Talking Golfgetaways: Your Golf Getaways Podcast

In Part 1 of our five-episode “Talking GolfGetaways” series of our 18 Favorite Places to Stay, co-hosts Mitch Laurance and Darin Bunch discuss the four lodging all-stars that make both of our lists, highlighting the best of West Virginia, Nova Scotia, Florida and Scotland.

Avid golf traveler Daniel Miles joins “Talking GolfGetaways” as co-host Darin Bunch goes rogue on a late-night interview without Mitch Laurance, talking about Cabot Cliffs and offering a variety of answers to our Emergency 9 golf-travel quiz.

In this “Talking GolfGetaways” Emergency 9 quiz, golf photographer Brian Oar details his favorite courses, destinations, resorts and memories from a career digitally capturing some of golf’s greatest landscapes across the country and around the world.

Golf photographer extraordinaire Brian Oar joins “Talking GolfGetaways” hosts Mitch Laurance and Darin Bunch for a discussion about Quivira, the extraordinary cliffside golf course in Los Cabos designed by Jack Nicklaus, plus the Pueblo Bonito Pacifica resort just down the beach.

FOX Sports personality Shane Bacon joins “Talking GolfGetaways” co-hosts Darin Bunch and Mitch Laurance to reflect on a visit to The Resort at Pelican Hill, which features 36 holes of Tom Fazio-designed golf, unparalleled vistas and an unforgettable golf-travel getaway experience in Orange County, California.

After a week’s worth of Golf News Net posts detailing The Mobile Golfer’s Top 50 Golf Courses You Can Play in America, ratings editor Eric N. Hart joins “Talking GolfGetaways” to discuss and defend some of his more controversial selections, plus engage co-hosts Mitch Laurance and Darin Bunch in a broader exploration of “best lists” and the intricacies, challenges and pitfalls of comparing the country’s best golf courses and experiences.

In the final episode of our three-part series about North Carolina’s highly acclaimed Tobacco Road golf course, co-owner Mark Stewart joins “Talking GolfGetaways” for the now-legendary Emergency 9 golf-travel questionnaire with his favorite answers to some of our favorite golf-related queries.

Iconoclast golf course designer Mike Strantz is at the center of this “Talking GolfGetaways” conversation with Mark Stewart, co-owner of Tobacco Road golf in the historic Pinehurst region of North Carolina. Hosts Mitch Laurance and Darin Bunch talk with Stewart about Strantz’ design and desire to make golf a visual experience that tempts and taunts all players who tee it up at courses such as Tobacco Road, Caledonia, Monterey Peninsula Country Club and more.

Iconoclast golf course designer Mike Strantz is at the center of this “Talking GolfGetaways” conversation with Mark Stewart, co-owner of Tobacco Road golf in the historic Pinehurst region of North Carolina. Hosts Mitch Laurance and Darin Bunch talk with Stewart about Strantz’ design and desire to make golf a visual experience that tempts and taunts all players who tee it up at courses such as Tobacco Road, Caledonia, Monterey Peninsula Country Club and more.

Snapchat travel guru Drew Binsky takes time off the road to answer the “Talking GolfGetaways” Emergency 9 golf-travel quiz, featuring everything from golf in Vietnam, South Korea and Fiji to some of the craziest things he’s ever eaten (he’s willing to try pretty much anything once).

Social media travel guru Drew Binksy joins “Talking GolfGetaways” to talk about playing golf in some of the world’s most extreme locales, plus his life circling the globe, getting an up-close look at the 2016 Olympics gold-medal round, playing “sand golf” in India, and how the game grabbed him from an early age.

Ever think about doing something “different” on your next golf trip? 196-Hole Match? 3-Club Scramble? 19th Hole Shootout? Alternate Shot? Hosts Mitch Laurance and Darin Bunch offer up a variety of suggestions to spice up your getaways with alternative formats, fun games and cool extras at courses across the country in Episode 25 of the “Talking GolfGetaways” podcast.

Golf Advisor’s Jason Deegan joins “Talking GolfGetaways” once again, this time to discuss the ultimate Mississippi pairing of Old Waverly Golf Club and the new Mossy Oak course, designed by red-hot architect Gil Hanse.

Actor Marc McClure, of “Superman” Jimmy Olsen and “Back to the Future” fame, takes the Emergency 9 golf-travel quiz with some crucial advice for husbands golfing with their wives, as well as possibly the coolest “Place You Wish Everyone Knew About” answer we’ve heard yet.

Actor, all-around good guy and hole-in-one machine Marc McClure (“Superman” and “Back to the Future”) joins old friend Mitch Laurance and co-host Darin Bunch for a wide-ranging (very, very wide-ranging) discussion about golf, acting, Palm Springs, North Carolina’s Tobacco Road and Eric Stoltz (for some reason we still can’t figure out). Join the fun in this extended — and quite different — Episode 22 of “Talking GolfGetaways.”

“Talking GolfGetaways” hosts Mitch Laurance and Darin Bunch talking about Palm Springs — everything from La Quinta Resort & Spa to new dining discoveries and nearby Joshua Tree National Park, plus a classic story about a celebrity group whose golf cart ends up in a bunker.

Diana DeLucia, creator of the Golf Kitchen coffee-table book and GolfKitchen.com, visits “Talking GolfGetaways” to discuss her latest project that includes food from some of the world’s greatest golf clubs.

Rhy Waddington, executive chef at the famed Winged Foot Golf Club (host of the 2020 U.S. Open) visits “Talking GolfGetaways” for a conversation about food, golf and more — plus takes his turn at the Emergency 9 golf-travel quiz.

Golf Advisor’s Jason Deegan takes the Emergency 9 golf-travel quiz on this episode of “Talking GolfGetaways with Mitch Laurance and Darin Bunch,” discussing everything from Ireland to New Zealand lamb to Gold Mountain — plus why we all believe in #StruieForever at Royal Dornoch.

Golf Advisor’s Jason Deegan stops by “Talking GolfGetaways” to talk about new ownership at Royal Links, one of Las Vegas’ most unique golf experiences, as well as favorite places to stay and play.