It's the last What's Burning at the Killhouse of 2024, but we're still keeping it just as random as always. We've slotted plenty of room in here for stick-your-neck-out worthy predictions for 2025 — but there was a variety of experiences and fun to reflect on from 2024. Time to dive in.
Let’s start with golf. What was a course you played for the first time this year that was memorable, either because it was good or because it was bad?
Tron - I played 45 total courses this year, about half for the first time. So, needless to say, a lot of different directions we can go with this one. The obvious choice is probably the Old Course Reversed, but I’ve written and spoken a lot on that. But in terms of not being able to stop thinking about a course and continually yearning to return, it’s Royal Adelaide. I adored the layout, the atmosphere, and the entire experience. It’s the sort of course that makes you consider (even just for a brief second) moving to the opposite side of the world so I could play this golf course every single day. That good. Irvine Bogside (Weird!!! Wonderful! Affordable!), Prestwick, Dunbar, Western Gailes, Lido, Brambles, Shorty’s, and Colorado Golf Club are other notable first loops from ‘24 that I think about often.
Soly - Many different ways we could go with this, but I’m gonna say Ocean Dunes on King Island. I hadn’t heard the best things about the course and had low expectations going in, but had such a freaking blast playing that place. Some of the best views of any golf course I’d ever played, and it had so many high points. There was definitely an added element of being about as far away from home as physically possible, and having the course to ourselves which made it much more special. The ocean holes were ridiculous, and the inland holes were thought-provoking and inspiring. Man that place rules.
D.J. – The one I keep thinking about is Sedge Valley, the newest course at Sand Valley Resort here in Wisconsin. Sedge is a par 68 that only played about 5,200 yards from the tees we played, but every single hole presented such a fun challenge and kept a smile of joy or frustration on your face the entire day. One funny thing about most “strategic” golf courses is that most resort players (myself included much of the time) aren’t good enough to keep their drives in play and get the full effect of dynamic second shots on every hole. At Sedge, the whole scale is shrunken down, allowing bad players to feel like they have a fighting chance on every hole, while great players can’t help but try to hit heroic shots all day (and suffer mixed results). I can’t wait to play it again.
Neil - I’m not a top 100 chaser, but I had a good year on this front: Cypress, Fishers, RM West, Cal Club, and San Francisco Golf Club. All of them were fantastic, but my most memorable round was a Friday afternoon loop with friends back in July at the recently renovated Golden Gate Par 3 in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. This 9-hole course out by Ocen Beach was in AWFUL shape when I lived in San Francisco. It’s now an interesting short course with tee shots ranging from 60 yards to 180 yards in the middle of one of my favorite cities. I was blown away by the thoughtful design and routing on a small plot of land, and I’d recommend anyone visiting San Francisco make a field trip out to Golden Gate Park to see it.
Randy - How is it possible that Tourist Sauce was just this year? Legitimately, every single track we played for that series is memorable. I still dream of Royal Adelaide and Royal Melbourne–what a delight those were, in every sense. But it was the course I played for fun on the back end of the trip that is the most memorable for me. Tara Iti, north of Auckland, New Zealand, is my pick. I played it on an absolute bluebird day, with winds that were pretty tame. Not only is it one of (the most?) beautiful settings I’ve had the pleasure to play golf in, but the good mood carried over to my game that day too. Vibes were high as I broke 80. As for the course, I found it interesting, stimulating, and ultimately very fair–not things I say after playing each and every Tom Doak design. There’s a reason it’s one of the best courses in the world and I feel like I got to play it on a day that couldn’t have been any better.
Cody - This is always the hardest question for me to answer because I get to “see” but not “play” a bunch of really cool golf courses. We travel the world for golf and most of the time I do it behind the lens of a camera. But this year, I ventured off on my own quite a bit and experienced some once-in-a-lifetime spots. NGLA, Shinny, and Southampton are all in the running. But they are all great and I hate splitting hairs. I could nitpick North Berwick vs Dunbar, but someone else will do that. The Schuster Brothers and I got to play Cypress during a perfect weather day in February. But for me, it was The Old Course with Big. I carried great shame for a long time because I have been to St Andrews multiple times, but I have never played golf. That changed this year during the AIG Women's Open week. I walked the golf course while calling Open Radio all four days of the competition. You end up in spots most rarely do because they are just slightly off of regular target lines (mostly 45 degrees off a player and preferably downwind, so your voice doesn't travel as far). You spend a lot of time ahead of the group you are calling, so most shots are coming towards you and not away. Every course I walk, I try to do my best to look at it backward or from green to tee. But calling live radio forces you to do it. It also revealed a lot about the Old Course that most people do not understand their first time through. There is a dream list of partners that I would have loved to share the experience with, and Big is always at the top. There is no better partner to make you stay in the moment, realize how fortunate we are to be there, and take some extra moments to let it all sink in. It is an experience that I will always cherish and a memory I will never forget.
