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January 2023

169 – Course Diaries: Utrechtse Golf Club De Pan w/ archivist Ernst van den Doel

2023-02-04T11:20:36+00:00January 27th, 2023|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Our first course diaries episode from 2023 comes from the world renown Utrecht De Pan. One of the finest inland courses in continental Europe and the product of Colt's genius, we got to sit down with club archivist and neurologist Ernst van den Doel. As well as the club and course we also talk about the evolution of golf in The Netherlands / Holland, the primitive game 'Colf' which is still played in bars around The Netherlands today, and the game more generally. Huge thanks of course go to FootJoy as our series sponsor for helping make this [...]

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168 – Cees Collart – Sustainable Agronomy

2023-02-04T11:18:17+00:00January 17th, 2023|Podcasts|

Kicking off our first piece of content from our Netherlands Tour in October 2022 with Cees Collart, Chairman of Sustainable Golf at the R&A. Cees has spent much of his life around the game, spending time in England & Scotland as well as The Netherlands, now playing much of his golf at Eindhoven. Through some regular matches we have been friends with Cees for some time now, and getting to record a podcast with him about the work he is leading on sustainable agronomy was great fun. Really interesting stuff in here about turf types, turf management, and [...]

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167 – Eclectic 18: James Bledge

2023-02-04T11:14:49+00:00January 16th, 2023|Eclectic 18, Podcasts|

On a blustery Monday in Liverpool, Tom traveled up to meet and record this podcast with Royal Liverpool links manager, James Bledge. James has had a fascinating journey in golf and the stories behind his choices are fantastic. Our Eclectic 18 podcast rules are simple, 18 holes, the hole numbers must correlate to the scorecard, and you can only pick one course once! 1. Gullane #1 2. Royal Portrush 3. Torey Pines North 4. Royal St. George’s 5. Princes 6. Royal Cinque Ports 7. Crans Sur Sierre 8. Royal West Norfolk 9. Royal County Down halfway-hut: Deal 10. [...]

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166 – DJ Piehowski

2023-02-03T20:17:55+00:00January 10th, 2023|Behind the Scenes, Podcasts|

Sam & Tom catch up with DJ Piehowski to get deep into 'hashtag the process' around the NLU film room, hear about his career in golf and how he came to work with the rest of the No Laying Up crew. After a hugely successful series of Tourist Sauce season 8 in Scandanavia we wanted a peak behind the curtain on how DJ brings all this together! hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills and today I'm joined by SamWilliams and we are joined by DJ piehowski from no [...]

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165 – Paul Craven at Royal Cinque Ports (the return)

2023-02-06T11:43:19+00:00January 4th, 2023|Behind the Scenes, Golf History, Podcasts|

One of our most popular guests from 2022 just so happened to be in Deal while we were down there over Christmas and we couldn't resist popping a mic in his hands and having a chat! Paul talks about his incredible weight loss (sure to help with those January new years resolutions), why golf clubs have sailing masts as flag poles, and fills us in on the latest goings on at Royal Cinque Ports! As always with Paul, a fascinating, illuminating and wide-ranging discussion! how are we doing anyway so welcome back a very popular First Time [...]

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December 2022

163 – A Christmas Party and a frost delay at Rye

2023-02-06T12:03:12+00:00December 18th, 2022|Podcasts|

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 [...]

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162 – Effective Practice with Jon Sherman

2023-02-06T12:02:36+00:00December 16th, 2022|Podcasts|

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 [...]

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161 – ‘The Uncorrupted Pleasure of an Old Bladed Putter’: James Ellis-Caird

2023-02-06T12:01:52+00:00December 16th, 2022|Book Reviews, Podcasts|

‘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 [...]

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160 – Martin Ayers

2023-02-06T12:01:10+00:00December 16th, 2022|Behind the Scenes, Podcasts|

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 [...]

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159 – Clyde Johnson: When Shaping meets Architecture

2023-02-06T12:00:17+00:00December 13th, 2022|Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

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 [...]

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