Destination GOLF

Thank you to our great fans of the Destination GOLF Podcast! But after a great run, we're morphing into something new. Check out "Playing Privileges" starting on Monday, June 8th with Jake Stoutland and Simon Holt. We'll be diving into the best premium and private experiences in the game, highlighting the best architecture, history, and people you'll find in golf. Josh Sens i...

The driving force behind Sand Valley now introduces us to his next big project. Rodeo Dunes is open for play, the first of what Michael Keiser Jr. hopes will be 6 full length courses on property. 30 minutes outside of Denver, the Coore-Crenshaw design is creating quite the stir online, even though it doesn't open to the public until 2027. Michael talks to Josh Sens in this short interview, sur...

After falling into a state of disrepair, the municipal courses of the nation's capital certainly need some love. They've gotten the attention of President Trump, who's pressing the gas pedal on a plan to completely redo the course and facilities of East Potomac. But are he and Tom Fazio really the right stewards of affordable, playable public golf? Are their intentions for the new cour...

It's been a few weeks of adventure for our man Simon Holt, bouncing around the world and back again. He catches up with Josh Sens to discuss the successful launch of McLaren Golf, the 8AM Invitational at the Wynn, and a great tournament weekend at our top-rated course in China. Plus, Josh just got back from 3 days of hanging out with YouTube golf stars like Fat Perez. It's a fun, wide-rang...

On today's episode of Destination GOLF, Josh Sens catches up with producer Connor Federico on some of the biggest happenings in course news, plus we empty our notebooks on some of our favorite places and stories we've recently worked on from coast to coast. Enjoy!

Golf in Dublin might get overshadowed by a Guinness tour or night on the town, but it shouldn't. Anchored by a trip to Top 100 Portmarnock, plus rounds at The Island and Royal Dublin, make this itinerary perfect either on its own or as an add-on to another island of Ireland golf trip. Plus, the European Club will be coming back online next year as the Brittas Bay Club. Josh Sens and Simon Holt...

Author and avid golfer Jared Tendler is out with a new book: "Everyday Golf Psychology." The basics of the mental game are often misunderstood, he says, and there loads of better ways amateur golfers should approach the game. Running late and trying to cram in a range session? Don't. Telling yourself that it's just golf, and none of it matters? That's not helpful either. Drea...

In its first year open, South Carolina's Old Barnwell cracked GOLF's Top 100 Courses in the U.S. The course is earning rave reviews now in year three, but that's not what its membership is most proud of. The mission at Old Barnwell is simple, give back to the Aiken and Augusta communities. Through its Evans Scholars Foundation caddie program, they're hoping to provide 300 local mid...

After weeks of dropping bits about our trip to New Zealand, Josh Sens walks through every highlight of the whirlwind itinerary on the North Island. From high-end resorts to working sheep farms, the courses in New Zealand are breathtaking and architecturally exciting. Simon Holt loves trips to New Zealand, and makes sure to keep Josh on task. Then the guys make their picks for the 2026 Masters this...

The man behind the lens of Linksgems, one of the biggest golf course photography accounts on social media, actually isn't a full-time course capturer. Jon Cavalier is a lawyer living right off of Merion Golf Club. His photos have raised hundreds of thousands for charity, and he's taken shots of over 1,000 courses in 15+ years. Josh Sens asks him all about his life in golf and how he got in...

Hello from New Zealand! Josh Sens is traveling the North Island, visiting top-tier modern courses like Te Arai, Tara Iti, and Cape Kidnappers. Today, we walked Royal Auckland, the home course of Kiwi TV chef Josh Emett. The Joshes talk about golf in New Zealand, improving halfway house food, and the newfound crossover between high end cooking and halfway decent golf. This is another on-course pod,...

With extensive experience working at Open Championship venues, Mackenzie & Ebert are an accomplished firm in the UK and around the world. Tom Mackenzie talks to Simon Holt about his life in golf, a surprise caddying appearance for Seve Ballesteros, and the upcoming Open at Royal Birkdale. We also get Tom on the record about the new 17th hole at Royal Liverpool, his work at New South Wales, and...

