August 2024

245 – Course Diaries: Golf De Fontainebleau

2024-08-16T10:07:23+00:00August 16th, 2024|Course Diaries, Golf Course Architecture, Golf History, Podcasts|

Sam and Tom recap their magical day spent south of Paris at the enchanting Fontainebleau. The club is situated on a sprawling hunting estate which is home to one of the biggest palaces in all of France, and pre-dates Versailles by over 500 years. Originally founded in 1909 and laid out by Julian Chantepie, Tom Simpson reworked the course in 1920 and is responsible for much of what remains. Only a few modifications to the routing took place in the early '60s by Fred Hawtree, and the club have recently partnered with Clayton DeVries and Pont to further [...]

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241 – Course Diaries: Royal St. David’s w/ Richard Fisher

2024-08-16T10:01:36+00:00August 16th, 2024|CJG Ramblings, Course Diaries, Golf History, Podcasts|

Sam meets with Richard Fisher - club archivist and author of the St David’s history book - to discuss the history of the club, the area and its members. As a professional historian, it should come as no surprise that Richard is a cracking guest and talks brilliantly about the subject! Don’t forget to head to YouTube to see the latest films from our travels in Wales’s. Latest Products

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223 – Course Diaries: Tree Farm w/ Zac Blair

2024-08-16T09:32:13+00:00August 16th, 2024|CJG Ramblings, Course Diaries, Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

1st up from our travels in America is a course diaries episode with the man behind The Tree Farm - Zac Blair. How Zac finds time to develop a course and club with Kye Goalby & Tom Doak around a busy schedule playing on thePGA Tour is a mystery, but what he and the gang have built on the outskirts of Aiken, South Carolina is incredible. Great episode on the construction process, what he has learnt throughout the process and of course.. the secret to playing ‘the Thai spinner’. Latest Products [...]

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October 2023

207 – Course Diaries: Portstewart

2023-10-17T05:00:37+00:00October 17th, 2023|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

On a recent visit to Northern Ireland, Sam, Tom & Charlie dropped by Portstewart. Often known as something as a 'hidden gem', the club now sits firmly in the itinerary for the travelling golfer only 10 minutes from Royal Portrush. Regarded as having the possibly the most dramatic opening nine in golf, Portstewart is a club with a lot of history, 3 courses and has played host to The Irish Open in 2017 when a cleanly shaven Jon Rahm won. For more on Portstewart head over to our website for a recent blog article. Shoutout to our official [...]

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July 2023

187 – Course Diaries: Traigh Golf Club w/ David Shaw-Stewart

2023-07-06T12:03:29+00:00July 6th, 2023|Course Diaries, Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

Sam & Tom sat down with David Shaw-Stewart, the owner of Traigh golf club to chat through all things 9-holer. It’s safe to say, this little place stole our hearts. A lovely, quirky 9 hole layout that you can whip round in no time, endlessly loop and never get bored. Latest Products

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186 – Tour Diaries – The Outer Hebrides

2023-07-03T11:56:55+00:00July 3rd, 2023|Course Diaries, Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

Sam and Tom chronicle their journey across the Outer Hebrides in a van. Five days , eight courses and a product shoot. Very busy indeed. The courses we visited were: Southerness Carradale Machrahanish Dunaverty Traigh Askernish Stornoway Isle of Harris Latest Products

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May 2023

February 2023

176 – A budget friendly trip to the US with the Tie Podcast

2023-02-28T05:00:18+00:00February 28th, 2023|Course Diaries, Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

Sam & Tom speak to Henry and Walker. A four way chat with two fellow podcasters: The Tie began in 2021 by two collegiate players Henry & Walker who shared a deep love for the game. Not just the competitive elements of the Tour and high ranking Amateur events, but also Course Architecture and the cultural side of the game. This is a beast of an episode. Before Christmas, Sam was a guest on their show talking about some trips in England on a shoestring budget and we were curious what $1,000 would get you for a trip [...]

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173 – Course Diaries: Kennemer Golf & Country Club

2023-02-10T09:39:21+00:00February 10th, 2023|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Short bonus course diaries for you this week! Sam sat down with Christiaan & Lucas from Kennemer. Christiaan is a long standing member and current chairman of greens, and Lucas is the head greenkeeper. It's a good chat following on from our conversation with Cees back at Eindhoven about sustainable greenkeeping, encouraging finer grasses to grow and the transition work that the two have embarked on. If you haven't checked it out yet, head on over to youTube to see our latest film from our Netherlands Series in partnership with Footjoy, from Kennemer. 27 holes, with a fascinating [...]

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Tour Journal: Kennemer Golf & Country Club

2023-02-08T11:02:33+00:00February 8th, 2023|Blog, Course Diaries|

A continued blog piece to coincide with our filming releases in The Netherlands... in partnership with Day 3 (Morning) - Kennemer Day 3 of the Tour began with a shrill 6am alarm. Nursing sore heads, we quickly got dressed and packed up the car. This was the only day of the Tour where we would (attempt to) fit in 36 holes at two different courses - Kennemer and Noordwijkse, and two of the Jar were doing so on a heavy dose of Calvados from the night before.  Thanks to some motivational quotes and general man-management from Tom, we said farewell [...]

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