December 2022

164 – Eclectic 18: Martin Ebert

2022-12-29T10:13:18+00:00December 29th, 2022|Eclectic 18, Podcasts|

On a recent visit to the Kent coast, Tom managed to sit down with architect Martin Ebert from Mackenzie & Ebert. Mackenzie & Ebert advise many of the most highly ranked existing courses in the world, including eight of the ten Open venues, so sitting down with Martin to get his thoughts into what makes good golf was a real interest to us. This was a fascinating insight into what type of architecture makes Martin tick and we hope you enjoy. hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast a few days [...]

August 2022

147: Eclectic 18 – Erik Anders Lang

2022-08-01T19:22:27+00:00August 1st, 2022|Eclectic 18, Podcasts|

Whilst up in St Andrews, we hung out with Erik and his team and decided to record a podcast. Founder of Random Golf Club, Erik has enjoyed a relatively late start in the game of golf, but he's certainly made up for lost time! His adventures in golf have taken him to some of the most remote stretches of golfing land, including Israel, Iceland, Africa and beyond!We wanted to hear about his personal journey in golf and thought we would do an Eclectic 18 to get his take on on the game, what has shaped his outlook on golf, [...]

June 2022

136 – Eclectic 18 – Richard Pennell

2022-06-28T18:40:53+00:00June 28th, 2022|Eclectic 18, Podcasts|

Another special guest joins the pod for his Eclectic 18... this week it's the turn of Richard Pennell. Someone who has grown up around the game and spent much of his career working at them -  often at some of the mopst storied and historuc clubs in Surrey. Richard left his role at Woking last year to give himself more time to writer about the game he loves and his blog 'Stymied' can be found here: https://richardpennell.substack.com/ Richard's writings are wonderfully nostalgic and remind us how much beauty there is to golf and the wonderful variety it offers! [...]

May 2022

131 – Eclectic 18: Rob McGuirk – Prince’s Golf Club

2022-05-12T18:40:47+00:00May 12th, 2022|Eclectic 18, Podcasts|

We sat down with Rob McGuirk - general manager at Prince’s golf club while we were in Kent for our Spring Meeting to talk about his career in the game, the evolution of Prince’s and of course his rather spicy Eclectic 18! Rob has a fascinating history with the game, growing up playing to a high standard, turning professional and competing for a living, and more recently running Prince's! his scorecard is a mouthwatering one;#1 Brora#2 Pine Valley#3 Royal County Down #4 Swinley Forest#5 Royal Portrush#6 Royal St. George's#7 Sunningdale (old)#8 Las Brisas#9 Golspie#10 Valderrama#11  TPC Sawgrass#12 St George's Hill#13 Merion [...]

April 2022

128 – Eclectic 18: Andy Johnson

2022-04-12T18:40:43+00:00April 12th, 2022|Eclectic 18, Podcasts, Tom's favourites|

We've been long time fans of Andy and his work over at The Fried Egg, and when it came to potential guests to do an Eclectic 18 with, we knew Andy would deliver! Tom & Sam catch up with Andy to hear about his course - all public, and all holes under 400 yards! Eclectic 18 - Andy Johnson #1 - Eagle Springs #2 - Old Macdonald #3 - Pinehurst (no. 2) #4 - The Loop (Black) #5 - Greywalls #6 - Pacific Dunes #7 - Pebble Beach #8 - Bandon Trails #9 - Wild Horse #10 - [...]

March 2022

126 – Eclectic 18: James Day

2022-03-31T08:00:59+00:00March 31st, 2022|Eclectic 18, Podcasts|

Co-founder of Sounder Golf, James Day joins Sam for a podcast about his Eclectic 18. The conversation is wide ranging; from turning pro at a young age, to becoming disenfranchised with the game in his early 20's, right through to his adventures in setting up Sounder Golf, and reviving the brand that was styled so brilliantly by Seve in the late 70's and early 80's. We cover a range of topics (not least of all his travel in the game and his outstanding eclectic 18). Listeners to this podcast receive 15% off at checkout with the code: COOKIEJAR [...]

February 2022

January 2022

118 – The Eclectic 18

2022-01-17T21:44:00+00:00January 17th, 2022|Eclectic 18, Podcasts|

Kick starting 2022 (albeit slightly later than hoped for) with a bang! A new series of podcasts we will be bringing you focussed on the concept of an eclectic 18. Whether it be the selection of holes on their architectural merit, places of significance or (like Sam) the holes you just seem to play well on - it certainly drives some debate! We kick start with our own eclectic 18's and urge our listeners to have a go for themselves. Scorecard with rules is available to download below Latest Products [...]

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