Casey - How can I pick just one? I was lucky to play many new-to-me courses this year, including my first overseas ones. I am going to have to go with Carne. It was the one I had been thinking about the most leading up to playing, and it lived up to the hype. The scale of that place cannot be overstated. The drive up from Westport was gorgeous. The wind was not blowing a zillion KPH. The Guinness at the end of the round was phenomenal. Just a perfect day of golf on the edge of western Ireland!
Ben - Colorado Golf Club. A modern (read: wide) course with parkland vibes and firm conditions is just about perfection for me. A true nature walk with intrigue on every swing. It answered the question “what would you do if you had all the money” for me. I am buying 600 acres in the foothills of the Rockies and hiring Bill and Ben to build me CGC 2.0.
KVV — Dunbar. It just nudges out North Berwick and Prestwick, perhaps in part because it’s a bit more off the beaten path. I got to play it on one of the nicest days of the year in East Lothian, and there was barely a breath of wind. I loved the routing, how it hugs the old wall on the way out, then weaves toward the sea and back like a figure eight. Just a delightful walk with tons of fun shots and no pretension.
Jordan (laughs and cries in IR)
A number of stars — Viktor Hovland, Jordan Spieth, Will Zalatoris, Patrick Reed, Allisen Corpuz, Minjee Lee, Leona Maguire — had disappointing years in 2024. Who are you hoping, or predicting, will bounce back in 2025? (You don’t have to pick someone on this list.)
Tron - It’s Zalatoris for me. He’s really really good, he might just lack the most important ability…availability. He’s an authentic, well-adjusted dude, and American pro golf gets more interesting if he’s involved, especially in a Ryder Cup year, even if just for making picks more difficult for Keegan. He strung together some positive results toward the end of the tour season, so hoping he can carry it forward. Obviously, my colleagues are going to go with Linksmaster Jord, which, listen, I hope so, for my sanity and for Greller’s sake.
Soly - It has to be Spieth, right? (paints on clown makeup)
D.J. – My portfolio is full of so much Spieth stock that I desperately need a 2025 bounceback if I ever hope to retire.
Neil - From the list above, Hovland is the most likely to bounce back. He has the talent, youth, and a singular focus on golf that bodes well for digging himself out of a rut. I’d highly recommend reading or listening to KVV’s excellent profile if you haven’t already. Though he isn’t listed, I hope JT also has a bounce-back this year. 2024 was a disappointment, but when you look at his career resume, it’s hard to imagine him fading into mediocrity at 31.
Randy- I sure am hoping Jordan Spieth gets one!
Cody - Spieth, Vik - sure. Cam Young……come on man. Looking for more from Maja and Linn.
Casey - I would love to see Vik turn it around. I have always enjoyed watching him, and I appreciate his whole vibe. It would be nice to see him in contention more next year, so I selfishly get to see more of him on my TV in whatever crazy outfits J.Lindeberg has him wearing.
Ben - Maja Stark had some flashes but nothing exceptional. I am hoping she wins a major next year.
KVV — This might be wishcasting, but I’m going with Spieth. I think the wrist has been causing more problems than he ever let on, and now that it’s fixed, he’ll get back his special sauce, hitting great iron shots. It’s stunning that he was 15th in Strokes Gained Off The Tee last year, but 138th in Strokes Gained Approach. Clearly he’s figured out something that works with the driver. If he can just recapture his elite iron play, he’ll be a Top 20 player again.
Jordan - I refuse to be held hostage by nostalgia…what’s Danielle Kang up to these days? She’s kinda on the ropes with her status – she finished 144th in the CME rankings this year. I’d be very intrigued by a comeback era.
Every season from 2015 to 2024, we’ve had at least one player win their first major. Who will become a first-time major winner in 2025?
Tron - Thomas Paul Fleetwood, likely at Portrush. TBD if the PGA is going to be a true major or just a Designated Elevated Signature© event.
Soly - It’s Ludvig.
D.J. – It’s the holidays. What the hell? Tommy Fleetwood.
Neil - I’m going to go with Viktor Hovland. I’m buying the dip after everyone lost their shirts predicting he’d win one in 2024.
