Events
An Afternoon at Sunningdale Heath
Some highlights from a wonderful afternoon at Sunningdale Heath. 36 golfers assembled for some drinks, fourball golf with rounds completed in well under 3 hours and the finest bacon sandwich in the business. Congratulations to Elaine who took the spoils and Peter Handcock as lowest gross with 58. Despite its short length, we firmly believe that Sunningdale Heath offers golfers of all abilities a test and more often than not, requires you to hit far more shots in the bag! For more on Sunningdale Heath, check out their website or Instagram page. https://youtu.be/HMzs3W1-rVY
Retro Day at Princes – 20th March 2025
We’re kick starting our 2025 event campaign, with a Retro Day at Prince’s, host of the 1932 Open Championship where Gene Sarazen lifted the Claret Jug with his new fangled iron with a beefed up sole, what would become known as ’the sand wedge’. Sarazen’s win at prince’s in ’32 was a watershed moment in the history of Prince’s as well as in the evolution of golf club design. As a reminder, our retro events require you play (wherever possible) with pre-1997 clubs, and bonus points are up for grabs for any retro clothing you are wearing. We’ll be playing the Himalayas and Shore nines, kicking off with breakfast, 18 holes and a late lunch. All for £80 per person, and lodging can be laid on for a small extra cost if you notify us in advance. We might even try and organise a splinter group to take on [...]
Spring Meeting at Wallasey – 29th April 2025
Traditionally marking the ceremonial start of the golfing season, our Spring Meeting is now on its fourth instalment. This year, hosted at Wallasey Golf Club, a course which has been making huge strides in recent years with the talented John McLoughlin at the helm, under the counsel of Clayton DeVries & Pont, is also co-hosting the English Amateur Championship alongside Royal Liverpool. Boasting some of the best duneland on England’s North West coast, it was also where Dr Frank Stableford invented the stableford scoring system as well as where Bobby Jones qualified for The Open in 1930. For a taste of our previous Spring Meetings: Addington, Moortown & Alwoodley, and Prince’s and Royal St George’s. Cost: £180
Retro Day at Reigate Heath – 23rd May 2025
Back by popular demand, our second Retro Day of the year takes us to the brilliant Reigate Heath. This superb 9-hole course, with two sets of tees for variety across 18 holes, promises an afternoon of nostalgic golf. For just £60, enjoy tee times followed by a BBQ beneath the iconic windmill. Dust off your Ben Sayers blades and Pringle jumpers, as pre-1999 clothing and equipment are once again the order of the day. A proper throwback on one of England’s finest nine-holers! For a taste of what’s in store, check out our last Retro Day at West Byfleet here. Cost: £60
Afternoon Tee at Formby Ladies – 22nd August 2025
Spend the day at one of our absolute favourites – Formby Ladies, a 5,300-yard heathland gem that’s as enjoyable as it is unique. Before your round, unwind with a proper afternoon tea in the newly refurbished clubhouse. At £100 for the day, it’s a brilliant opportunity to experience one of the most charming courses in the country. Cost: £100
Autumn Meeting at Little Aston – 24th September 2025
Join us this autumn at Little Aston for a proper day of putting, lunching, and camaraderie. For £125, enjoy 18 holes on one a Colt/Vardon layout, followed by a jacket-and-tie lunch in the clubhouse – the kind of lunch you don’t rush. The day concludes with an afternoon putting competition and drinks on their infamous putting green. Plus, you’ll take home some quality merchandise to remember the occasion. Cost: £125
Previous Events
Afternoon at Sunningdale Heath – 3rd October 2025
Sunningdale Heath may be a par 58, but don’t be fooled – it’s a real long iron test and far from easy despite the yardage. Designed by Harry Colt, this charming course offers a quick round, typically wrapped up in just 2.5 hours, leaving plenty of time to enjoy the best bacon roll in the game and a bit of cornhole afterwards. The event was so much fun last year, we had to do it again. All this for just £50 – a perfect afternoon. For a taste of what’s in store, check out our last year’s event here. Cost: £50
The Addington: Cookie Jar Spring Meeting MMXXIV
Film from our first event of 2024, the much-anticipated Spring Meeting! Epic day at The Addington, not only one of Britain's most storied golf clubs but also undergoing the most bold and daring restorations under the stewardship of Ryan Noades, guided by Clayton DeVries & Pont. For more on The Addington, head to their socials @addingtongc or their website... or even better, check out the two-part Course Diaries podcast we have just released! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt5_Dt25Ocw&t=83s
