Foundation head to their website Latest Products
Alnmouth Village Golf Club
The club was established in 1869 making it the oldest 9 hole links in England. The course was designed by the famous Scottish golfer Mungo Park, winner of the 1874 Open Championship at Musselburgh. He was also the club's first professional/greenkeeper. We stopped by here after a game at Goswick last year, and having been told about it by Ronan Rafferty we just couldn't resist. We're so glad we did. This 9 hole layout is the epitome of simplicity. 5 holes away, and 4 coming back, almost like a miniature version of The Old Course at St Andrews with Granny Clark's Wynd crossing the second fairway, and starting / finishing from within the town. There's a lot of history to this little beauty of a course, and we're delighted to bring you this film. https://youtu.be/p_AnBf2oHfY
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 [...]
Match Report: Spring Meeting MMXXIII
in partnership with The second Cookie Jar Spring Meeting was held on the 10th & 11th May at Moortown and The Alwoodley Golf Club. A two day handicap Stableford competition for 33 supporters, friends, and golf obsessives. Moortown & Alwoodley both hold a special place in the history of golf course architecture: Alwoodley being the first design by the great Dr Alister MacKenzie who would go on to work at Royal Melbourne, Cypress Point and Augusta National but not before Moortown which was his second creation and our first stop of the tour. The story is well documented in his seminal book; The Spirit of St Andrews (which we would highly recommend buying), however in short his first effort at Alwoodley was a universal success. Colt was requested by the club to come along and check the work that this young physician had turned his hand to, and provide [...]
Cookie Crumbs #2 – The Trouble with Photography with David Cannon from episode 018
A look back at the first chat we had with David Cannon talking about photography at the majors and getting the best photographs. Latest Products
