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154 – Course Diaries: Royal North Devon or Westward Ho! w/ historian Robert Fowler
Sam & Bruce re-live some of the fun from Devon a few weeks ago where they played in the Silver medal (the oldest medal in English Golf) and The Kashmir Cup. 2 parts of a legendary week of golf played at Westward Ho! annually. This is a 2-part podcast with Sam & Bruce talking about the course specifically and trying to figure out why the links split opinion so heavily, as well as our interview with club historian Robert Fowler who wrote the history book for Royal North Devon as part of their 150th anniversary year. Robbie is great fun, and someone who has been around RND for pretty much all of his life. Amazing to think he actually shook hand with JH Taylor back in the late 1950's! Royal North Devon is the oldest golf club in England that still occupies the same land it was built [...]
5 things… that will bring you back to Porthcawl time and time again
words by Sam I’ve been visiting Porthcawl since I was about 9 or 10 years of age, and there is a certain magic about any club that you see infrequently over what is sadly now more than a quarter of a century. Every time I return I find myself saying the same; ‘it’s the best I’ve ever seen it’ by which I do not mean just the course itself but the club as a whole. Royal Porthcawl which is situated in the small seaside town between Cardiff and Swansea happens to be famous the world over for their annual Elvis convention that they host. It turns out this is the largest Elvis convention outside of the USA, where pink Cadillacs, jet black wigs, novelty sunglasses and garments that are frankly far too spangly descend on the town at the end of September. The course at Porthcawl was originally laid [...]
153 – Course Diaries: Church Stretton
Church Stretton: Course Diaries Rugged, provocative and downright memorable. Three terms I would use to summarise a visit to Church Stretton. It’s a course that has been on the wish list for some time now, and a recent Instagram poll back in August, when we asked where people would like to see a future Course Diaries feature, made me get in the car and head out to Shropshire to see why. I came in anticipation of minute greensites stitched into the hillside and an abundance of quirk, and whilst Church Stretton didn’t disappoint in that sense, the quality of the architecture on offer far exceeded my own expectations. In Edwardian times, the town of Church Stretton was nicknamed ‘Little Switzerland’. It’ll take you all of about 30 seconds to realise why on the drive in (another club with the somewhat unimaginative road name of ‘Links Road’) and the [...]
152 – Reflections on The Pro Game
All three of the squad get together for a brief catch and up and round off the fairly insane developments over recent weeks’ across LIV and the PGA tour. Elevated events, PIP driven pool of players, a barnstormer of a finish in Boston which seemed to pass without much fanfare and more… Your Content Goes Herehello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jargo podcast I am Tom Bales and today I'm joined by Bruce Fitzpatrick good day or good evening and Sir Sam Williams have a gentlemen Asia since we've potted together absolutely bloody ages yeah it has been it has been a while well we were going to get together weren't we last week and do a little podcast but uh your house moved Tom and by the way if you want to hear more about Tom's house move spoiler alert for the church Stratton [...]
151 – Course Diaries: Delamere Forest
We get back into the swing of course diaries this week. Sam visited Delamere Forest a few weeks back - located just south-west of Manchester - it’s a Fowler/Heathland classic. Delamere is a long way from the Surrey Sandbelt where you would usually expect to find a course of this ilk and it boasts some incredible elevation change, natural green sites and bunkering on a piece of land that feels just about as removed from everyday life as you could hope for! Next week we’ll be recalling East Lake and getting into the weeds on all things from the professional circuit. hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills as always and joined with me today is Sam Williams greetings Thomas what a warm morning it is it is we're sat outside jarhq in the sun and we've had [...]
150 – A Milestone Podcast
A big podcast milestone deserves a big announcement - we are recruiting for someone to join the team! Please head over to https://cookiejargolf.com/job-advert/ to find out more. In this episode we look back on 150 podcasts and evolution of the pod. This pod is a bit self-indulgent but we've thrown a few gaffe's for good measure, some awards as well as some highlights and lowlights. A big thank you from us for supporting us through 150 episodes. Without everyone tuning in and supporting us, it just wouldn't be the same! If you do get chance to leave a quick review for us in Apple Podcasts or on Spotify we would be enormously grateful. It has a huge impact! hello and welcome back to the cookie jar golf podcast you are Bruce Fitzpatrick I am indeed and today you are joined by I'm joined by Tom Mills hello and [...]
