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Netherlands Tour Film pt I
https://youtu.be/Cebb913NPr8 The first instalment of our tour film from The Netherlands includes a Rye-some at Rye, Bruce driving through the night to Ghent, Eindhovensche Golf, Utrechtse Golf Club De Pan, a lost laptop, camera and a flat tyre! 48 hours of sheer adventure! Our Netherlands series will see us cover 5 courses, with a 2 part tour film, as well as 5 course films, podcasts from the clubs, photography on our social and of course some editorial over on our blog! Follow along to make sure you don't miss a beat! Details of series below; 17 JAN: Eindhoven Golf Club 24 JAN: Utrecht Golf Club De Pan 31 JAN: Netherlands Tour Film pt I 7 FEB: Kennemer Golf & Country Club 14 FEB: Noordwijkse Golf Club 21 FEB: Royal Hague 28 FEB: Netherlands Tour Film pt II A huge thank you to our series partner FootJoy for making this [...]
169 – Course Diaries: Utrechtse Golf Club De Pan w/ archivist Ernst van den Doel
Our first course diaries episode from 2023 comes from the world renown Utrecht De Pan. One of the finest inland courses in continental Europe and the product of Colt's genius, we got to sit down with club archivist and neurologist Ernst van den Doel. As well as the club and course we also talk about the evolution of golf in The Netherlands / Holland, the primitive game 'Colf' which is still played in bars around The Netherlands today, and the game more generally. Huge thanks of course go to FootJoy as our series sponsor for helping make this possible! hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills and today we are bringing you the second podcast from our Netherlands series this is coupled with a film we're going to be releasing this evening the utrecht's golf club De [...]
Tour Journal: Utrechtse Golf Club De Pan
A continued blog piece to coincide with our filming releases in The Netherlands... in partnership with - Day 2 - Utrechtse Golf Club: 'De Pan' Spirits were in the sky until approximately 5 km outside of Utrecht. The hour-long journey through the fairly anonymous Dutch motorway network had passed quite quickly, as we recounted the highlights of our day at Eindhoven, with Sam reminding the others in vivid detail how well he had played on the back nine to secure the win. Bruce was at the wheel when suddenly a light flashed up on the dashboard, warning that the tyre pressure had dramatically fallen. From the comfort of the backseat, Tom quickly dismissed this as a regular occurrence in modern vehicles and assured the others that the car was probably being overly sensitive. We decided to continue carefully to our accommodation in Utrecht just a few kilometres away. Parking [...]
Netherlands Series: Eindhovensche Golf
Kicking off with our film on Eindhovensche Golf, this was our first taste of golf in the Netherlands and, curiously, it’s the only club in The Netherlands without the word ‘club’ after its name. The history of Eindhovensche Golf is inseparably entwined with one of the great household names in electronics which was founded in the industrial city of Eindhoven in 1891: the Philips Company. One of the co-founders, Anton Philips, along with his wife, Anna, had the inspiration to develop recreational and leisure facilities to attract prospective employees to their headquarters. Harry Shapland Colt was engaged to design the course, which opened for play in 1930. The course at Eindhoven is a majestic heathland which weaves its way through an immense forest. One could easily fit two or three courses on this site but, to the credit of Eindhoven’s membership, Colt’s vision remains intact - indeed, [...]
Netherlands Tour Journal: Getting to Eindhoven
A continued blog piece to coincide with our filming releases in The Netherlands... in partnership with - Prelude - Rye Regular listeners of our podcast will know that a trip to the Netherlands to play golf has been a long term aspiration for the Cookie Jar Boys. In Sam’s case, it might be better described as a borderline unhealthy obsession, prompting more than the occasional outburst about how great it would be to see ‘The Old 9’ - the oldest clubs in the Netherlands, many of which were designed by the great H.S. Colt - soak in some Dutch culture, and enjoy a ‘shmoke and a pancake’ (said in his best Austin Powers’ Goldmember accent). So it was with a great sense of anticipation that our tour finally arrived. After the disastrous KLM debacle (of which more can be heard in the first episode of the Tour Diaries podcast on [...]
168 – Cees Collart – Sustainable Agronomy
Kicking off our first piece of content from our Netherlands Tour in October 2022 with Cees Collart, Chairman of Sustainable Golf at the R&A. Cees has spent much of his life around the game, spending time in England & Scotland as well as The Netherlands, now playing much of his golf at Eindhoven. Through some regular matches we have been friends with Cees for some time now, and getting to record a podcast with him about the work he is leading on sustainable agronomy was great fun. Really interesting stuff in here about turf types, turf management, and the running game, all speaking t the future of sustainable golf which will be in shades of yellows and browns rather than the saturated greens we have been used to seeing in recent decades. Who would have known you could have sustainable turf in the Middle East. Don't forget our [...]
