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001 – Pilot – James Bledge
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2505950/open_sms) Golf Badgers (ɡɒlf bæʤə) - noun: A group of golfers obsessed with the game. Episode 1 is a chat between the hosts. Sam Cooper is a golf architect with Clayton, DeVries & Pont whilst James Bledge is Links Manager at Royal Liverpool Golf Club (Hoylake). [...]
025 – Bledge talks to Lee and Sami Strutt
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2505950/open_sms) There are few couples out there who have contributed more to the greenkeeping industry than Lee and Sami Strutt. Lee, a previous guest on this pod, is the Director of Agronomy at Cabot Cape Breton. Sami has spent over 30 years working for the greenkeeping [...]
029 – The Roberts' Brothers – Scott and Graeme Roberts
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2505950/open_sms) Scott and Graeme Roberts' really couldn't have been anything but greenkeepers. The brothers' grew up 'on the tools' at Hankley Common Golf Club, where their father Gareth was Course Manager for almost thirty years. Now, they are both Course Managers themselves. Scott is currently overseeing [...]
028 – The UK's leading Irrigation Specialist: Adrian Mortram – Irrigation and Adventure
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2505950/open_sms) Adrian says he's a specialist, not an expert. We'll let you settle on the semantics. However you badge him, Adrian Mortram has helped design countless irrigation systems throughout the world. Not just golf, his CV is as rich and varied as they come. We talk [...]
034 – Greenkeeping for Dummies – the right way (and wrong way) to get quicker greens…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2505950/open_sms) Bledge and I started this podcast to whitter away about not much in particular, meet some interesting folk, and share the odd bit of insight into the greenkeeping and architecture that underpins British golf. We are always so humbled by the number of you who [...]
172 – Eclectic 18: Sam Cooper
During lockdown in 2020, Sam & his wife Harriet embarked on the unthinkable task of playing all links course in Britain. They created a live-in van which would serve as their tour bus, and set off in search of sandy soil on some of the most remote stretches of British [...]
148 – Lee Wybranski
Another form the 150th week, we sat down with Lee Wybranski - golf artist & logo designer. We've been bouncing backwards and forwards for a while on when to record a pod, so it was great to get to do this in person at the Sounder Clubhouse, and his 150th [...]
144 – St. Andrews: The Final Morning of The Open
Live from the stands on the right of the 1st tee, Sam & Tom talk through Rory's epic round on Saturday and how the atmosphere here on Open Championship Sunday. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-cookie-jar-golf-podcast/id1493651992) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/2RhNTEu1xA3I4QpUlHBt8H) ! You can [...]
131 – Eclectic 18: Rob McGuirk – Princes Golf Club
We sat down with Rob McGuirk - general manager at Prince’s golf club while we were in Kent for our Spring Meeting to talk about his career in the game, the evolution of Prince’s and of course his rather spicy Eclectic 18! Rob has a fascinating history with the game, [...]
111 – Professional Tour Announcements
Announcements of the new DP World Tour, the SGL, PGL, a PGA rebuttal, removal of green reading books and more. It’s been a few weeks since we all caught up so we wanted to discuss the latest news. Usually aiming for a ‘short-sharp 25 mins’…. This podcast got away from [...]











