15 Years, One Partnership: Traveling Golfer and Yuengling Celebrate a Milestone Together
Fifteen years ago, Traveling Golfer started with a fairly simple idea: go find great golf, meet the people who make golf destinations special, and share it with readers, listeners and, eventually, viewers. It began as a golf column in a newspaper. Then came magazine...
Is July a Red Flag for Golf? NGF Says Weather First — Year-to-Date Still Up 2.5%By TGD Newswire Staff
September 22, 2026The National Golf Foundation’s July 2026 National Rounds Played report landed with a jolt: U.S. rounds fell 3.6 percent year-over-year in the highest-volume month on the calendar.It was the first monthly decline of 2026 and the steepest July drop...
Traveling Golfer Celebrates 15th Anniversary as Yuengling Returns for 15th Year
Award-winning golf travel series marks 15 years of production alongside one of its longest-standing brand partners MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Traveling Golfer will celebrate its 15th anniversary in 2027, marking a milestone for the award-winning golf travel series. Joining...
Ocean City, Maryland: Somewhere to Smile About
Ocean City hit me fast. I crossed the bridge. I felt the breeze. I smiled. Simple as that. OCMD does that to you. It’s a golf town. It’s a beach town. It’s a buddies‑trip town. It’s a “go ahead and laugh a little louder” town. I felt it the whole trip. This was...
Could This Yuengling Brewery Tampa Show be a Future 15 for 15?
A Brewery, a Ballpark, and Two Great Golf Courses Dick Yuengling's love of baseball is what led him to Tampa in the first place — a fantasy camp trip that turned into buying an old brewery just up the road. Now the Yuengling Tampa Campus is part brewery, part...
15 Years on the Road, One New Way to Tell It — Introducing Traveling Golfer 15 for 15
Fifteen years ago, Traveling Golfer set out with a simple idea: take readers, then listener, then viewers to the courses, the destinations, and the people that make golf travel worth talking about. What started as a single article has grown into something bigger than...
Route 66 Golf Trail: Golf’s Great American Road Trip
For a century, Route 66 has been America's great road trip: neon motels, roadside giants, pie at a diner in a town of 400 people. What it has never really been is a golf trip. That's strange when you think about it. Back in 2010, Golf Digest counted more than 80 golf...
Newport Bay, Lighthouse Sound, Eagles Landing: A Three-Course Weekend in OCMD
There's a moment every visitor to Ocean City, Maryland knows: you cross the bridge, the salt air hits, and something in your shoulders lets go. That's exactly where the newest episode of Traveling Golfer picks up — host Real John Daly, joined by ULD Long Drive...
Golf Tourism Is Set to Double by 2034 — Here’s Why
A new market forecast published this week puts a long-range number on golf travel's growth trajectory, and it's a big one: the global golf tourism market, valued at $27.98 billion in 2025, is projected to grow from $30.55 billion in 2026 to $61.8 billion by 2034 — a...
The Golfer Brands Are Chasing Isn’t Who You Think
If you're picturing the highest-value golf consumer as a 55-year-old with a country club membership, new data says it's time to update the picture. A report published this week lays out just how far the industry's spending power has shifted toward its youngest adult...
Life on the Trail: River’s Edge, The Pearl, and Meadowlands Anchor the North End of the Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
On the northern end of the Myrtle Beach Golf Trail, the views are wild, the golf is bold, and most stories start with a lost ball. In the latest episode of Traveling Golfer, Real John Daly heads north of the Grand Strand proper — into Calabash and Chilote,...
Where the Nation Was Born and Saved: Traveling Golfer’s America 250 Road Trip Through Philadelphia and Valley Forge
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Today’s Golf Traveler Wants Dinner Reservations as Much as Tee Times
The golf trip is changing shape. A new study out this week from 18Players, conducted jointly with the International Golf Travel Market (IGTM), confirms something a lot of destinations have been feeling anecdotally for a while: the course is still the reason for the...
The Golf Travel Market Just Got a Number — and It’s Bigger Than You Think
Every so often an industry gets a data point that turns a vibe into a fact. This week it was Mordor Intelligence, whose new global golf tourism market report puts a hard number on something Traveling Golfer has been covering anecdotally for years: this is a real,...
Golf Travel Isn’t Slowing Down — It’s Getting Younger
For years, the conventional wisdom around golf travel was easy to sketch: a 55-and-older guy, retired or close to it, with the time and disposable income to fly south for a buddies' trip or drive up to a bucket-list resort. Plenty of forecasts assumed that as that...
Golf Trips Are Becoming More Than Golf
A new industry conversation published this week gets at something worth sitting with: the golf trip itself is evolving, and the resorts paying attention to why are the ones pulling ahead. European Tour Destinations sat down with Daphne Yuanidis, Senior Consultant at...
2026 Is Loaded With Reasons to Plan a Golf Trip — Here’s Where the Action Is
Following up on the spending data we covered last week: golfers have the budget and the intent to travel in 2026. The next question is where. This year's championship calendar makes that an easier call than usual — there's an unusually rich lineup of majors, amateur...
Golfers Are Spending More on Trips in 2026 — But They Want More Value
A new national study released this week gives the clearest read yet on how golfers are approaching travel heading into 2026 — and the headline is good news wrapped around a warning. The 2025 Buffalo Groupe Golf Travel Study, conducted in December 2025, finds that...
The Traveling Golfer’s Next Chapter: A Digital-First Media Platform for Destinations and Sponsors
For years, The Traveling Golfer has told the stories of great courses, memorable destinations, and the experiences that make golf travel special. What began as a magazine feature grew into a radio show, then into an award-winning television series seen by audiences...
November 2025 Episode Showcases Myrtle Beach Golf Trail’s Million-Dollar Makeover
The November 2025 edition of The Traveling Golfer delivers a full-course feast of golf course renovations and culinary delights along the Myrtle Beach Golf Trail, spotlighting four standout properties that have undergone transformative upgrades. I host the show...
East Coast Golf Getaway? Baltimore County Delivers As We Show You
How about a quick Golf Escape along the East Coast? Whether you’re in New England, near Myrtle Beach, or even down in Florida, Baltimore County, Maryland is in the middle of the fairway. Take a drive up or down the Interstates and you will be in golf heaven. We have a...
It’s Official … Retirement!
After 15 of the most exciting and fulfilling years of my golf career, hosting the award-winning Traveling Golfer television show, it's time to pass the baton. "The Real John Daly" is taking over as host of the show and Jeff Gilder is handling all phases of its...
Traveling Golfer: Toast to Brews, Baseball, and Birdies
Traveling Golfer pops the lid on its Yuengling Tampa Bay Special. In the September 2025 edition, Host Tony Leodora spotlights the vibrant combo of golf, craft beer, and spring training in Tampa Bay. This latest installment takes viewers on a spirited journey through...
Getting You Ready For Family Golf Week 2026
The latest episode of Traveling Golfer, airing August 2025, shines a spotlight on one of the most cherished traditions in recreational golf: Family Golf Week in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I have been so lucky to witness and report on so many of these great events. ...