Talking GolfGetaways: Your Golf Getaways Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

On this episode of Talking GolfGetaways, Mitch, Darin and Kris talk with Robbie Wooten, golf and destination marketer extraordinaire, about his relationship with Mike Strantz, with incredible stories about the architect and his courses, including Tobacco Road and Tot Hill.

Looking for a value option for your next buddy trip? “Talking GolfGetaways” discusses Tucson, Arizona as a place to save a few bucks and find some great golf and gambling when the weather turns warm each year. Plus: An update on Grass Clippings night golf in Scottsdale; an unbelievable golf house in Flagstaff; and an unforgettable trip to Black Jack’s Crossing on the Texas-Mexico border. 

Golfer, traveler, and author Jim Hartsell joins “Talking GolfGetaways’ for a wide-ranging discussion on his love for the lesser-known golf of Scotland and the history of Sweetens Cove.

Keith Cutten, best known for his Atlantic Canada work on the Cabot courses and new renovation at The Algonquin in New Brunswick, takes the plunge into our Emergency 9 as hosts Darin Bunch and Mitch Laurance dive into his golf-traveling soul, from England to the Canadian Rockies to a few West Coast bucket-list favorites.

Working his way up from an intern, Keith Cutten has had a hand in some of the best golf projects in Atlantic Canada and beyond. “Talking GolfGetaways” hosts Mitch Laurance and Darin Bunch catch up with Keith at The Algonquin to talk about the recent Rod Whitman-led renovation as well as their early days on the courses at Cabot Links on Cape Breton Island.

If you’re gearing up for a summertime golf getaway, co-host Darin Bunch suggests our friends to the north — The Algonquin Resort in New Brunswick, where the golf design team of Rod Whitman and Keith Cutten have just finished an expansive renovation of the historic oceanfront golf course. Plus, epic food and a waterslide!

“Hell 2 Heaven Golf Challenge” creator Robert Kaufman returns to "Talking GolfGetaways" with his globe-spinning answers to our Emergency 9 golf-travel quiz.

Golf writer and photographer Robert Kaufman joins the podcast to discuss his upcoming “extreme” event — the “Hell 2 Heaven Golf Challenge” — where participants play golf in Death Valley (Furnace Creek Golf Course) and Mammoth Lakes (Sierra Star Golf Course) on the longest day of the year.

Co-hosts Mitch Laurance and Darin Bunch discuss last summer’s exploration of America’s 50th state, from quirky golf courses to dinner cruises, grizzly bears in Denali National Park and serene treehouse yurts in a location visitors will never forget. If you’ve been considering a trip to Alaska, this is the perfect primer.

Canadian golf architect and historian Ian Andrew returns to “Talking GolfGetaways” for the Emergency 9 golf-travel quiz with answers ranging from the magnificent Jasper Park Golf Club in Canada to a memorable eatery around the corner from famed Royal County Down in Ireland.