Golf's spotlight is on Royal Portrush, Royal County Down, and all the great golf in Northern Ireland as they prepare to host the 2025 Open Championship. If you want to plan your trip to the golf-crazed country, Simon Holt and Josh Sens are here with every course, hotel, and pub you need to know for a weeklong itinerary. Then the guys draft their Dream Foursome of the legendary Open rota courses. Enjoy!
Known around the world for its top-tier private courses, public tracks in the Bay Area also have so much to offer a visiting golfer. Josh Sens, who's lived in the Bay for decades, takes us around to the can't miss spots to eat, drink, and play if you're visiting Northern California. Enjoy!
One of the game's most famous faces chose Montana as his retirement destination, but why? 6-time major champion Nick Faldo talks about his golf course projects, life after broadcasting, and his favorite courses around the world in this interview with Josh Sens. Sir Nick also dives in to his new business venture, building short courses in small paces with both turf and grass. Enjoy!
Beautiful beaches, great wine, and proud rugby traditions define the two islands of New Zealand. For golf lovers, this is a special bucket list destination. Courses like Te Arai and Paraparaumu Beach capture our attention for their incredible views and sand-swept topography, but there are many more tracks out there for you to discover. Simon Holt and Josh Sens lay out their weeklong itinerary for a golf trip to New Zealand. Enjoy!
Every experience on a GOLF Magazine Top 100 Course is a special one. But imagine traveling the globe in pursuit of playing every course on the list? Panelist David Margolis has completed multiple lists, and he's had plenty of fun along the way. Enjoy this interview with Simon Holt on world travel, once-in-a-lifetime golf experiences, great food, and more.
Walking the Old Course at St. Andrews is a lifelong anticipation for golfers around the world. But how can you actually make it happen? Simon Holt and Josh Sens relive their favorite memories from the home of golf, and they'll help you get on too.
The surrounding Scottish county of Fife is full of great golf that dates back hundreds of years. We pick out a 5-day itinerary of great links courses, restaurants, and bars you'll have to visit when you make your own golf pilgrimage. Enjoy!
The golf culture in China is truly unlike anywhere else in the world. Take it from course architect Brian Curley, who’s built dozens of tracks in China and throughout Asia.
Brian grew up in Monterey, CA, with early exposure to Cypress Point, Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill. His first jobs in the industry came working for Pete Dye on PGA West and Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course.
Many of Brian’s designs are credited to big time golf pros, whose names were used to attract real estate purchases in the 80s and 90s. Today, the landscape for marketing golf is far different, and Brian walks through the evolution of golf architecture around the world.
This interview with Josh Sens is full of music, culture, architecture, global travel, and more. Enjoy!
Known for its vast selection of courses, there's plenty of reasons to visit Myrtle Beach, one of America's favorite golf destinations.
Although not known for its architectural prowess, the region boasts courses from Tom Doak and Robert Trent Jones, among many others.
Learn about why this fun, affordable location makes for a great vacation in this destination guide with Josh Sens and Simon Holt. Enjoy!
Obsessed with golf course architecture since he was a kid, Kyle Franz is living out his childhood dreams.
From his first gig under Tom Doak at Pacific Dunes, to breathing new life into a trio of Donald Ross courses in Pinehurst, Franz has proven his devotion to thoughtful architecture.
Now, the praise is piling on for his work on the Karoo course at Cabot Citrus Farms in a style all his own.
Kyle takes us to the places he's traveled to and lays out his favorite holes in the world in this interview with Josh Sens. Enjoy!
If you're lucky enough to score Masters tickets, you'll want to bring your sticks with you, just not to Augusta National.
Where can you play golf during Masters week? With the proper planning, you can get on basically everywhere, including private gems like Broomsedge, Old Barnwell, and Tree Farm.
Josh Sens and Simon Holt break down the booming golf market of Aiken, South Carolina, just across the state line from Augusta National.
The guys detail the recent changes at ANGC, and pick their Dream Foursome of the best holes at the iconic Masters course.
As the son of 1968 Masters champion Bob Goalby, our guest Kye Goalby has incredible stories from growing up around Augusta National, like hitting shanks onto Magnolia Lane in front of Sam Snead and Jack Nicklaus.
