Destination GOLF

What's it like working designing golf holes with Tiger Woods? And how did early experiences on Augusta and Cypress Point shape a future course architect? GOLF.com's Josh Sens asks these questions and more of the accomplished architect Beau Welling. Enjoy!

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!