May 2022

130 – Course Diaries: Royal Cinque Ports w/ Paul Craven

2022-05-11T18:40:44+00:00May 11th, 2022|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Paul Craven is a man of many talents. A member of The Magic Circle, an industry leader on the subject of heuristics and behavioural science, and also one of the club's passionate archivists at Royal Cinque Ports (aka 'Deal). We sat down with him 42 minutes before the clubhouse closed when we were down in Kent last week to talk to him about the evolution of the links, the connections it has with The Open and the Halford Hewitt, as well as some of the quirky and amusing tales from yesteryear. It's a cracking episode and we hope [...]

March 2022

125 – Course Diaries: Golf House Club at Elie Links

2022-03-29T14:57:50+00:00March 29th, 2022|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Sam, Tom & Bruce are joined by Harry to talk about their time at The Golf House Club at Elie. The excitement from their afternoon should tell you all you need to know about this beaut of a links in Fife. It’s a wide ranging discussion from an afternoon in the sun, complete with information about the course, the iconic periscope and of course the grudge match. We also talk about our latest fit with TaylorMade and the new Stealth equipment which was in the bag! hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf [...]

123 – Course Diaries: Appleby Golf Club

2022-03-16T14:39:57+00:00March 16th, 2022|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Sam & Tom de-brief from their time at Appleby Golf Club. A course that Sam has long wanted to visit, and for Tom an opportunity that came at the last minute. We really enjoyed visiting Appleby - a standout example of sustainable golf in Britain, with views to die for,  incredibly pure putting surfaces and some excellent holes. Next time you find yourself in the vicinity, make sure to visit! hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast I am Sam Williams and today I'm joined by my host Tom Mills Tom hello [...]

January 2022

119 – Course Diaries: Royal County Down w/ Dr Brian Fleming

2022-01-24T14:39:43+00:00January 24th, 2022|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Our first instalment from 'Course Diaries' in 2022 comes from Royal County Down where Sam & Tom catch up with Dr Brian Fleming, one of the clubs' archivists and a long standing member who knows the evolution of the club and the course itself better than most. It's a fascinating story including the history behind many of the traditions that are still kept today. hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills and today I'm joined by Sam Williams greetings Thomas pleasure as always and we have a special [...]

December 2021

115 – Course Diaries – Urban Golf Christmas Party & Rye Golf Club

2021-12-14T14:40:27+00:00December 14th, 2021|CJG Ramblings, Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Sam & Tom, sleep deprived and still riding the crest of a wave from the last few days in London record a short podcast to recap the highlights from the Christmas Party, their visit to Rye as well as Tom's upcoming photoshoot for the new merchandise (some of which is now on the store, some of which is coming very soon). They also talk about a new society they have both joined (CRAFT), and most importantly take time to say a small thanks to our supporters! hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf [...]

November 2021

107 – Tour Diaries: Northern Ireland 2021

2021-11-04T13:16:27+00:00November 4th, 2021|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Tom & Sam wax lyrical about their trip to Northern Ireland. Starting with Royal County Down, a visit to Royal Portrush, and two cracking 9 hole course - Bushfoot & The Bann course at Castlerock… it was a great trip and a great insight into what Ireland in general has to offer. From ‘underlining’ to Hall & Oates on the course - it’s all in here hello and welcome back to the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills and today I am joined by my friend Sam Williams greetings Thomas feels like a real while since [...]

October 2021

106 – Course Diaries: Sunningdale Heath

2021-10-04T08:21:56+00:00October 4th, 2021|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

In this episode of Course Diaries, Tom & Sam visit Sunningdale Heath Golf Club in Surrey. It will take you only five minutes of this podcast to realise how taken we were with this place. Fantastic feel to a fantastic golf club. hello and welcome back to another interesting episode of the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills um you might hear a lot of noise around me today we are in the beautiful surroundings of Sunnydale Heath and I'm joined by my friend Sam Williams Sam welcome to Poker Thomas I'm more thrilled to be [...]

August 2021

100 – Course Diaries: Burnham & Berrow

2021-08-26T19:06:14+00:00August 26th, 2021|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Episode 100 is a course diaries feature from Bruce & Sam's time down at Burnham & Berrow, playing foursomes golf in the Brent Knoll Bowl. Incredible fun out on the links in arguably the purest form of the game... We talk about the course, the influence of the early greats like JH Taylor & Colt, recent alterations by Mackenzie & Ebert and we discuss the format itself. hello and welcome back to the cookie jar golf podcast I'm Sam Williams and it is a great privilege to introduce my foursomest part of last weekend Bruce Fitzpatrick to the [...]

097 – Course Diaries: Worcester Golf & Country Club

2021-08-09T19:11:32+00:00August 9th, 2021|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

A round up from our time at Worcester Golf & Country Club. Originally laid out by Alister MacKenzie in the 1920’s, it’s exactly the sort of Golden Age wonder you can easily skip past when you focus on the trophy links courses around the UK. Was really cool getting off the beaten path and playing somewhere different… hello and welcome back to the cookie jar golf podcast crumbs episode pilot Mark II course Diaries course Diaries Thomas all right the cookie crumbs is something you've been trying to push for a long time it's course Diaries yeah the crumbs [...]

095 – Course Diaries: Painswick

2021-08-09T19:04:18+00:00August 9th, 2021|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

A new concept from us, we thought we would start releasing some shorter podcasts centred around some of the courses we play on our travels. Here is the first one, from our recent visit to the quirky, short, and absurdly difficult Painswick in Gloucestershire. This place is F-U-N! hello and welcome back to a new series or a new semi-series or a new sub series of the cookie jar golf podcast I'll just call it a different flavor it just basically it's gonna be the same thing as the cookie jar golf podcast but it's going to be [...]

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