September 2023

Les Bordes: The Old Course – Robert Von Hagge

2023-09-12T08:43:00+00:00September 12th, 2023|Blog, Uncategorized|

An honours board commemorating those that have broken 80, or kept the same ball in play all the way round. A course that is famed for its difficulty and an obscenely small membership (as low as 3 if some rumours are to be believed), Les Bordes has been the stuff of legend and mystique for many years. More recently however with events like The Bridges Cup and the addition of a second course (The New) by Gil Hanse, this club is creating a fresh history of its own.  Not surprisingly then, when an invitation came through to visit and see [...]

June 2023

The Addington: Right where it needs to be, to become world class again

2023-06-30T08:05:42+00:00June 30th, 2023|Uncategorized|

  In September 2020, we recorded a podcast with Jasper Miners & Sam Cooper from @evalu18golf. The pandemic was raging and a certain character - Ryan Noades - had been sending out dossiers to the wider golfing community about a restoration to his course at somewhere called ‘The Addington’ in Croydon, only 10 miles outside of central London.   This promised to be one of the most daring and radical restorations Britain had ever seen, reverentially bringing back the great layout that Abercromby & Colt had left behind before the onset of WWII. On that podcast Jasper uttered the immortal words; [...]

Retro Day Details

2023-06-13T19:49:24+00:00June 13th, 2023|Uncategorized|

Details of the day Thank you all for choosing to attend the first of a number of small gatherings that we are planning to put together in the coming months. The details for the day is as follows: 11:00 - Meet at Minchinhampton Old Course 11:30 - Bacon Rolls and Coffee 12:36 - First Tee Shot Minchinhampton Old is on common land and as such, does not have the luxury of any irrigation. With the blistering heat and lack of rain in the last few weeks, the club has asked us to temper expectation on green speed, [...]

February 2023

Netherlands Series – Noordwijkse Golf Club

2023-02-14T19:00:30+00:00February 14th, 2023|Uncategorized, Video|

Our fourth stop off in The Netherlands was at Noordwijkse Golf Club. The most recent links course in the country, and product of passionate members who pioneered the project when the club was left without a home in 1972. The land at Noordwijkse is without doubt the strongest golfing terrain we found in the country. Pure white sand, blown out dunes, rolling and crashing landforms. The club are now embarking on the next chapter in their evolution with the assistance of Martin Ebert who is helping the club with a long term plan. https://youtu.be/SDoSEUP9Ehk

Tour Journal: Noordwijkse Golf Club

2023-02-14T09:44:59+00:00February 14th, 2023|Blog, Uncategorized|

A continued blog piece to coincide with our filming releases in The Netherlands... in partnership with Day 3 (Afternoon) - Noordwijkse Time was more than tight. I think all three of us are proud to say that we've never missed a tee time before, but this one was looking tighter than Rory’s episode at Medinah in 2012. We departed Kennemer 15 minutes before balls were meant to be in the air at Noordwijkse, Google Maps was showing the journey time as 20 minutes, and it later transpired that the Club was a further 3 miles past the pin location that [...]

July 2022

The Post Major Money Grab

2022-07-22T18:58:14+00:00July 22nd, 2022|Uncategorized|

July is an important milestone in the calendar of golf. It signifies the end of the major season, and what a major season it has been. We have had Scotty Scheffler win at Augusta National, dominate the early season and rise to world number 1. Justin Thomas then overcame a shank in the final round to close out a wonderful PGA. Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick winning the US Open and his first PGA tour victory on the same course he won the US amateur and Cam Smith closing in style with an 8 under par 64 to win the 150th [...]

December 2021

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