November 2021

108 – Zac Blair: The Tree Farm & an English Adventure

2021-11-04T16:40:36+00:00November 4th, 2021|Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

Tom & Sam catch up with Zac to hear about his latest trip to the south of England playing some of the famous Surrey heathlands as well as the links of the South Coast. It was really interesting to hear about The Tree Farm and the work of Tom Doak & Kye Goalby as the project approaches the build phase. It was a heavyweight itinerary (including Sunningdale, The Addington, Woking, Worplesdon, St George’s Hill, Walton Heath, as well as Rye, Royal St George’s & Deal on the south coast) - made even tougher without a passport! [...]

August 2021

101 – Martin Ebert: Golf Course Architect

2021-08-31T19:11:22+00:00August 31st, 2021|Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts, Tom's favourites|

Bruce & Tom had the opportunity to sit down with World renowned architect Martin Ebert from MacKenzie & Ebert. We talk through his route into golf course architecture, history of the great architects and courses that Martin has been working on. Having learnt his craft with Donald Steel, Martin and his partner Tom Mackenzie have worked with 198 courses since 2005 when they founded Mackenzie & Ebert. 17 of which feature in the World Top 100 lists, and a staggering 7 of the current 10 Open rota venues - it certainly provides the perfect backdrop for a fascinating [...]

March 2021

075 – H.S.Colt w/ Frank Pont & Ed Cartwright (Clayton, DeVries & Pont)

2021-03-18T13:50:39+00:00March 18th, 2021|Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

Bruce & Sam catch up with the gang at Clayton, DeVries & Pont again, this time to talk to Frank & Ed about the life and work of Harry Colt. In many ways, Harry Colt was the first professional golf course architect and created the profession as we know it today. Debuting with his work at Rye at a young age, he would go on to be the most prolific and arguably most influential figures in golf course design in history with over 250 courses of his own. Frank is one of the worlds leading experts on Golden [...]

January 2021

Cleeve Hill Golf Club – New owners announced!

2021-02-12T19:18:25+00:00January 29th, 2021|Blog, Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

On the 22 September last year we released our #savegolfonthehill campaign, and within 24 hours the outpouring of emotion across the golfing community around the world was incredible.The phones were ringing thick and fast with enquiries from people all over the globe, including the press, golf course architects, interested parties and people who just happened to share a special connection with Cleeve Hill - so when we received a call into Cookie Jar HQ on Wednesday evening, much like Keyser Söze revealing his true identity, from the new owner soon to be announced, we couldn't wait to talk [...]

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

2021-02-13T19:25:26+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....

December 2020

056 – Gil Hanse & Castle Stuart: Building a Modern Day Classic

2021-02-12T19:48:00+00:00December 14th, 2020|Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts, Tom's favourites|

We’re joined by Gil Hanse to hear about his work at Castle Stuart to coincide with the launch of our latest film from the Scotland series, including his work with the late-great Mark Parsinen, as well as hearing about what it takes to build a modern day masterpiece in today’s world and his work at Ohoopee Match Club, and when you hear the way he talks through the principles he approaches a golf course with, it’s no surprise he is considered a modern day genius of golf course architecture.

055 – Playing all Top 100 Golf Courses in the World w/ David Davis (Pt 2)

2021-02-15T08:54:09+00:00December 6th, 2020|Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

In Part 2 we possibly have the greatest story ever told on the Cookie Jar Golf podcast.... but you'll have to wait till the end! We also get to hear about David's visits to Pine Valley, how to attack fresh golf course you've never played as well as golf in The Netherlands. From Ardfin to Bandon, Silloth to Noordwijkse - its all in here! Hope you enjoy!

054 – Playing all Top 100 Golf Courses in the World w/ David Davis (Pt 1)

2021-02-12T19:20:14+00:00December 2nd, 2020|Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

This is a cracking two part podcast with David Davis (AKA @Top100GolfTraveller). David has played all of the worlds Top 100 rated golf courses in his pursuit of knowledge and adventure, and picked up some stories on his way! In part 1 we talk about why and how he fell into this, as well as how he came to appreciate golf architecture on his first international golf tour!

November 2020

049 – Sam Cooper – @links_from_the_road

2021-02-12T19:21:04+00:00November 10th, 2020|Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

We got to catch up with Sam about van life and the first leg of his journey as he, his wife Harriet and the dogs travel the coast of the UK playing 192 of the best inks courses across the country. Battling against the never ending Covid-19 restrictions, hopping from town to town in search of the next adventure it's great to hear how his plans are always changing. Now over on the East Coast, having covered much of the West Coast of Scotland, namely Kintyre, Ayreshire and up over the North Coast 500 playing some lesser known courses, [...]

September 2020

043 – Golf Course Architecture with Evalu18 (Jasper Miners and Sam Cooper)

2021-02-12T19:22:25+00:00September 29th, 2020|Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

We spent some time with Jasper Miners and Sam Cooper from Evalu18 who are doing some incredibly exciting work with their website helping to simplify golf course architecture and celebrate the rich history of golf courses up and down the UK, as well as bringing it to homes around the world with some truly stunning artwork. We had a great time chatting away about how courses are ever evolving, and how the current renaissance of GCA is shifting the focus on how we see & enjoy golf in the UK. 

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