Randy - I am going to take the layup here and predict Jeeno Thitikul wins her first major this year. And it could be the first one of the year, at Chevron.
Cody - Ludvig and Jeeno.
Casey - I have to go with Mr. Ludvig here.
Ben - Team Ludvig all day every day.
KVV — It feels too easy to pick Ludvig Åberg, so I’m going with Patrick Cantlay to win the U.S. Open at Oakmont.
Jordan – The 2024 rookie of the year. I like Nick Dunlap at Oakmont!
What was your enjoyable or interesting meal of 2024? It can be a restaurant you visited, a meal you made at home, or a meal someone made for you.
Tron - In the midst of being with people non-stop for a few weeks straight between a family vacation and then Scotland, I had a quiet mid-afternoon meal at a place on the east side of the Isle of Arran that looks like a roadside seafood shack from the outside, but is so much more than that. I sat at the Mara Fish Bar and ate half the menu over the course of a few hours while I sat on a stool on the front porch and gazed out at the Firth of Clyde a few feet away across the street. Oysters, scallops, mussels, mackerel, local chanterelles, all leading to the crescendo of a local lobster risotto. Some of my most cherished memories are meals with others, but sometimes it’s really nice to be alone with your thoughts, world-class food and unfussy food made with love and reflective of a very specific place in the world.
Soly - Bern’s Steakhouse in Tampa. Had heard about it a ton, but wondered how unique could a steakhouse experience truly be. Well, the food was obviously incredible, great service, drinks, great company….but the tour of the wine cellar was truly next level. I believe they have about a half a million bottles of wine (not a joke!), including some from the mid-1800s. It’s just row after row after row after row of bottles, stacked to the ceiling. I’ve never seen anything like it. And then from dinner, you graduate to the dessert room, which is like an entire additional restaurant with private booths for after-dinner cocktails and ridiculously good sweets. Wife and I almost made a special trip down there for a babymoon in July, and can’t wait to go back.
D.J. – There’s a place near our house called Lake Park Bistro. It’s a fancy, white table cloth, classic French restaurant that’s located inside Lake Park and overlooking Lake Michigan. It’s an institution, but it’s very tired looking from the outside – I’ve walked past it roughly 600 times since moving here and have always thought it looks like going to someone else’s Grandma’s house for dinner. But when some neighbors of ours very kindly gave us a gift card for the place, Justine and I made plans for LPB to be our first proper dinner out since having Charlie. Maybe it was the thrill of being out of the house like adults (maybe it was the Old Fashioneds), but dammit if it didn’t deliver. I had a filet au poivre that made me sincerely happy and a mushroom soup that I asked the waiter if we could buy by the quart and freeze just to have at the house. Top 2 or 3 soup I’ve ever had in my life.
Neil - I’m a massive fan of a good hotel breakfast spread. The kind where you sit down, place an order for a nice coffee with the waiter, then immediately get up with a plate and choose your own adventure at a breakfast buffet. During our trip to Portugal and Spain in September, Carson and I stayed at the Sublime Comporta resort, and they had the best breakfast spread I’ve ever seen. All three mornings, it was a 2-hour experience with 3-4 courses. I’d start with the fruit and yougurt and granola, with a little homemade and freshly squeezed “juice of the day.” Then, I would explore the meats, smoked fish, cheeses, jams, and different homemade bakery items. Finally, I would request a simple omelet with ham, green peppers, and cheese, and explore the daily offering at the hot bar before grabbing one more chocolate croissant on my way out.
Randy - My answer goes back to my trip to New Zealand last winter. My wife’s cousin took a group of us out on his boat to a little place called Rakino Island in the waters near Auckland. They call it ‘Pizza Island’ because on this island, which has maybe a dozen or so full-time inhabitants is a little pizzeria called Woody Bay Pizzeria. It’s a man and his son who cook made-to-order pizzas in a wood-fired oven. The pizza was excellent, as was being able to eat it in a swimsuit and flip-flops after we splashed around in the water at the beach. The most memorable meal. If you’re ever in Auckland with access to boat, check it out!
Cody - The meal we cooked as a team on King Island. From the cheese board to salads and sides, open fire cooking meat and fresh seafood. We each had our roles. But sharing that meal after a long day of work at one of the most beautiful places in the world is something I will never forget. Great food, even better people.
