December 2024

280 – Lottie Woad

2024-12-10T06:49:57+00:00December 10th, 2024|Bruce's favourites, Golf Course Architecture, Players, Podcasts|

This week, Bruce and his better half—‘Cookie Jar Lady Captain’—Grace, found some time to catch up with Lottie Woad to talk about her truly stellar year in the game, with her win at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur (ANWA), ascension to the top of the Women’s Amateur Golf Rankings, and, of course, being part of the GB&I side's victory in The Curtis Cup at Sunningdale. Lottie’s career has been one of the great stories of 2024, and it was great to have her on the pod to talk us through it all! Latest [...]

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November 2024

274 – Dame Laura Davies

2024-11-08T17:19:21+00:00November 8th, 2024|Behind the Scenes, Bruce's favourites, Player Profiles, Podcasts|

Live from the committee room at West Byfleet where 'the Dame' learnt to play much of her golf in her teenage years, we sit down to talk about Laura's career in the game. A few highlights from a career that spans over 40 years of playing golf at the highest level: 87 professional wins worldwide (including 20 on the LPGA & 4 majors) 7x order of merits in a period that spans 3 separate decades Turning pro in 1985, she won ‘rookie of the year', won The British Open in 1986, and the US Women’s Open - her [...]

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August 2024

251 – Final Qualifying for the Open

2024-08-16T10:13:59+00:00August 16th, 2024|Bruce's favourites, Podcasts, Tom's favourites, Tour Takes|

Sam, Tom, Peter Hancock and Ross Flannigan get together to talk through their various days at Final Qualifying across the UK. Sam was at Burnham & Berrow, Tom was at West Lancashire, Peter was at Deal while Ross was at Dundonald. Great day had by all four and we discuss the stories emerging from the day. Latest Products

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231 – Duncan McCarthy (pt I)

2024-08-16T09:45:58+00:00August 16th, 2024|Behind the Scenes, Bruce's favourites, CJG Ramblings, Podcasts, Tour Takes|

Golf psychologist to some of the worlds best players, Duncan McCarthy is a great guy to get the chance to talk to. We had a blast with him up in Moortown the other week, and decided to break the episode into two parts. We'll be releasing pt II on Friday this week. Duncan has an interesting story in the game, which involved p[laying Euro Pro golf, and more recently working with the likes of Mel Reid, Marcus Armitage, Erik van Rooyen and AIG Women's Open Champion Ashleigh Buhai. You can follow Duncan on social media here [...]

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March 2023

178 – R&A + USGA Ball Announcement with James Day

2023-03-16T21:48:08+00:00March 16th, 2023|Bruce's favourites, Podcasts, Tour Takes|

We sat down with equipment expert, golf pervert and good friend James Day  (aka @urbancustomclubs) to discuss the R&A and USGA's proposed changes to the golf ball regulations. We delved into what the new local rule could mean for players, how it might affect equipment manufacturers, and what it could mean for the future of the game. James offered some valuable insights on the topic, drawing on his years of experience in the industry. It was a fascinating conversation that shed light on some of the potential implications of these changes, and we encourage all golf fans to [...]

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177 – Player Profiles: George Knudson with Lorne Rubenstein

2023-03-16T21:35:09+00:00March 16th, 2023|Bruce's favourites, Players, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

Decorated golf writer, journalist and friend of George's - Lorne Rubenstein - joins the podcast for the first in a new series of podcasts as we delve deeper into understanding some of the more fascinating but often less talked about players throughout history. In this special episode of our podcast, where we're going to dive into the life and career of Canadian golf legend George Knudson. In this episode, we're joined by Lorne Rubenstein, a renowned golf journalist and author who collaborated with Knudson on his classic book "Natural Golf Swing." We'll discuss Knudson's obsession with Ben Hogan, [...]

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March 2022

124 – Peter Dawson, CBE

2022-03-21T14:39:59+00:00March 21st, 2022|Behind the Scenes, Bruce's favourites, Podcasts|

In this episode of the pod, Bruce and Sam sit down and chat to Peter Dawson, CBE about his career in golf. Peter served as Secretary and later Chief-Executive of the R&A from 1999-2015, a time of great change in the professional game as Tiger Woods became the iconic figure in our sport. We talk about Peter's own start in golf, the growth of The Open Championship, the wider  responsibilities of the R&A, the amateur game, as well as Peter's role as President of the IGF, which helped to secure golf's return to the Olympics at Rio in [...]

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March 2021

072 – David Normoyle on the legacy of Arnold Palmer

2021-03-04T09:00:21+00:00March 4th, 2021|Bruce's favourites, Golf History, Podcasts|

In line with the event this week at Bay Hill, Tom & Bruce speak to world renowned Golf historian David Normoyle about his work with the Palmer family on developing the legacy of Arnie and his career. David is a fascinating person to talk to about the game and he offers some really fresh insights about how golf as a sport can do more to keep these stories alive! Latest Products Your bag? [contact-form-7 id="850" /]

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February 2021

065 – Ronan Rafferty

2021-02-04T05:08:19+00:00February 4th, 2021|Bruce's favourites, Players, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

We had a blast chatting with Ronan about his career,  with all the war stories from his time on the European Tour. In this monster 2-hour podcast we also got to talk about Ronan’s time in the Ryder Cup, narrowly missing out on the Claret Jug to Nick Price, as well as all his adventures growing up around the game which saw him playing top level amateur golf from a very young age! We think all of our podcasts are good - but none more so than this one! Enjoy hello and welcome back to the cookie [...]

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January 2021

062 – Mike Clayton & Ed Cartwright – Seven Mile Beach & The Golf Club Committee

2021-01-26T05:00:14+00:00January 26th, 2021|Bruce's favourites, Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

Great to welcome Mike back onto the pod, with Chairman of Clayton, DeVries & Pont - Ed Cartwright. Not only are we bringing some special news only just announced in the last few hours regarding the new development at Seven Mile Beach in Hobart, but we also talk about the dreaded golf club committee and how that shapes the golfing landscape over time - sometimes for worse, sometimes for better....

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