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.
Cabot Links / Cabot Cliffs, Nova Scotia, Canada · w/ Michael Son
A Couples Golf Trip to Cabot Cliffs: The #1 Golf Course in Canada
Three couples tackle the #1 ranked course in Canada at Cabot Cliffs, plus Cabot Links and Fox Harbor, proving that a couples golf trip to Nova Scotia can rival any buddies trip.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina · w/ Mirko Zizka
Myrtle Beach: The Golf Capital of the World | Sick Golf Trips Podcast Ep. 16
Annual 8-guys golf trip and a choice of 80-100 golf courses in the golf capital of the world make this destination a rotational classic.
St. Andrews, Scotland · w/ Kyle Porter
Maybe the Ultimate Golf Trip is Playing and Watching! | Sick Golf Trips Podcast Ep. 15
Kyle Porter of Normal Sport joins us to break down his Open Championship trip to St. Andrews and why building a golf vacation around a major tournament might be the ultimate golf trip format.
Sand 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.
Southwest 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.
580 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.
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