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Solid 5: Golfing Drinks
Feb 6, 20253 min read
Solid 5: Golfing Drinks

As the PGA Tour heads to the bacchanalian frat party that is the Waste Management, Jon Davie canvassed the Sounder community to compile our five favourite golf club tipples.

Solid 5: Opening Tee Shots
Jan 9, 20253 min read
Solid 5: Opening Tee Shots

Even the most experienced players feel the butterflies when teeing it up somewhere new. But some first tees are more intimidating than others - in fact Jon Davie found it hard to reduce this list t...

Solid 5: Winter golf
Jan 2, 20252 min read
Solid 5: Winter golf

For many of us, winter golf means temporary greens, plugged balls and desperate attempts to chip off muddy lies that can lead to short game demons that will last the whole season. But it doesn't ha...

Why I love analogue golf in a digital world
Dec 16, 20243 min read
Why I love analogue golf in a digital world

In today’s always-on world, golf offers us a rare opportunity to embrace the unpredictable. In his second piece for the Players’ Journal, Bullpens & Bunkers explains how he learned to love exp...

A golfers' passport
Oct 23, 20246 min read
A golfers' passport

There are nearly 40,000 golf courses on planet earth, and nearly half of them are found in the United States. But not all golf courses are created equal, as Bullpens & Bunkers found when work b...

What’s In Your Bag? A Retrospective…
Oct 16, 20243 min read
What’s In Your Bag? A Retrospective…

Modern equipment might make the game easier, but does it make it more enjoyable? James Day is not convinced...

How the past informs the present (and should shape the future)
Aug 23, 20244 min read
How the past informs the present (and should shape the future)

The golf business is obsessed with finding the next big thing. But for Robert Green, the answers to a sustainable future can be found in the game's rich traditions and history. 

The perfect half-way house
May 16, 20244 min read
The perfect half-way house

Cold beers, cosy rooms and ketchup in a bottle – Jon Davie breaks down the details that make up the perfect half-way house.

Style is eternal
Apr 4, 20243 min read
Style is eternal

After the wettest winter in living memory, the kaleidoscope of colour that is The Masters is more welcome than ever. Richard Pennell sets the scene for the start of the golfing year.

Made in America
Feb 21, 20247 min read
Made in America

We started the year with our annual trip to golf's January jamboree in Florida. But this year, we went beyond Orlando in search of a more authentic American golf experience. Jon Davie reports from ...

One club? No problem
Jan 20, 20244 min read
One club? No problem

The Old Tom One is a unique golf competition. Competitors must tackle the challenge of Cleeve Hill armed with a single weapon of their choice. The man behind the madness is Alex Frolish - and this ...

The delusion of the winter golfer
Jan 10, 20246 min read
The delusion of the winter golfer

Winter rules, temporary greens and thinned iron shots that travel up your arms like an electric shock... Richard Pennell salutes the resilience of the winter golfer.

Introducing the Sounder Club Collection
Nov 13, 20234 min read
Introducing the Sounder Club Collection

We always wanted Sounder to be more than just a label. Sounder is about celebrating everything that we love about golf - and for our co-founder and golf-nerd-in-chief, that means equipment. James D...

The Trip: Packing for Portugal
Nov 2, 20233 min read
The Trip: Packing for Portugal

As the rain lashes down in London, James Day is gearing up for the first European golf trip of the winter - a classic weekend on the Algarve. Here's what he's packing...

From a garage in suburban New Jersey: the story of Sounder, Part II
Oct 17, 20234 min read
From a garage in suburban New Jersey: the story of Sounder, Part II

Jon Davie goes in search of Vance Elkins Junior - an engineer, a golfer and a good old-fashioned inventor - and the man who created the original Sounder golf clubs.

What I've learned: Ryan Noades
Aug 1, 20239 min read
What I've learned: Ryan Noades

The restoration of The Addington is perhaps the most exciting golf course project in contemporary British golf. Dan Davies sat down with Ryan Noades, the man driving the transformation.

The Sounder Tour Pro Exhibition Match at Cleeve Hill: 3pm, Sunday 18 June
Jun 10, 20232 min read
The Sounder Tour Pro Exhibition Match at Cleeve Hill: 3pm, Sunday 18 June

Join us in Cheltenham for an exhibition match featuring four professionals boasting nearly 500 European Tour appearances between them

Shop Sounder at Gleneagles and Carnoustie
Jun 6, 20232 min read
Shop Sounder at Gleneagles and Carnoustie

You can now shop exclusive co-branded Sounder gear from our 2023 collection at two of Scotland's most storied golf destinations.

One man and his bag
May 17, 20233 min read
One man and his bag

In our world of constant consumerism, Sunday is just another shopping day. But for Richard Pennell, there's still something sacred about the Sabbath, even if his place of worship is a golf course r...

Solid 5: Mini Golf Courses
May 2, 20233 min read
Solid 5: Mini Golf Courses

Like fish & chips and unrelenting rain, mini golf courses are a staple of the Great British Seaside. Richard Gottfried has clocked up more than 1,000 rounds around the world - Ned Bent asked hi...

What’s in a name? The story of Sounder…
Apr 24, 20233 min read
What’s in a name? The story of Sounder…

We named our new label Sounder after the brand of clubs that Seve played when he first emerged on the professional scene. But we never really knew the full story of the original Sounder marque, unt...