Hello, Destination GOLF fans! Simon Holt is fresh back from his trip to the likes of Hong Kong and Vietnam. We'll run through his whole golf itinerary and his favorite eats from two weeks away. Josh Sens runs us through Aiken, South Carolina, a sister city to Augusta, which is becoming a golf mecca in its own right. Which cultures have the best (and worst) breakfast? Is night golf really golf at a...

Tom Hsieh, a lifelong San Franciscan, couldn't imagine a world without Gleaneagles. So when it was near complete closure, he created a plan to save the 9-hole muni. Two decades later, it's one of the no-longer best kept secrets in Bay Area golf. In this interview with Josh Sens, Tom discusses the vast, quality muni golf courses in the region, and how absurdly great they could be if they go...

For the first time, the Destination GOLF podcast takes you on the course! Josh Sens plays a two-man scramble with Mike Koprowski, the co-founder, co-developer, and co-architect of Broomsedge Golf Club in South Carolina. The club has captured lots of attention during a huge golf boom in the SC sandhills, both for its UK access model, allowing plenty of public play, and the unique story of the man w...

The man most known for creating Kingsbarns dives into his career with Simon Holt. Kyle Phillips is an unsung hero of the golf course architecture industry, working largely in Asia and continental Europe. Now, he'll work to transform the difficult, brawny European Club into Brittas Bay Club, which will be much more fun and playable. He'll talk about working with the illustrious Jones family...

If you want to take on the likes of Muirfield, St. Andrews, Royal County Down, and more next year, now's the time to get organized. Simon Holt and Josh Sens have a lot of catching up to do, then we'll get into everything you need to know if you're feeling inspired to book your next great golf trip. Enjoy!

Out on Tour, it's WM Phoenix Open week! To honor one of the most fun events on the golf calendar, we're bringing you videos highlighting public golf in the Arizona desert. Night golf at Grass Clippings and the competitive Grass League, the Monday skins game at Papago, and bachelor parties at Troon North are all on display in "Destination GOLF: Phoenix" which is out now on YouTube...

From the beautiful Punta Mita resort in Mexico, Simon Holt interviews former PGA Tour pro Michael Campbell. The New Zealander talks about beating Tiger Woods at Pinehurst, overcoming racial discrimination as a young man, and picks his favorite course at Te Arai. Simon and Michael talk on these scenic shores during the annual Punta Mita Invitational. It's our first video pod, so enjoy!

Great golf trips take all sorts of shapes and sizes, but an especially unique concept comes from LifeLong Golf. Jennifer Hudson is the founder of the program, which takes golfers looking for daily instruction on a journey to untraditional locations for golf trips. Explore Greece, Anguilla, and more in this conversation with Destination GOLF producer Connor Federico. Enjoy!

Seth McWhorter is the man behind some of the best new golf club logos, featuring work at The Tree Farm, Sweetens Cove, and Pinehurst Resort. He's also responsible for our Destination GOLF logos! In this interview with Josh Sens, he dives into what makes a great golf club logo, plus some of the challenges and processes in creating them. Seth dishes on what makes the icons of the industry stand...

The biggest financial, technological, and societal story of 2025 surrounded advancements in artificial intelligence. These AI engines require massive supporting infrastructure projects, and in several cases now, developers are hunting golf courses as sites for future AI data centers. GOLF.com Executive Editor Alan Bastable has done extensive reporting on munis and public courses in Pennsylvania, C...

Happy new year, golf travelers! In our final episode of 2025, Simon Holt and Josh Sens go into detail on each of the greatest courses in the world. From Scottish links to the California coast, and Australia's Sandbelt to Nebraska's Sand Hills, take a deep dive inside the experiences and architecture at the definitive best of the best golf courses on the planet. Both in the U.S. and abroad,...

A host of Open Championship courses, available for public play, make their mark in the top 50 of our world rankings. Plus we'll highlight the shortest course on the list (which is surprisingly in the U.S.!) and some private gems in global cities like Paris and Tokyo. Simon Holt and Josh Sens continue to break down every course on GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Courses in the World list. Enjoy!

What's life like for an up-and-coming golf course designer working to make a name for himself? Jay Blasi, who's done some outstanding public and private work in California, walks through a life in the industry. Jay worked on Chambers Bay ahead of it hosting the U.S. Open, and has most recently transformed a clunky routing at Poppy Ridge, a beloved Bay Area public facility, into a walking g...