Paul Craven is a man of many talents. A member of The Magic Circle, an industry leader on the subject of heuristics and behavioural science, and also one of the club's passionate archivists at Royal Cinque Ports (aka 'Deal). We sat down with him 42 minutes before the clubhouse closed when we were down in Kent last week to talk to him about the evolution of the links, the connections it has with The Open and the Halford Hewitt, as well as some of the quirky and amusing tales from yesteryear. It's a cracking episode and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did recording it!. For more on Paul Craven, please head over to his website at www.paulcraven.com or follow him on twitter @cravenpartners hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast we are having a fantastic time of where [...]

Sam, Tom & Bruce are joined by Harry to talk about their time at The Golf House Club at Elie. The excitement from their afternoon should tell you all you need to know about this beaut of a links in Fife. It’s a wide ranging discussion from an afternoon in the sun, complete with information about the course, the iconic periscope and of course the grudge match. We also talk about our latest fit with TaylorMade and the new Stealth equipment which was in the bag! hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills and today I'm joined by Bruce Fitzpatrick good evening do you think you could maybe just do me an introduction on one podcast one day where you don't you know what is such a precious little petal aren't you come on Tom get on with [...]

Sam & Tom de-brief from their time at Appleby Golf Club. A course that Sam has long wanted to visit, and for Tom an opportunity that came at the last minute. We really enjoyed visiting Appleby - a standout example of sustainable golf in Britain, with views to die for,  incredibly pure putting surfaces and some excellent holes. Next time you find yourself in the vicinity, make sure to visit! hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast I am Sam Williams and today I'm joined by my host Tom Mills Tom hello how are you doing very well thank you how are you I don't know I just thought I'd jumped in there and kick it off I think that was quite nice actually a good start to the Pod is much more energetic than it usually is yeah yeah exactly but [...]

Our first instalment from 'Course Diaries' in 2022 comes from Royal County Down where Sam & Tom catch up with Dr Brian Fleming, one of the clubs' archivists and a long standing member who knows the evolution of the club and the course itself better than most. It's a fascinating story including the history behind many of the traditions that are still kept today. hello and welcome back to another episode of the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills and today I'm joined by Sam Williams greetings Thomas pleasure as always and we have a special guest on the club archivist or one of the club archivists from Royal County Down Golf Club in Northern Ireland Brian Fleming Brian welcome to the podcast good evening thank you uh nice to meet you Tom and Sam thank you so it must be a true honor to be [...]

Tom & Sam wax lyrical about their trip to Northern Ireland. Starting with Royal County Down, a visit to Royal Portrush, and two cracking 9 hole course - Bushfoot & The Bann course at Castlerock… it was a great trip and a great insight into what Ireland in general has to offer. From ‘underlining’ to Hall & Oates on the course - it’s all in here hello and welcome back to the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills and today I am joined by my friend Sam Williams greetings Thomas feels like a real while since I've potted and I don't know why that is it's been like 10 days last one was it was a course Diaries at Sunningdale Heath yeah but we had that in the chamber for a good week I would say maybe two and before that was Ryder Cup so I'm [...]

In this episode of Course Diaries, Tom & Sam visit Sunningdale Heath Golf Club in Surrey. It will take you only five minutes of this podcast to realise how taken we were with this place. Fantastic feel to a fantastic golf club. hello and welcome back to another interesting episode of the cookie jar golf podcast I am Tom Mills um you might hear a lot of noise around me today we are in the beautiful surroundings of Sunnydale Heath and I'm joined by my friend Sam Williams Sam welcome to Poker Thomas I'm more thrilled to be here than usual on a podcast this is an outstanding place would you say we're potting live we're always potting live we're potting post uh post perennial screamers around Sunnydale Heath so um we're sound an outstanding little Terrace aren't we which for anyone who doesn't know about Sunningdale Heath [...]

Episode 100 is a course diaries feature from Bruce & Sam's time down at Burnham & Berrow, playing foursomes golf in the Brent Knoll Bowl. Incredible fun out on the links in arguably the purest form of the game... We talk about the course, the influence of the early greats like JH Taylor & Colt, recent alterations by Mackenzie & Ebert and we discuss the format itself. hello and welcome back to the cookie jar golf podcast I'm Sam Williams and it is a great privilege to introduce my foursomest part of last weekend Bruce Fitzpatrick to the pod hello how are we doing mate I'm excellent actually how are you yeah I'm all the better for this new microphone I'm wielding the new sm58 so a bit of investment in jhq last few weeks something handheld um I'm sticking with the old one um oh yeah I [...]

A round up from our time at Worcester Golf & Country Club. Originally laid out by Alister MacKenzie in the 1920’s, it’s exactly the sort of Golden Age wonder you can easily skip past when you focus on the trophy links courses around the UK. Was really cool getting off the beaten path and playing somewhere different… hello and welcome back to the cookie jar golf podcast crumbs episode pilot Mark II course Diaries course Diaries Thomas all right the cookie crumbs is something you've been trying to push for a long time it's course Diaries yeah the crumbs have to be something different I suppose but I am Tom Mills for those of you don't know and I am joined by Sam Williams great thanks how are we yeah good mate can't complain another course diary under the belt good fun wasn't it so we we actually went [...]

A new concept from us, we thought we would start releasing some shorter podcasts centred around some of the courses we play on our travels. Here is the first one, from our recent visit to the quirky, short, and absurdly difficult Painswick in Gloucestershire. This place is F-U-N! hello and welcome back to a new series or a new semi-series or a new sub series of the cookie jar golf podcast I'll just call it a different flavor it just basically it's gonna be the same thing as the cookie jar golf podcast but it's going to be little micro pods the cookie crumbs some would say I am Tom Mills and today I'm only joined by Sam Williams greetings Thomas hello Sam you're right yeah good mate so um just introducing this concept I guess we constantly talk about some of the golf courses we play but [...]