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Sounder Golf | Players' Journal

Introducing the Sounder Clubhouse at The Scores
Jun 1, 20222 min read
Introducing the Sounder Clubhouse at The Scores

The 150th Open Championship takes place at the Home of Golf this summer - and we're inviting you to join us at the heart of the action.

Golf is an invitation
May 3, 20223 min read
Golf is an invitation

When the marketing might of Nike met the genius of Tiger Woods, the golf industry changed forever. But a chance encounter and a Nike film from the pre-Tiger era gave Jon Davie a glimpse into an alt...

Shrinking the game
Mar 31, 202210 min read
Shrinking the game

Like many other people, lockdown prompted Dan Davies to leave the city in search of a new life in the country. Which in Dan's case, meant fulfilling a lifelong ambition - to create his very own bac...

The alternative guide to club fitting - Part 2
Feb 22, 20226 min read
The alternative guide to club fitting - Part 2

Part 1 of Richard Pennell's guide to joining a golf club covered the membership interview. If you've made it this far, you're ready for Part 2 - the play-in round...

Beer, frat boys and the myth of 'growing the game'
Feb 14, 20223 min read
Beer, frat boys and the myth of 'growing the game'

Sounder co-founder James Day has spent his whole career fighting for a more accessible, sustainable and enjoyable version of golf. So why is he so cynical about the frat-party crowds who flocked to...

The alternative guide to club fitting - Part 1
Feb 2, 20228 min read
The alternative guide to club fitting - Part 1

Richard Pennell has been around golf for 35 years - as a player, greenkeeper, secretary and humble club member - and most recently, as the the author of the Stymied blog. In his first piece writin...

Our resolution for 2022: be more like Eric
Dec 30, 20211 min read
Our resolution for 2022: be more like Eric

Meet Eric - a golfer, a caddie, a musician and a gentleman. When we visited the west coast of Scotland back in the summer, he was there to guide us around the magical links of Machrihanish, Machrih...

Don’t believe the hype
Dec 20, 20213 min read
Don’t believe the hype

Our resident club-maker and equipment nerd James Day does not want to unwrap a new driver on Christmas morning

The first man to play golf in America
Nov 30, 20216 min read
The first man to play golf in America

In the second part of our ‘interview’ with Horace Hutchinson, the English pioneer who played, wrote and travelled widely in golf’s early years, we hear tales of Old Tom Morris, John Ball and JH Tay...

Solid 5: lost golf brands
Nov 11, 20214 min read
Solid 5: lost golf brands

The story of Sounder begins with the brand of clubs that Seve played back in the 1970s. We've been picking up vintage Sounder gear on eBay since we decided on the name - which got us thinking about...

Made in Scotland
Nov 1, 20215 min read
Made in Scotland

Our new luggage range is handmade by the team at Montrose Rope & Sail, a 230-year-old firm located just a few solid iron shots away from the town’s even more historic golf course. Here, Managin...

A horse without a rider
Oct 4, 20215 min read
A horse without a rider

Golf is a sport that forces us to look in the mirror, even if we don't always like what we see staring back at us. In his first piece for Sounder, Jack Fairey takes a trip into his golfing subconsc...

The extraordinary legacy of Samuel Ryder
Sep 23, 20215 min read
The extraordinary legacy of Samuel Ryder

As the eyes of the sporting world turn to the Ryder Cup, Charlie Lemay went in search of the man who created the biggest event in golf

White fence
Sep 9, 20214 min read
White fence

When a football injury forced Josh Coles into golfing exile, he realised that the game meant more to him than he ever knew.

Mini golf. Max fun.
Aug 9, 20211 min read
Mini golf. Max fun.

An exclusive introduction to Patchrihanish – the toughest five-hole par-15 golf course in Scotland

It all started in the Army PX
Jul 29, 20216 min read
It all started in the Army PX

Every golfer remembers their first set of clubs. For Charlie Lemay, his lifelong love of golf began when he set eyes on a junior half-set in the Army Exchange Service…

John Daly: What I’ve Learned
Jun 24, 20217 min read
John Daly: What I’ve Learned

In the days leading up to the Open Championship at Royal Portrush, the Wild Thing took part in a special Q&A at Urban Golf in London, in which he discussed his childhood, his majors, the Ryder ...

Ghosts of the muni
Jun 11, 202110 min read
Ghosts of the muni

The two public courses in London’s Richmond Park were once the busiest in Europe, possibly the world. As a boy, Dan Davies all but lived there, which made his return so many years later all the mor...

"At some clubs they think I’m going to rock up in a turban and a rickshaw"
May 28, 20219 min read
"At some clubs they think I’m going to rock up in a turban and a rickshaw"

As a successful businessman and pillar of the community, Jas Athwal is exactly the kind of man who gets elected captain of his golf club. But 20 years later, he still feels like an outsider becaus...

Solid 5: golf club lunches
May 17, 20214 min read
Solid 5: golf club lunches

Playing golf is hungry work. Jon Davie gets the lowdown on the best dining experiences from across the golfing world.

Who said golf was supposed to be fair?
May 5, 20213 min read
Who said golf was supposed to be fair?

The inexorable march of technology is creating a generation of golfers who lack imagination and resilience, argues Sounder partner James Day.