Casey - I love pizza so I was so elated to have dinner at Pizzeria Bianco the night before the NIT in Phoenix with Neil, Ben, Cody, Jordan, Lauren and John Pond, and my husband, Jon. No reservations are taken so we got there and took advantage of Bar Bianco (literally in a house next door) for a few rounds of drinks. When it was time to eat, we had a big table outside to enjoy the warm fall evening. We ordered one of every pizza on the menu and all the salads. There was not one thing to dislike about any of it. The pizza was perfect, the company even better.
Ben - This is an easy one. My beautiful mother turned 60 this year. We hired a local chef (and one of our friends) to develop and cook a 5-course tasting menu at our home. The food was centered around classic dishes with an Indian flare. It was an unbelievable experience watching a true pro cook in my kitchen and create extraordinary dishes - though it was humbling to realize the level of food that can be prepared with my own pots and pans far surpassed anything I have done. If you are ever in Kansas City, you have to go check out Of Course and Chef Swetha.
KVV — There is a restaurant in Baltimore, Magdalena, inside the Ivy Hotel, that doesn’t get nearly the attention that some of the fancier restaurants do, but my wife and I had an exceptional meal there this July for her birthday. The food, drinks, the service, the sommelier, the atmosphere — all of it was incredible. I remember oysters, beet salad, duck confit, short ribs, some incredible desserts. My city is an underrated food town, and I have no shortage of places to recommend when people reach out, but Magdalena is one of the places I send the real ones.
Jordan – The least sophisticated answer is slotted for last. There’s a two-way tie. I’ll start with Jim’s Smokehouse BBQ in Austin, TX, which is a banger of a food truck that sells BBQ meats by the pound. Their black angus brisket is to die for…and mixed with the mac and cheese…I’ve ascended. I also have no idea how that good of a key lime pie found its way to a food truck in Texas, but it did, and the strawberry sauce is the perfect touch.
This is tied with Raising Cane’s, which has officially become my favorite fast-food chicken establishment.
We travel a lot for work. What is something that frustrates you about traveling that you would change if you were given magic powers to do so?
Tron - I’ve built entire columns and podcast episodes around this, so there’s a lot to pull from. But often I’m talking specifics, and what gets washed away in that is how far behind the rest of the world the United States is in airport infrastructure and investment (and without reasonable alternatives like trains). There’s a lot of shitty airports in Canada and the UK, but on the whole, I’m impressed whenever I travel abroad - the terminals make more sense, they’re better staffed, and they’re actually preparing for the future and not just trying to catch up to the present. Just generally less bullshit.
Soly - How hard it can be to get in and out of Jax efficiently, and how isolated I can feel in the southeast. I was spoiled living in Amsterdam and being able to get to the airport in no time and hop to another country in a heartbeat. The only downside of living in Jax (aside from the summers) is the lack of ability to get to many places (especially internationally) without connecting.
D.J. – The inefficiency (and high cost) of train travel in most of the United States. I can’t tell you how much I’m dying to travel around even just the Midwest by train and how disappointed I am every time I look into actually doing this.
Neil - The next generation, automated X-ray machines that are being installed in airports are so much slower than they should be. I’m sure they are better at flagging half-full water bottles (and hopefully weapons and bombs). Still, it sucks when cutting-edge technology makes a shitty process like airport security even more inefficient.
Randy - The thing that stresses me out the most about travelling is driving and parking at the Denver airport. It’s why I take the train out every opportunity I get. To the point where I’ve become evangelical about it too–anybody coming to visit Denver I check if they’re willing and able to grab the train so I can pick them up at a stop closer to me. Thankfully, most people are!
Cody - Airport parking at most spots. Everyone needs to install the ceiling light system to show what spots are open or not. This would cut down on the useless sharking of the lot. I also do not understand why we think it is acceptable to charge people so much for parking at the airport while also providing zero other transport options. But I live in Dallas. And understand that most of this is all tied to DFW.
Casey - Landing in Terminal C and transferring to Terminal A or vice versa at EWR. Whether it’s to pick up or drop off the rental car and walk to the AirTrain that is nowhere near new Terminal A or taking the inside airport bus from one to the other to make a connection, it’s just a slog. I know they are working on a new AirTrain, but that will take years (and billions apparently) until that’s ready to go.
Ben - We have got to start loading the plane back to front. I truly do not understand how it is a “benefit” to get on the plane first. “Oh great I get to sit on a hot plane where my phone doesn't work while people bump into me fighting for overhead bin space.” True luxury is getting on the plane 30 seconds before the doors close. Not to mention the total lack of efficiency when loading by zones.
