Guests of the Pod
163 – A Christmas Party and a frost delay at Rye
A bit of a rinse repeat from our last years Christmas shenanigans, but then again, if it isn't broken, why fix it? On the 8th December we held our annual Christmas Party at Urban Golf in London, and followed it up with a day down at the bitterly cold Rye to blow off the cobwebs! It is yet another reminder of the wonderful reminder of the great community of golfers that we have around the country and being able to bring everyone together and share these experiences with is the biggest highlight for us at Cookie Jar! Cannot wait for 2023, and really ramping up on things! hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills and for a change I'm joined by Sam Williams gentlemen good evening and Bruce Fitzpatrick hello the crew back together it has been a good few [...]
162 – Effective Practice with Jon Sherman
Continuing our run of speaking to coaches that are trying to help everyone in the game, Bruce & Tom had the opportunity to sit down with Jon Sherman, author of the Four Foundations to talk through his philosophies on practice and improvement. how are you how you doing uh I'm doing well how are you yeah very well thank you very well it's been um quiet season because it's cold over here how's it how's it over there is it yeah yeah I'm in I'm in New York uh to see some New York city so yeah we're down to what I would call unsatisfactory playing conditions so the The Season's going to hibernate for a bit here and you're not a professional are you you're just a a successful amateur yeah so the the angle you know my unique situation and the coaching profession is that I I'm [...]
161 – ‘The Uncorrupted Pleasure of an Old Bladed Putter’: James Ellis-Caird
‘Creating space to play more freely’, is an economical but potent way to describe this professional turned author and his approach to the game. James Ellis-Caird (aka @rewildingthegolfer) debut book after a career coaching and working as a PGA professional; ‘The Uncorrupted Pleasure of an Old Bladed Putter’ is not just beautifully put together and well illustrated, but nostalgic, thought provoking and helpful in equal measure. His series of golfing fables bring to life so many of the game’s pitfalls and help us take a refreshing look at things through the eyes of his clients….Make sure you get a copy of this book for Christmas! hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast earlier on today we managed to sit down with James Ellis cared who's a PGA professional and author of the uncorrupted pleasure of an old bladed putter a new book that's just [...]
160 – Martin Ayers
Bruce & Sam speak to Australian Tour Pro and Coach Martin Ayers. Martin has shared some fascinating stories from his junior, collegiate and professional playing career, and how his mindset has changed over the years. Martin has a refreshing take on ‘the swing’ and why the shape / motion is not as important as we all believe. Some great stories in here from his playing days with Grant Waite as well as his time coaching Steve Ellington.Make sure to follow Martin on Twitter and subscribe to his YouTube channel to learn more about his unique philosophy hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast Sam here just wanted to put a really quick cover note on this podcast we sat down with Martin Ayers last week Martin is a former tour pro basically in Australia um coach coaches a number of players specializes in coaching players who've been [...]
Match Report: The Crump Cup of British Indoor Golf
Our second annual Christmas Party was held at Urban Golf on the 8th December at Smithfields in London, and what a wonderful way to celebrate a great year of golf with like minded souls. A bitterly cold winters’ day, with the rail strikes planned didn’t dent peoples enthusiasm with Tom & Sam both turning up late for their own party to be met with crowds of faces, some familiar and some enjoying their first Cookie Jar event. A link to our film from the evening can be found here This was however the first time we played competitively. An excitable James Day had pitched the idea of a one-club knockout - to be billed as ‘The Crump Cup of British Indoor Golf’ - earlier in October, however after (a frankly unnecessary) number of phone calls to finesse the idea, we realised the initial format he was proposing would have taken [...]
159 – Clyde Johnson: When Shaping meets Architecture
After getting an absolute 'hosing on' at Moortown Golf Club in the morning we took refuge in the Billiard Room to dry off, play some snooker and record a podcast with Clyde Johnson. Clyde works independently in the UK helping to restore the original character of many of the famous courses in the British Isles including Moortown, Alwoodley and Denham, as well as working for Tom Doak's firm 'Renaissance Golf Design' on all sorts of other exciting projects. In here we talk about his career path, his love for the game, his work at some notable new build projects like Tara Iti, St Patrick's Links and the most recent Te Arai. Clyde is extremely knowledgable and we could have sat there all afternoon if we didn't have a long drive ahead of us! For more on Clyde head over to http://www.cunningolfdesign.com/about are you looking at Orange like you're a [...]
