Guests of the Pod
130 – Course Diaries: Royal Cinque Ports w/ Paul Craven
Paul Craven is a man of many talents. A member of The Magic Circle, an industry leader on the subject of heuristics and behavioural science, and also one of the club's passionate archivists at Royal Cinque Ports (aka 'Deal). We sat down with him 42 minutes before the clubhouse closed when we were down in Kent last week to talk to him about the evolution of the links, the connections it has with The Open and the Halford Hewitt, as well as some of the quirky and amusing tales from yesteryear. It's a cracking episode and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did recording it!. For more on Paul Craven, please head over to his website at www.paulcraven.com or follow him on twitter @cravenpartners hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast we are having a fantastic time of where [...]
129 – Preferred Lie & Tim Lobb
Tom sat down with Patrick Forbes from the Preferred Lie and Tim Lobb from Lobb and Partners to talk through Patrick's UK trip and his collaboration with Tim in the UK. Tim currently advises courses such as Woking, Worplesdon, West Hill & St. Georges Hill amount many others. He has a great knowledge on heathland golf courses and Patrick and the Preferred Lie team are helping Tim to create some content around the work that Tim is doing. Fascinating insight two great companies. Latest Products
128 – Eclectic 18: Andy Johnson
We've been long time fans of Andy and his work over at The Fried Egg, and when it came to potential guests to do an Eclectic 18 with, we knew Andy would deliver! Tom & Sam catch up with Andy to hear about his course - all public, and all holes under 400 yards! Eclectic 18 - Andy Johnson #1 - Eagle Springs #2 - Old Macdonald #3 - Pinehurst (no. 2) #4 - The Loop (Black) #5 - Greywalls #6 - Pacific Dunes #7 - Pebble Beach #8 - Bandon Trails #9 - Wild Horse #10 - Lawsonia (The Links) #11 - Belvedere #12 - Rustic Canyon #13 - Pacific Grove #14 - Aiken #15 - Diamond Springs #16 - Pasatiempo #17 - George Wright #18 - Sweetens Cove Par - 66 / Yardage - 5,018 Latest Products [...]
127 – Cara Banks
Tom & Bruce get the opportunity to sit down with Golf Channel presenter Cara Banks. Cara talks through her career in golf, starting with the early days at Golfing World and moving to America to host Morning Drive on the Golf Channel. Recording from Augusta, Cara chats through the ANWA and the upcoming Masters tournament. Latest Products
126 – Eclectic 18: James Day
Co-founder of Sounder Golf, James Day joins Sam for a podcast about his Eclectic 18. The conversation is wide ranging; from turning pro at a young age, to becoming disenfranchised with the game in his early 20's, right through to his adventures in setting up Sounder Golf, and reviving the brand that was styled so brilliantly by Seve in the late 70's and early 80's. We cover a range of topics (not least of all his travel in the game and his outstanding eclectic 18). Listeners to this podcast receive 15% off at checkout with the code: COOKIEJAR so head over to Soundergolf.com and take a look if you're not familiar! We're big fans of what James, Cathal and the team are doing and hopefully this will inspire more people to take a closer look. A look at his eclectic 18: Hole 1 - Merion (east) Hole 2 [...]
125 – Course Diaries: Golf House Club at Elie Links
Sam, Tom & Bruce are joined by Harry to talk about their time at The Golf House Club at Elie. The excitement from their afternoon should tell you all you need to know about this beaut of a links in Fife. It’s a wide ranging discussion from an afternoon in the sun, complete with information about the course, the iconic periscope and of course the grudge match. We also talk about our latest fit with TaylorMade and the new Stealth equipment which was in the bag! hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills and today I'm joined by Bruce Fitzpatrick good evening do you think you could maybe just do me an introduction on one podcast one day where you don't you know what is such a precious little petal aren't you come on Tom get on with [...]
