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February 2025

1971 Walker Cup – When David beat Goliath

2025-02-20T08:25:21+00:00February 19th, 2025|Uncategorized|

With just over six months until the golfing world shifts its focus from the pro game to the Walker Cup—one of the game's purest events—at the legendary Cypress Point, the countdown is well and truly on. Walker Cup expert and friend of the Jar, Darragh Garrahy, looks back on the 1971 match at St Andrews, where Michael Bonallack led a supposedly tame GB&I (or just GB, according to Golf World) to a stunning victory over a star-studded US side that hadn’t lost the cup since 1938. ''1971, when David beat Goliath'' words by Dr Darragh Garrahy [...]

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291 – Padraig Harrington

2025-02-17T14:14:38+00:00February 17th, 2025|Bruce's favourites, Players, Podcasts|

Sam and Tom sit down with Padraig Harrington—three-time major champion, winner of the Claret Jug in 2007 and 2008 (marking Europe’s first successful defence of The Open since James Braid over a century ago), and USPGA Champion in 2008. Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2024, Padraig’s career arc and his ability to compete at the highest level for nearly 30 years is nothing short of remarkable. Latest Products

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290 – Course Diaries: Glasgow Golf Club

2025-02-11T08:23:42+00:00February 11th, 2025|Course Diaries, Golf History, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

Founded in 1787, Glasgow is among the oldest clubs in the world, and - uniquely - is the custodian of two courses over 30 miles apart; Killermont in the city centre is its most recent site where the members play much of their golf, as well as the club's own links course on the west coast of Scotland, Glasgow Gailes. Sam is joined by one of the most revered historians of the game and winner of the Murdoch Medal - Nevin McGhee to talk about the last 237 years of history of Glasgow Golf Club - and his [...]

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289 – Tour Diaries: A Floridian Adventure pt 2 w/ Ryan Noades

2025-02-04T10:40:48+00:00February 4th, 2025|Podcasts, Sam's favourites, Tour Takes|

Sam, Tom and Ryan continue to outstay their welcome on the terrace at Winter Park as they wrap up their adventures from America. In part II, we cover some of Florida's private scene after the arctic blast left snow in South Carolina, so we headed to warmer climbs in West Palm Beach to visit Bear Lakes and Pine Tree, as well as our time at TPC Sawgrass and Winter Park. This episode contains a full hit of more contemporary architecture, from Nicklaus designs at Bear lakes, Dick Wilson at Pine Tree, Pete Dye at Sawgrass and the rennovation [...]

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January 2025

288 – Tour Diaries: A Floridian Adventure w/ Ryan Noades

2025-01-30T10:48:28+00:00January 30th, 2025|Podcasts, Sam's favourites, Tour Takes|

Sam, Tom & Ryan (who our regular listeners will recall from our epic 2-pt Addington Course Diaries podcast last year) run the cook down before their flight home by recanting their travels through Florida. What started as a simple trip to the PGA show in Orlando snowballed into 10 days of golf… In this episode we cover: Streamsong: Black & Blue Maple Leaf Golf & Country Club High Grove The mighty Orlando Convention Centre Cabot Citrus Farms (Roost & Karoo) Latest Products

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A penny for your thoughts, £30 for a round

2025-01-31T19:04:08+00:00January 21st, 2025|Blog|

In the post-Covid world, where green fees are soaring due to golf's popularity boom and an ever-growing appetite among Americans to turn once-in-a-lifetime UK golf pilgrimages into twice-a-year rituals, the era of reasonably priced rounds at Britain’s best courses is, sadly, often a thing of the past. To help combat this, Half Par Kid has compiled a list of Britain’s 20 best value green fees for the year ahead - 10 under £50 and 10 between £50-£100. From off-the-beaten-track 9-hole gems to Top 100 courses that refuse to follow their competitors into eye-watering territory, there’s plenty to explore. [...]

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287 – Robert Rock pt 2

2025-01-20T13:55:00+00:00January 20th, 2025|Players, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

In part 2, we talk about the Robert Rock Junior Academy, as well his work in coaching some of the game's elite players and how Robert would build his career if he had his time again. A huge thanks to Robert for his time in recording this one with, as well as Little Aston for allowing us to record it at the club. Latest Products

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Cookie Crumbs #14 – American Politicians from episode 252

2025-01-20T13:51:54+00:00January 20th, 2025|Cookie Crumbs, Podcasts|

To commemorate Inauguration Day, here is a short excerpt from episode 252 on Golfing Politicians. The episode focused on golfers in UK politics over the years, but this extract highlights US presidents known for enjoying trips to the course during their term. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Website Latest Products

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286 – Robert Rock pt 1

2025-01-14T10:46:54+00:00January 14th, 2025|Players, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

In this episode, Sam & Tom sit down at Little Aston Golf Club on the outskirts of Birmingham with Robert Rock. A guest who needs no introduction, Robert is a a player who has not only enjoyed a career with exceptional longevity, turning professional in 2004 right through to retirement in 2022 and yet still qualifying in 2024 for the US Open at Pinehurst, he is also regarded as having one of the best swings in the game. In part one we unpack how he learnt the game, his outlook on the swing and some of the highlights [...]

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285 – The President’s Putter

2025-01-13T18:38:29+00:00January 6th, 2025|Bruce's favourites, Golf History, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

A matchplay marathon marks the start of the golfing year for the Oxford & Cambridge Golfing Society. One of the most historic amateur knockout tournaments around, The President's Putter has been played for since 1920 at Rye Golf Club, in East Sussex. For more on Rye, please head to our film here. Previous winners of this event include Ernest Holderness, Bernard Darwin, Roger Wethered, Ted Dexter, Leonard Crawley, Gerald Micklem, Cyril Tolley, Donald Steel... and of course, our very own Bruce Fitzpatrick, who won it in 2020 on his first-ever attempt. We sit down to discuss the history of [...]

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