KVV — I wish every airport would allow me to walk to my rental car. I loathe having to climb aboard a shuttle bus that takes 20 mins away. I don’t even mind a lengthy walk, like in Austin or Edinburgh. I’m over shuttles.
Jordan – Attitudes, easily. First of all, real life goes out the window in an airport. BUT NOT DECORUM. Few things make sense in an airport, and you have to check control at the door. That said, most things are refundable, have a solution, etc. I see far too many people crying over spilled milk in airports. Attitudes are contagious, and I’m trying to vibe and have a nice trip, too. Flying is a privilege. Stop rolling your eyes and sighing over 40-minute delays, Kim, there’s people that are dying!
What is one piece of non-NLU content you enjoyed in 2024 that you would recommend others check out? Can be a TV show, a book, a movie, an album, a video game…
Tron - I wrote about this one back in April and it’s still the one that sticks with me the most - the movie “Dream Scenario.” It came out in 2023, but D.J. and Randy recommended it this year and it was one of only two or three movies I watched all year. I’m a Nicolas Cage enthusiast and this is essentially the Cage flick that I’ve been yearning for the last decade. I watched it on a flight back from Germany (you know the first stop is always Frankfurt) and I landed at Newark with my mind blown. It’s unclassifiable - dark comedy; psychological thriller; Nic Cage being Nic Cage; sharp societal commentary; etc.
Soly - Does Ms. Rachel count? This is recency bias, but I just finished the Cold War “Turning Point” documentary on Netflix and I couldn’t get enough of it. I’ll probably end up watching that one again in three months.
D.J. – I know it’s on every year-end list there is, but MJ Lenderman’s album “Manning Fireworks” has been getting some heavy airtime in the Piehowski house and headphones this year. Also, Justine and I watched “Cabaret” for the first time a few weeks ago. Holy hell. Classics are classic for a reason.
Neil - I am on book 11 of 2024 (hoping to start book 12 before we flip the calendar). My two favorites were Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides and Fire Weather by John Vaillant.
Randy - I’m going to spray the board here and try to pick something from a bunch of different mediums. Film: Megalopolis (I promise you’ll have something to talk about afterward lol) Book: There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib (A book about life and basketball by an author who grew up in Ohio at the same time as I did, though that’s where any similarities end) Podcast: Organized Money (antitrust enforcement, I continue to believe, is the way towards finding community and making society function better) Music: John Craigie (I just discovered him this year after catching him in concert) TV Show: Nobody Wants This (shoutout our guy Tim Simons, the wife and I loved this show)
Cody - I went back this year and re-read Jim Harrison’s novellas “Revenge," “The Man Who Gave Up His Name," and “Legends of the Fall”. This was mostly spurred on by the constant drive to discover home. Or the neverending search of what home used to feel like. Harrison might not of been born in my home state, but he represents what I love about Montana better than anyone.
Casey - A Real Pain was my favorite movie of the year. Jesse Eisenberg wrote and directed it. He’s also one of the main two characters, the other being his cousin played by Kieran Culkin. It was funny, it was sad, it was relatable, and it is 90 minutes long. It’s coming to VOD at the end of December and has already been nominated for a bunch of awards.
Ben - Amy Winehouse. Her music, the documentary, the docudrama. All so interesting. I realize I am wildly late to the party here, but her story, career arc, and her music are worthy of checking back in on.
KVV — Of all the pieces I read this year, this one by Kelsey McKinny for Defector stands out the most. It’s about traveling to Paris to see the Monet paintings she loved as a 16-year-old, and realizing that the relationship (which she had built up in her mind for much of her adult life) had changed. It has all the stuff I love in an essay, vulnerability, reflection, suspense, forgiveness and heartache. One of the themes I love in writing is trying to capture a moment in time, or looking back on that moment and trying to understand what it meant in the arc of your life.
Jordan — Honestly, these aren’t recommendations. I’m just gonna use this space to get two things off my chest: 1) I’ve become a massive fan of professional wrestling. It piqued my interest a few months ago, but then Mr. McMahon supercharged it – which is probably the opposite of what it was intended to do. Yes, it’s greatly exaggerated and “mostly” scripted (sometimes, the storylines bleed into real life!). But geez, if CM Punk’s Pipebomb isn’t one of the greatest monologues ever delivered, I don’t know what is. Pro wrestling is an in-your-face, vivid production – and in a world that I feel is losing variety and distinction by the second, it’s a really great contrast. And hats off to them for getting off the Cock and onto Netflix. The business has pivoted brilliantly in the post-Vince McMahon era!
