If you want to take on the likes of Muirfield, St. Andrews, Royal County Down, and more next year, now's the time to get organized. Simon Holt and Josh Sens have a lot of catching up to do, then we'll get into everything you need to know if you're feeling inspired to book your next great golf trip. Enjoy!

Out on Tour, it's WM Phoenix Open week! To honor one of the most fun events on the golf calendar, we're bringing you videos highlighting public golf in the Arizona desert.

Night golf at Grass Clippings and the competitive Grass League, the Monday skins game at Papago, and bachelor parties at Troon North are all on display in "Destination GOLF: Phoenix" which is out now on YouTube. You'll also hear from Charles Barkley and Brandel Chamblee at We-Ko-Pa.

GOLF editor Jessica Marksbury moved to The Valley for the warm weather, great golf, and exciting atmosphere. She'll walk us through the video project she helped work on with Josh Sens in this week's episode. Enjoy, then check out "Destination GOLF: Phoenix" on GOLF.com and YouTube!

From the beautiful Punta Mita resort in Mexico, Simon Holt interviews former PGA Tour pro Michael Campbell. The New Zealander talks about beating Tiger Woods at Pinehurst, overcoming racial discrimination as a young man, and picks his favorite course at Te Arai.

Simon and Michael talk on these scenic shores during the annual Punta Mita Invitational. It's our first video pod, so enjoy!

Great golf trips take all sorts of shapes and sizes, but an especially unique concept comes from LifeLong Golf. Jennifer Hudson is the founder of the program, which takes golfers looking for daily instruction on a journey to untraditional locations for golf trips. Explore Greece, Anguilla, and more in this conversation with Destination GOLF producer Connor Federico. Enjoy!

Seth McWhorter is the man behind some of the best new golf club logos, featuring work at The Tree Farm, Sweetens Cove, and Pinehurst Resort. He's also responsible for our Destination GOLF logos! In this interview with Josh Sens, he dives into what makes a great golf club logo, plus some of the challenges and processes in creating them. Seth dishes on what makes the icons of the industry stand out, and in some cases, says they break all the rules of graphic design. It's one of our most unique conversations yet, so enjoy!

The biggest financial, technological, and societal story of 2025 surrounded advancements in artificial intelligence. These AI engines require massive supporting infrastructure projects, and in several cases now, developers are hunting golf courses as sites for future AI data centers.

GOLF.com Executive Editor Alan Bastable has done extensive reporting on munis and public courses in Pennsylvania, California, and Virginia that are all at risk of getting paved over to fuel the future of AI. Alan and Josh Sens go deep on the factors that led to this reality, and how much of an issue it might really become.

You can read more of Alan's reporting here: https://golf.com/news/data-centers-coming-golf-courses/

Happy new year, golf travelers! In our final episode of 2025, Simon Holt and Josh Sens go into detail on each of the greatest courses in the world. From Scottish links to the California coast, and Australia's Sandbelt to Nebraska's Sand Hills, take a deep dive inside the experiences and architecture at the definitive best of the best golf courses on the planet. Both in the U.S. and abroad, there are a number of these world-famous courses that you can play with proper planning. Start here for your golf travel inspiration for 2026 and beyond. Enjoy!

A host of Open Championship courses, available for public play, make their mark in the top 50 of our world rankings. Plus we'll highlight the shortest course on the list (which is surprisingly in the U.S.!) and some private gems in global cities like Paris and Tokyo. Simon Holt and Josh Sens continue to break down every course on GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Courses in the World list. Enjoy!