Real golfers.
Real budgets.
Really sick trips.
The stories, formats, budgets, and traditions behind unforgettable golf trips for everyday golfers. We dissect the trip your buddy group is actually capable of pulling off — and the small choices that turn it from "fine" into a story you'll tell for ten years.
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The Sick Golf Trips Podcast
What we do
Great golf trips are designed.
Sick Golf Trips breaks down the formats, budgets, stories, mistakes, and traditions behind unforgettable golf trips — so you can build your own. Every episode picks apart one real trip with the people who actually went on it.
- Group chemistry
- Competition formats
- Shared housing
- Budget & value
- Off-course moments
- Trip traditions
Featured episodes
The trips we just took apart.
EP 14WISand Valley, Wisconsin · w/ Pete Nason
Sand Valley: Bandon Dunes Sister Resort | Sick Golf Trips Podcast Ep. 14
Pete breaks down his annual buddies trip to Sand Valley in central Wisconsin — 36 holes a day, match-play drafts, caddies, and why the Bandon Dunes sister resort lives up to the hype.
EP 13IrelandSouthwest Ireland — Old Head, Ballybunion, Tralee, Waterville, Dooks, Lahinch, Mount Juliet · w/ Greg Johnson
The Perfect Ireland Golf Trip: Do It Before You Can't
Greg Johnson breaks down his epic 7-day, 7-course Ireland golf trip with 12 buddies — the courses, the caddies, the craic, and why you need to do it before you can't.
EP 12USA580 golf courses across 41 US states · w/ Patrick Koenig
He Played 580 Courses in 1-Year!
Patrick Koenig joins us to talk about setting the world record by playing 580 different golf courses in a single year, how he quit his software sales job to buy an RV and chase a dream, and what it's like building a career as a golf course photographer.
EP 11WIWisconsin golf featuring Kohler, Erin Hills, Sand Valley · w/ Jason Kauflin from www.wisconsingolftrips.com
The Ultimate Guide to a Wisconsin Golf Trip
Jason Kauflin of WisconsinGolfTrips.com — a stay-at-home dad turned golf tour operator — joins to break down everything you need to know about planning a Wisconsin golf trip. From Kohler's hospitality maze to walking Erin Hills with hickory clubs, we cover the courses, costs, logistics, and why Wisconsin quietly beat Georgia for best public golf state.
EP 10IrelandCarne Golf Links, Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland · w/ Joe (Golf Traveler Joe)
Golf, Guinness, and Good Craic in Ireland
Golf Traveler Joe — a Pinehurst member who's played 483 courses and counting — joins to break down his epic 8-day Ireland trip: 20 Twitter followers, 7 rounds across the West and East coasts, and all the Guinness and good craic in between.
EP 09NCPinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, North Carolina · w/ Tony Rudy
Put Pinehurst on the Golf Trip Bucket List!
Kerry and Berkley welcome Tony Rudy to break down his annual Pinehurst trip — 15 guys, caddies, gambling, and some of the most diabolical greens in golf. What started as a friend's property gift in 2001 turned into a 12-time pilgrimage to Pinehurst, NC.
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