#FeelTheJoy Summer Mixer: Blackwell, July 2024
Film from our wonderful day at Blackwell hosted in partnership with @FootJoy 18 holes of stableford golf, an excellent liquid lunch and some afternoon foursomes! Huge thanks to everyone who came and made it so special, to Blackwell for being the perfect venue and of course, our friends at FootJoy for providing everyone with some fresh wheels in the morning Friday's don't come much better! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7cwXACxiAE&t=88s
CJG x Sounder Golf Retro Extravaganza: West Byfleet Golf Club
People from all over the country descended on West Byfleet Golf Club on the 19th October for our second Retro Event. Everyone playing took things seriously, carefully curating their sets with persimmon, blades, wands and clubs of special meaning. West Byfleet is a wonderful course for such an event, playable and relatively generous off the tee, but with all the intricacy to ensure players wishing to be in the prizes needed all the shots. Huge congratulations to ex Touring Pro Josh White for his 67 and winning the gross, as well as nearest the pin leaving it inside an inch. Bernie Scotland won the nett, despite his son Zane playing with 'his irons' in the event! Thanks again to West Byfleet and Sounder Golf for helping make this event possible, as well as everyones generosity for providing clubs to Entebbe Golf Club in Uganda to help support the growth of [...]
Spring Meeting MMXXIII at Moortown & The Alwoodley Golf Club
Our 2023 Spring Meeting was held at Moortown & The Alwoodley Golf Club on the 10th & 11th May. A celebration of the early work by the great Dr Alister MacKenzie who designed and laid out the courses in Leeds. Alwoodley was his maiden attempt and nervous members - keen to find out whether their money was going to good use - appointed HS Colt to come and check the work by this physician turned architect. Not long after, MacKenzie was part of the group of founding memebrs at Moortown looking to establish a course less than a mile from Alwoodley. He built the now 10th hole 'Gibraltar' and accepted nominations from prospective members hoping to raise the funds to build 9 holes. it was so successful that funding was sufficient to build a full 18 hole course and since then, the position of these two courses in the history [...]
Masters Friday at Blackwell
Our full match report from the event can be found here. Film from our first event of 2023, Masters Friday at Blackwell Golf Club. 44 players from across the country descended on the mIdlands for a traditional club lunch, 18 holes and an evening spent watching the action unfold at Augusta National. Wonderful event, and big congratulations to our winners: 1st Mark Edwards winning a custom fit TaylorMade driver 2nd Rob Griffiths on a playoff Saunders & Long MVP winner: Mike Harris for buying 4 bottles of champagne to celebrate each of his par's on the way round - truly heroic! https://youtu.be/g4ZXJgPKMJM
The Cookie Jar Christmas Party at Urban Golf
''The Crump Cup of British Indoor Golf'' as it was affectionately dubbed! 70 people all flocked to Urban Golf in Smithfield, London to spend the evening spreading some festive cheer, a few holes on the sims and a few cold ones! A massive thank you to Urban Golf for laying the event on for everyone. The competition mirrored the format of a mid-am! A full match report can be found on our blog section of our website (linked below) - essentially a 3 hole qualification stroke play round to determine 8 quarter finalists who battled it out on the old course... with one club only! Great fun and looking forward to more events next year! Read our match report for more here https://youtu.be/I4oTFuU5T44
The 2022 Spring Meeting at Prince’s & Royal St. George’s
The spring meeting is a staple of the golfing calendar, whereby a group of people convene following a long cold winter to mark the start of the golfing season. At the start of the year, we thought we would have a go at doing one with a twist! Two days in Kent with music, fireworks, great food, world class golf courses and of course, a group of people who share an unrivalled passion for the game! Special thanks must go to Prince's and Royal St. George's Golf Club who, without their extreme generosity and support for Cookie Jar, the event could simply not have been possible. https://youtu.be/t45go-Aeldk