Decades later, he's found his own way in golf, working on big projects like Tree Farm, Tara Iti, and Ballyneal. Kye explains why he loves his craft enough to spend more than 300 days a year away from home.
This conversation with Kye is one of Josh Sens's favorite interviews yet. We hope you enjoy it too.
On the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, Cabo has developed into a desirable golf destination. Diamante Dunes, Cabo del Sol, and Quivira top the charts in this part of the world where the sun shines bright.
Josh Sens interviews Brian McCallen, a former GOLF Magazine travel writer who moved to Cabo San Lucas in the 1990s. Today, he's painting the picture of great coastal golf in Mexico, upgrading its status as an underrated collection of courses south of the border.
Lahinch, Ballybunion, and Adare Manor are some of the most well-known courses in this golf-rich region of Ireland. Simon Holt and Josh Sens lay out the weeklong itinerary to play these three, plus a collection of great tracks you'll find in GOLF's Top 100 Courses in the UK & Ireland.
From the Guinness and black pudding to the Cliffs of Moher, the heaving dunes of South West Ireland offer a spectacular experience for all travelers, not just golfers. Learn how to plan your trip bigger and better in this special Destination Guide episode. Enjoy!
In the southeast of England, three Open Championship hosts are available for travelers to play some of the greatest courses in links golf.
At Royal St. George's, "temporary members" are treated to the experience of a lifetime, including one of the greatest lunches in golf. Club secretary Colin Sinclair makes this is all possible. He speaks with Simon Holt about what makes this part of the world one of the greatest off-the-radar spots for traveling golfers. Enjoy the listen!
The golf in New South Wales, Australia is some of the best in the world. The soil in the Sandbelt region is perfect for undulating greens and terrain with firm running ground. Steep edged bunkers surrounding greens make for incredible photos. Every course in the area is great, but some standouts are Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Kingston Heath Golf Club and Metropolitan Golf Club.
Join Simon Holt and Josh Sens as they take us through the travel, culture, food, and golf that makes this the perfect 10+ destination for your next golf trip.
Pete Dye's ashes are spread at Teeth of the Dog, the mesmerizing course in the Dominican Republic where you can dip your driver in the Caribbean on several tee boxes.
Pete's friend, and longtime Director of Golf at this Top 100 Course in the World is Gilles Gagnon. He talks about his first-ever meeting with Dye, and tells several laugh-out-loud stories about the famous architect up until his final days.
Josh Sens asks Gilles about his hockey background, golf in Canada and the D.R., and much more in this one-of-a-kind interview. Enjoy!
There's no experience in the world like the days you'll spend at Muirfield and North Berwick. Instead of bouncing around Scotland quickly from place to place, our expert Simon Holt implores you to stop and stay a while. Or in this case, to stop and stay in North Berwick, and use it as a home base to play all the great golf in the East Lothian region.
In this episode, Simon lays out his full travel guide for a perfect five-day itinerary to this golf-rich region of Scotland. Enjoy!
Cabot continues its global takeover of remote golf with its latest opening, Cabot Citrus Farms.
Josh Sens sits down with Cabot's CEO and co-founder, Ben Cowan-Dewar, to discuss how far golf travel has come, where it's going next, and the lessons he's learned along the way. Enjoy!
The California coast is one of the most beautiful (and famous) golf destinations in the world. Are you ready to book your trip?
Josh Sens, GOLF's Senior Writer based in the Bay Area, and Simon Holt, the founder of 8AM Travel and the man in charge of GOLF's Top 100 Courses panel, lay out everything you need to know about traveling to Pebble Beach and Monterey.
With this guide to golf, travel, food, and off-course activities, you'll be set to book your visit.
Later in the episode, enjoy Josh's interview with Pebble Beach Pro-Am defending champion Wyndham Clark, and the guys pick their Dream Foursome of clubhouse bars.
What do architects Tom Doak, Coore & Crenshaw, Gil Hanse, and David McLay Kidd all have in common? Now, they'll appear with their own designs at Streamsong Resort in Florida. Destination GOLF host Josh Sens has been following McLay Kidd's career ever since he burst on the scene 25 years ago at Bandon Dunes. The two talk Scottish golf, the importance of the ground game, and flying around the world in this interview from Streamsong.
