Guests of the Pod
136 – Eclectic 18 – Richard Pennell
Another special guest joins the pod for his Eclectic 18... this week it's the turn of Richard Pennell. Someone who has grown up around the game and spent much of his career working at them - often at some of the mopst storied and historuc clubs in Surrey. Richard left his role at Woking last year to give himself more time to writer about the game he loves and his blog 'Stymied' can be found here: https://richardpennell.substack.com/ Richard's writings are wonderfully nostalgic and remind us how much beauty there is to golf and the wonderful variety it offers! His scorecard isn't bad either; Hole 1: Royal North Devon (Westward Ho!) Hole 2: Tandridge Hole 3: Wenvoe Castle Hole 4: Rye Hole 5 : Painswick Hole 6: Royal Cinque Ports Hole 7: Hankley Common Hole 8: Hayling Hole 9: West Byfleet Hole 10: Woking (the 10th Simpson designed which [...]
135 – Course Diaries: RNGC w/ Dan Davies
Amateur course architect, career golf writer and full time racontuer Dan Davies joined the podcast to talk about the founding of RNGC. England's latest and hotly anticipated new build course. Measuring just 510 yards, this 9 hole short course is shrinking the game! We caught up with Dan to chat about his career and what drove him to spend 11 months building a course in his back garden!For more on Dan, check out McKellar journals where he has written some fabulous pieces and of course The Sounder journal: https://soundergolf.com/blogs/journal/shrinking-the-game Latest Products
134 – LIV at Centurion – Day 2 from the Ground
Sam & Tom dissect day 2 from Centurion from the ground. We talk fan experience, shotgun start, team dynamics and absolutely do not talk politics. Latest Products
133 – General Catch Up & LIV Golf Series
The boys are back together rounding out a hectic month. Too much time on the golf course and not enough time behind the mic’s! We celebrate Bruce’s 27th birthday, and reflect on a magical few days on the Kent coast for the Spring Meeting a few weeks back. More importantly though we look ahead to the 150th Open at St Andrew’s as well as the inaugural event from the LIV golf series this weekend at Centurion. Whatever your views are on the emerging new series, it’s certainly going to be an interesting week! Latest Products
Dismiss the second (or third) course at your peril…
During mine and Tom’s latest excursion north of the border we were fortunate to spend some time at Gullane Golf Club. A staple for any East Lothian trip, Gullane offers three courses which are ‘all maintained to the same exacting standard’ (quote shamelessly lifted from our Story of a Golf Club film there back in 2020), with views across the Firth of Forth on some of the best golfing ground you can experience anywhere in the world. The three courses at Gullane - simply known as No. 1, 2 & 3 - all play alongside the road, traverse and then ascend the iconic Gullane Hill, before plunging down and out towards the nature reserve which straddles the shore line before making the turn for home. But one thing we noticed and remarked on is the vast difference in green fees for visiting golfers and the associated demand which varies [...]
132 – Course Diaries: Dunbar
Course Diaries from Dunbar recorded in the hotel lobby of the Marine at North Berwick! That explains some of the subtle chill out music in the background or the occasional jangling of cutlery! We had a wonderful morning at a Renaissance with Jason & 2013 Scottish amateur champion Zander Culverwell, and felt compelled to talk about it! so welcome back to the cookie jar golf podcasting um we're in the marine and Lawn Hotel it's embarrassing we're in the lobby because everyone's on the golf course aren't they so this is embarrassing why are we doing this this hello and welcome back to the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills and today I'm joined by my friend Sam Williams Thomas it's a pleasure to be here where are we sat well I think we're gonna leave that stupid intro and yeah we are sat in the [...]
