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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 [...]

The club was established in 1869 making it the oldest 9 hole links in England. The course was designed by the famous Scottish golfer Mungo Park, winner of the 1874 Open Championship at Musselburgh. He was also the club's first professional/greenkeeper. We stopped by here after a game at Goswick last year, and having been told about it by Ronan Rafferty we just couldn't resist. We're so glad we did. This 9 hole layout is the epitome of simplicity. 5 holes away, and 4 coming back, almost like a miniature version of The Old Course at St Andrews with Granny Clark's Wynd crossing the second fairway, and starting / finishing from within the town. There's a lot of history to this little beauty of a course, and we're delighted to bring you this film. https://youtu.be/p_AnBf2oHfY

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 [...]

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

Back in October we visited Goswick Golf Club, lying on a remote strip of ground 30 miles north of Newcastle and 6 miles south of Berwick upon Tweed. We're delighted with how this film came out - a break from tradition from our usual films! Goswick is a club with a rich history dating back to 1890. The initial course has evolved over time, steadily stretching northwards with the involvement of James Braid, Willie Park Jnr and more recently Mackenzie & Ebert. Because its slightly off the beaten path, not enough spotlight goes to clubs like Goswick, Seaton Carew or Bamburgh / Dunstanburgh Castle, however this film (and perhaps some more to come) will give you a sneak peak as to what you are missing! https://youtu.be/FTIVP9CXOu8

Our fifth and final stop on our Netherlands series is from the revered Koninklijke Haagsche, a.k.a. Royal Hague. Whilst the club was the first to be founded in The Netherlands, the course that now plays home to the club was the brainchild of a wealthy Dutch-Jewish businessman Daniel Wolf. This club boasts a rich and fascinating history. The course is bold. Huge features, commensurate with the land it sits on and rounds out the final stages of the work of Colt and his associates in the Netherlands. https://youtu.be/nY-DLzD5Amc

Our third instalment from our Netherlands Tour in partnership with FootJoy at the end of 2022 takes us to Kennemer Golf & Country Club a stones throw inland from the beaches of Zandvoort. Home to 27 holes, each named after prominent figures in the clubs history - Van Hengel, Pennink & Colt - this is one of the most traditional and well regarded clubs in The Netherlands. https://youtu.be/33hgKFdM7ms Kennemer Narration. The coastal town of Zandvoort in North Holland is known for two things: beaches and Formula 1 racing. And just a stones throw from the famous beaches you will find the Kennemer Golf Club, one of the oldest and most traditional clubs in the Netherlands. It’s apparent from the moment you set foot inside the clubhouse at Kennemer that this is a club which is proud of its history. An aura much like many of the quintessential British [...]

https://youtu.be/2t_SiN9c1a0 Our second instalment from our Netherlands Tour in partnership with FootJoy at the end of 2022 takes us to Utrecht Golf Club - 'De Pan' - situated just 15 minutes outside of the student city of Utrecht. Utrecht Golf Club is regarded as one of the great inland layouts in continental Europe and consistently ranked inside the top 100 course in the world. Our Netherlands series will see us cover 5 courses, with a 2 part tour film, as well as 5 course films, podcasts from the clubs, photography on our social and of course some editorial over on our blog! Follow along to make sure you don't miss a beat! Details of series below; 17 JAN: Eindhoven Golf Club 24 JAN: Utrecht Golf Club De Pan 31 JAN: Netherlands Tour Film pt I 7 FEB: Kennemer Golf & Country Club 14 FEB: Noordwijkse Golf Club 21 FEB: [...]