The long winter hibernation is nearly over, and this year more than ever, Charlie Lemay is dreaming about Augusta. The Masters is just around the corner, and that means the start of the golf season.
The idea for Sounder was forged in the workshop where James Day has spent 20 years searching for golfing nirvana - the perfect combination of aesthetics, functionality and feeling.
The last round Tiger Woods played in the United Kingdom was his second at the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush. Watching from inside the ropes, Dan Davies followed him every step of the way.
From black and white archive footage to the latest drone-enabled course reviews, our social media guru Charlie Lemay digs out some golfing gems from YouTube to help you through the last few weeks o...
In a series of exclusive interviews for Sounder, Robert Rock, Eddie Pepperell and Craig Lee recall the wettest and most miserable day of the 2020 European Tour season. Story by Mark Townsend.
Horatio Gordon ‘Horace’ Hutchinson learned to play golf in the 1860s at Westward Ho! in North Devon and became one of the sport’s most prodigious early exponents in England. Having helped to establ...
Meghan MacLaren is a professional golfer, and also one of the most original and insightful writers on the game. She was a prolific winner of collegiate events while studying at Florida Internationa...
It’s a revelation, says John Crabtree of @OldSchoolGolf, how many golfers there are who yearn for a different kind of game — a throwback game — played with fewer and simpler clubs, and focussed on ...
YouTube isn’t just home to half-baked swing tips and self-styled ‘influencers’ – it’s also a treasure trove of swing footage from some of the world’s greats. Sounder founding partner James Day pick...
Jordan Borad, who runs @vintagegolfwear on Instagram, grew up in the 1980s playing baseball and basketball — and dismissing golf as an old man’s sport. But then his grandfather turned him on to the...
Solid 5 is our occasional series that celebrates the things we love about the game. Given that most of us in the UK aren't able to play at the moment, we're kicking things off with something we can...
This time last year, we were full of excitement for what 2020 would bring. Our plans for the launch of Sounder were taking shape, and like all golfers heading to the first tee, we had a spring in o...
As the world's best players gather in Augusta, Sounder's Charlie Lemay introduces us to the amateurs in the field - the guys playing for the love of the game, just like the rest of us.
The restorative powers of playing golf at home – in silence – has been a source of salvation for radio presenter and journalist Gordon Smart during one of the worst years of his life, as well as se...
This is a story that starts more than a decade ago, when Sounder co-founder James Day become a an expert on precision golf ball manufacturing quite by accident.
“Five years ago, if you told me that I’d be lugging a golf bag up and down stairs and changing platforms and getting on and off trains and buses, I’d be like, ‘You’re mad. That’s never going to hap...
From his distant junior days striding sun dappled fairways with his father to the cathedral-like peace of an Alastair Mackenzie masterpiece at dusk, Mark Townsend explains why evening golf has long...
James Day is just old enough to have used persimmon woods in competition. Now, having returned to tradition, he’s discovered the real difference is what it makes you do
One man's quest for a cure for the chipping yips, and (it's hoped) a reconnection with the joys of childhood. Dan Davies' golfing memoir features guest appearances by Rory McIlroy, Nick Faldo, Loui...
All golfers are prone to daydreaming about the game. But Jon Davie found that the truth was much more revealing than he could have imagined.