December 2024

278 – Bobby’s Open: The 1926 Open Championship with Dr Steven Reid

2024-12-10T06:53:56+00:00December 10th, 2024|Golf History, Player Profiles, Players, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

Sam & Tom sit down in the members' bar at Royal Lytham & St Anne's Golf Club to meet with Dr Steven Reid, lifelong member at Lytham and author of Bobby's Open, charting the tale of how Bobby Jones came to win his first Claret Jug. He would go on to defend it successfully in 1927, as well as winning at Royal Liverpool in 1930 on his way to completing the 'impregnable quadrilateral'. Steven's book - foreworded by Jack Nicklaus - is a captivating read and brings to life in viivd detail the struggles Jones went through, not [...]

November 2024

The Berrie Portrait, words by Dr Steven Reid

2024-12-10T06:54:50+00:00November 29th, 2024|Blog, Golf History, Uncategorized|

Dr Steven Reid is a lifelong member of Royal Lytham & St Anne's Golf Club, an author and historian with more than a slight interest in the life of Bobby Jones. After our podcast discussing the 1926 Open Championship (brilliantly chronicled in his book; 'Bobby's Open', talk turned to the famous Berrie portrait which was commissioned by Wallasey member and ex-captain Sir Ernest Royden, and painted by John A.A.Berrie. In this excellent article, Steven takes us closer to how a portrait from 1930 came to become the most iconic image of Bobby Jones and one that we all [...]

277 – Nigel Edwards

2024-12-10T06:43:31+00:00November 19th, 2024|Golf History, Players, Podcasts|

After a chance encounter at The Curtis Cup, Tom sits down with Nigel to discuss his career as one of the most decorated amateurs in British golf. Nigel isn't just one of the most successful Duncan Putter winners in the history of Southerndown, he’s also: Represented GB&I in 4 Walker Cups (01, 03, 05 & 07) Holed the winning putt at Ganton in 2003 Captained GB&I in the Walker Cup in 2011, 2013, and was reappointed captain at Lytham in 2015 Represented Wales in seven European Team Amateur Championships Played for GB&I in 3 St Andrews Trophies and [...]

October 2024

273 – Halloween Special Eclectic 18: Simon Haines (pt 2)

2024-10-30T21:41:32+00:00October 30th, 2024|Course Diaries, Eclectic 18, Golf History, Podcasts|

In this special two-part podcast, Simon unpacks his Eclectic 18 from holes that no longer exist. Please see our show notes on our blog here to view some of these holes, beautifully compiled by Simon. While the link to Halloween might be tenuous, we hope that doesn't deter you from enjoying what is an exceptional podcast. In the first part, we go through Simon's back nine. Par 32, 2,456 yards 10 - Sunningdale (New) - Par 3 - 160 yards 11 - Hangar Hill - Par 4 - 430 yards 12 - Chadwick Manor - Par 4 - [...]

Holes that No Longer Exist – Eclectic 18 w/ Simon Haines

2024-11-02T07:14:17+00:00October 30th, 2024|Blog, Eclectic 18, Golf History|

Simon Haines sat down with us to record this epic two-part Eclectic 18 special with us, chronicling some of the most interesting holes which ‘no longer exist’.   We are enormously grateful for the research and time taken to pull this together, especially these archive images which he has kindly shared with us for publication. The podcasts can be found on this page, and on all major podcasting platforms.  Simon Haines is a Midlands-man, a good friend of ours and one of the most respected golf course historians out there, who - over many many years now - has [...]

272 – Halloween Special Eclectic 18: Simon Haines (pt 1)

2024-10-30T21:39:18+00:00October 29th, 2024|Course Diaries, Eclectic 18, Golf History, Podcasts|

In this special two-part podcast, Simon unpacks his Eclectic 18 from holes that no longer exist. Please see our show notes on our blog here to view some of these holes, beautifully compiled by Simon. While the link to Halloween might be tenuous, we hope that doesn't deter you from enjoying what is an exceptional podcast. In the first part, we go through Simon's front nine. Par 34, 2,845 yards 1 - Prestwick - Par 5 - 578 yards 2 - Headingley - Par 4 - 407 yards 3 - Royal St George's - Par 4 - 267 [...]

265 – The Yorkshire Challenge

2024-10-05T20:43:42+00:00October 5th, 2024|Course Diaries, Golf Course Architecture, Golf History, Podcasts|

Sam and Tom debrief on a big few days spent up on the land of Yorkshire. Three days of golf at Lindrick, Ganton & Moortown, as well as a bit of a download from the much talked about 'Denham Bowl'... Special mention this week to Royal County Down who will be playing host to the Irish Open and what is a very rare chance to see the spectacular links on TV. Latest Products

August 2024

260 – Course Diaries: Seaton Carew

2024-08-16T10:24:13+00:00August 16th, 2024|Course Diaries, Golf History, Podcasts|

Sam sits down during the English Amateur Championship at Seaton Carew for this Course Diaries episode. Alex and the rest of the team at the club are on a journey of taking this historic 22-hole links through phases of constant improvement and in 2024 the club is celebrating its 150th anniversary! Latest Products

258: Course Diaries – The Addington w/ Ryan Noades pt 1

2024-08-16T10:22:09+00:00August 16th, 2024|Course Diaries, Golf History, Podcasts|

Live from an undisclosed beer garden in South West London, after an 18-hour day, we finally sat down to record this podcast. A Course Diaries podcast with Ryan was always going to be a long one, so this is a two-parter. We'll be releasing Part II early next week. In this episode, we talk about why The Addington is unique, how the club came into the ownership of Ron Noades and before him Moira Fabes, and much more of the history at The Addington, including the golden years when it was seen as 'the Sunningdale before Sunningdale.' For [...]

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