This week we're joined by Joe (@golftravelerjoe), a Pinehurst member who has played 483 golf courses and counting. Joe breaks down his epic 8-day Ireland golf trip where he brought 20 Twitter followers together to play 7 rounds across the West and East coasts of Ireland.

We cover everything: the courses, logistics, caddies, costs, group dynamics, weather, pub culture, and why you should never try to self-drive your first Ireland golf trip.

In Episode 9, we welcome Tony Rudy to the Sick Golf Trips podcast to break down his annual Pinehurst golf trip — 15 guys, caddies, gambling, and some of the most diabolical greens in golf.

They dive deep into what makes Pinehurst No. 2 special, why No. 4's greens might actually be harder, the legendary caddy stories, and the wild drainage that gets greens tournament-ready 10 minutes after a storm.

You'll also get the full cost breakdown, the ideal 5-day/4-night itinerary, best team formats, where to eat (Beehawk, the new distillery from a Black Hawk Down veteran), and how to book tee times without needing a member hookup.

In Episode 8, we welcome Ryan Berger to talk about his annual college crew golf trip. In 2024, they went to Kiawah Island in South Carolina. This group of guys met in their freshman year of college in 1998 and their 2024 trip to Kiawah was one for the books.

Ryan breaks down how an unofficial "golf trip committee" plans everything from courses to Airbnbs, why they timed it around NFL Draft weekend, and the unforgettable experience of having dinner inside a private country club's men's locker room (yes, really). They played Cougar Point and two private courses at Kiawah Island Country Club, had a private chef cook at their rental house, and split into "fat guys vs skinny guys" for a hilarious team competition.

We also dig into the caddy experience at Kiawah, the travel logistics of flying into Charlotte and driving down, crew dynamics across married/single/divorced guys, and Ryan's incredible hole-in-one witness story from Monarch Beach.