Bunkered

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bunkered
Cover-issue-207-1.jpg
EditorBryce Ritchie
Frequency10 issues per year
Founded1996
First issueApril 1996
CompanyDC Thomson
CountryScotland
Based in Glasgow
LanguageEnglish
Website www.bunkered.co.uk
ISSN 1363-6561

Bunkered (stylised as bunkered) is a golf magazine from Scotland published by DC Thomson. Based in Glasgow, Scotland, the magazine was launched in 1996 [1] [2] and is published ten times per year.

Contents

A multi-award-winning, glossy, consumer title, the magazine covers all aspects of golf, from equipment to tuition, travel, interviews and more. [3]

History

The first edition of bunkered was launched in April 1996 and was the first of four issues produced that year by Glasgow-based independent publishing company Pro Sports Promotions (later PSP Publishing and then PSP Media).

In 1998, production was increased to five editions per year and, in 1999, was expanded to six editions. Beginning in 2002, the magazine was published eight times per year. It celebrated the publication of its 100th edition in 2010 at the Open Championship in St Andrews. [4]

In 1999, 'bunkered' became the highest-selling golf magazine in Scotland. [5]

Since 2018, the magazine and all of its assets have been owned by Scottish publishing giant DC Thomson and, in 2023, the decision was taken to increase frequency from eight issues a year to ten whilst also selling on newsstands in England, Wales and Ireland for the first time. Until then, the magazine had been sold exclusively on newsstands in Scotland.

bunkered has interviewed many high-profile golf figures, including Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Seve Ballesteros, Colin Montgomerie, Donald Trump, and many more.

Additionally, 'bunkered' presented the bunkered Matchplay Challenge held in 2004 and 2007. A Ryder Cup-style match, it saw teams representing the Scottish amateur and professional circuits battle with one another.

The bunkered Podcast

In August 2020, The bunkered Podcast was launched. Available to download for free from all major podcast platforms, the weekly show has featured guest appearances from several big-name personalities, including Gary Player, Paige Spiranac, Colin Montgomerie, Rich Beem, Annika Sorenstam, Greg Norman, Jose Maria Olazabal and Ian Woosnam.

Non-golfers to have appeared on the show include Academy Award nominee Michael O'Keefe, tennis star Jamie Murray and former Manchester United and England footballer Teddy Sheringham.

In 2021, the show won the Best Sports Podcast Award at the Publisher Podcast Awards. [6] It successfully defended the title at the same awards the following year. [7]

In September 2023, The bunkered Podcast staged its first-ever live, in-person, ticketed event at Drygate Brewery in Glasgow. [8]

Since April 2022, the show has been sponsored by golf equipment giant Callaway.

Green Fee Savers

In 1999, bunkered launched Green Fee Savers, [9] a discount golf program that enabled recreational golfers to enjoy half-price rounds at hundreds of clubs across the UK and Ireland. The program was discontinued in 2010.

Notable columnists

Awards

bunkered and its personnel have won a number of PPA Awards.

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References

  1. ↑ "PSP Publishing - bunkered magazine". PSP Publishing. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "About Us". bunkered. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Bunkered Magazine Subscriptions". WH Smith. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ton up for bunkered magazine". All Media Scotland. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  5. ↑ "Sales joy for bunkered Magazine". All Media Scotland. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "Winners 2021 - The Publisher Podcast Awards". Publisher Podcast Awards. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Publisher Podcast Awards 2022 – winners announced". InPublishing. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "First bunkered Podcast LIVE hailed a "huge success"". InPublishing. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Green Fee Savers - Half-Price Golf in the UK and Ireland". PSP Publishing. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  10. ↑ McEwan, Michael (10 February 2016). "Dougie Donnelly joins bunkered!". bunkered.
  11. ↑ "bunkered editor scoops top award". Golf Business News. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
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