Golf and the Good Life - Your Guide for Golf Trips Across the Pond

The average golf trip to Scotland, Ireland, or beyond requires numerous tee times, reservations, and other arrangements. Each of them is an opportunity for something to go sideways.

To ensure your journey stays in the fairway, Connor & D.J. share the most common golf travel mistakes and important tips to help you avoid them.

Additional Resources

10 Golf Travel Mistakes to Avoid

The First Timers' Guide to Golf Travel Across the Pond

After all of the planning and preparations, your flight is the last big hurdle to clear before you can enjoy your golf trip across the pond.

Although it is largely out of your hands, there are many choices that you can make that will increase the odds that you, your luggage, and your clubs, all arrive as scheduled.

In this episode, Connor and D.J. share some essential flight tips for golf trips to Scotland, Ireland, and Beyond.

Additional Resources

Flight FAQs for Golf Trips Across the Pond

Packing Tips for Golf Trips to Scotland & Ireland

Once considered a far flung destination, The Highlands is now one of the most popular regions for golf trips to Scotland

By the end of the episode, you'll learn...

Additional Resources

Explore Highlands of Scotland Golf Trips

The Complete Guide to Royal Dornoch Golf Club

7 Things to See at Cabot Highlands

7 Things to See at Brora Golf Club

The Highlands of Scotland Off the Beaten Path

Mentioned in this Episode

Golf

Accommodations

Sights to See

When your golf trip calls for a little sightseeing, there are an abundance of must-see stops in Scotland, Ireland, and England.

Join Connor and D.J. as they explore some of their favorite places to enjoy the Good Life across the pond.

The highlights include a climb to the top of a 1000 year old tower, a stroll through the ancient streets of Scotland's capital, and a visit to the club that gave us the most famous band in the world.

Mentioned in this Episode

Titanic Belfast

The Cavern Club

Windsor Castle

Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge

Cliffs of Moher

When planning a golf trip to Scotland or Ireland, understanding the total cost of your trip can be a challenge.

In this episode of Golf and the Good Life, Connor & D.J. offer some clarity to the topic of price for golf trips across the pond.

By the end of the episode, you'll learn...

Additional Insight

How Much Does a Golf Trip to Scotland Cost?

How Much Does a Golf Trip to Ireland Cost?

12 Important Decisions for Planning a Golf Trips to Scotland

When golf trips call for a little time off the course, whisky tours are the most requested activity by H&B travelers.

In this episode, Connor & D.J. explore some of our favorite pairings of golf and whisky in Scotland and Ireland.

The two greatest exports from both countries are the very definition of a Perfect Pairing.

Additional Resources

Golf & Whisky in Scotland - 7 Perfect Pairings

Golf & Whiskey in Ireland - 5 Perfect Pairings

Mentioned in this Episode

Ireland

Teeling Distillery

Bushmills Distillery

Jameson Experience

Scotland

Glenmorangie Distillery

Kingsbarns Distillery

Laphroaig Distillery

Springbank Distillery

Connor and D.J. recap the 2023 Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, and offer a detailed look at the future host courses for The Open Championship.

Additional Resources

Future Open Championship Venues You Can Play

The Complete Guide to Royal Liverpool

6 Things to See at Royal Troon Golf Club

The Complete Guide to Royal Portrush Golf Club

Come along as we explore Royal Liverpool Golf Club - host of the 2023 Open Championship - and the exceptional links courses of England's Golf Coast.

This appropriately named region is often overlooked by those planning golf trips across the pond.

But with three members of The Open rota, plus the best collection of 2nd tier courses in Great Britain and Ireland, England's Golf Coast deserves more of the spotlight.

The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool promises to supply just that.

Additional Resources

Explore England's Golf Coast Golf Trips

The Complete Guide to Royal Liverpool

The Complete Guide to England's Golf Coast

England's Golf Coast Off the Beaten Path

Downloadable Guide to England Golf Travel

Future Open Championship Courses You Can Play

Mentioned in this Episode

Royal Liverpool Golf Club

Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club

Hillside Golf Club

Formby Golf Club

The Vincent Hotel - Southport

The Beatles Story

The Cavern Club

Content for The Open Championship

Royal Liverpool on Instagram

The Open on Instagram

Story of a Golf Club, Royal Liverpool - Cookie Jar Golf

Every Hole at Royal Liverpool by Golf Digest

Gary Lisbon Golf Photography

Join us for the conclusion of our in-depth visit to the great golf courses and stunning sights in Southwest Ireland.

This episode features "the world's most scenic golf course" plus Payne Stewart's favorite links in Ireland.

Additional Resources

Discover Southwest Ireland Golf Packages

7 Things to See at Old Head Golf Links

7 Things to See at Waterville Golf Links

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Old Head Golf Links

Waterville Golf Links

Hayfield Manor Hotel

Ring of Kerry

The Jameson Experience

Come along as we continue exploring the exceptional Golf and the Good Life in Southwest Ireland.

From a Top 25 course in the world to the unforgettable towns and scenery, it's no wonder why the courses and sights in this episode feature in most Ireland golf trips to this region.

Additional Resources

Explore Southwest Ireland Golf Trips

7 Things to See at Ballybunion

7 Things to See at Tralee Golf Links

Southwest Ireland Off the Beaten Path

The Best 18 Holes in Southwest Ireland

Mentioned in this Episode

Ballybunion Golf Club

Tralee Golf Links

Dooks Golf Club

Killarney Golf & Fish Club

The Killarney Park Hotel

Killarney National Park

The Great Southern Hotel Killarney

Dingle Peninsula

Murphy's Ice Cream