2) The Cure and Kendrick Lamar have got me loving music again (that’s a long, boring story).
Bill Belichick’s decision to take the coaching job at North Carolina got us thinking: What golfer do you think would make a good college football coach and why?
Tron - In this NIL era it’s gotta be Bryson, right? He’d hire good coordinators, lean into NIL, and generally be the juice. The energy of a Dabo with some early Chip Kelly scheme and Charlie Weis “decided schematic advantage” ego and the stubbornness of a Ferentz and social clout of a Coach Prime. I think he’d stick around long enough to succeed and actually try to figure it out. I was tempted to say Mickelson, but I don’t think he’d last long enough for us to get to the real comedy and he’d clash like crazy with the administration and student newspaper.
Soly - I cheated and peaked at Randy’s answer and can’t come up with a better one than that.
D.J. – Billy Horschel. I don’t even know if there’s a close second! Not only does he seem like a high-energy Ball Knower, but I think he’d navigate the absurdity and egos of the NIL world with aplomb.
Neil - Billy Ho and Scott Stallings are great answers from the squad, but I’m going in a different direction: Jordan Spieth. Great with the media, would be able to sit down in the living room and “recruit the parents,” plenty of experience working with a large staff of agents and managers, great relationships in the C-Suite, and a knack for over scheming on the course that would translate well to game plans and film study.
Randy - I think being a good college football coach is about organization, motivation, and putting in the work. Nobody personifies these traits out on Tour right now than Scott Stallings. He seems to ‘get it’, and I think he’d have as good a chance as anybody else to run a successful program. I’d play for him, guy is an inspiration!
Cody - I was trying to work up a justification for Brooks, but what Randy said is spot on. Scott is one of the best. I would literally run through a wall for him because I know he would be right there with me. He is the ultimate team guy in an individual sport. He trains and mentors more young Pros and College kids than most successful coaches.
Casey - I don’t know where to even start with this. My Division 3 college experience did not adequately prepare me for college football knowledge.
Ben - Alex Noren. I think his work ethic is all consuming which seems to be a common thread in the football coaching culture. Alex would be watching tape on his way to meet a new recruit. He would also be able to spend his full summer at Visby.
KVV — I love to imagine Jon Rahm as a college version of Dan Campbell, headbutting his players after they create a turnover, or calling timeout so he can give a fiery speech on 4th-and-inches about how this play is the most important play of your entire life. I have no idea what kind of offense he would run. Maybe he could hire Sergio for that. But I think he’d be a solid recruiter and he would do that thing I love about the college game, he’d take little digs at his rivals in the press.
Jordan - A good college football coach is someone you wanna run through a wall for. Someone who can delegate, but knows when to insert his ego when it matters. I like D.J.’s Billy Horschel answer, especially because he’s a Gator. I’d like to think Keegan Bradley has some of this too, but we’ll see
Christmas is only a few days away. What’s the best golf-related gift you can give someone?
Tron - We talked about it on the pod a couple of weeks ago and unanimously decided the most functional thing is golf balls. But I’d go with a travel-related gift - either an airline gift card, or a new travel bag, or even a gift cert or booking at a really interesting course that’s driveable to home but just far enough that the person hasn’t made the trip yet. Something that’s gonna stoke that urge to get out into the world!
Soly - Golf balls is the easy answer, but I think a key to a great gift can also be getting them something they wouldn’t spend their own money on. So maybe it’s a round at a special golf course that inspires them to take a trip they should.
D.J. – This is so boring, but I think it has to be golf balls. Who has too many golf balls?
Neil - Something from the No Laying Up Pro Shop (expect anything different?!?)
Randy - This is your sign to plan a trip for somebody you love to Scotland. It’ll be the best gift you and them could ever get.
Cody - Balls. Can never have enough of 'em.
Casey - A gift certificate (or even just a card with an IOU) to play a round of golf with someone you didn’t get to tee it up with in 2024.
Ben - The answer is ProV1s. However, if you really love that person, it is taking the reins to book a trip for them. Ideally, you would go as well. Mutually beneficial gift!
KVV — I think there are few better gifts than a ballmarker or a headcover that has some personal touch to it. When I got married a few years ago, one of my friends had some ballmarkers made with the outline of the state of Montana and the state of New Mexico (my wife’s home state) on them. Personalized golf balls are cool, and the golf ball company will do the work for you, but a ball marker or a putter headcover you design? That’s the good stuff.
Jordan - You can never have enough #ballz. I think ball markers can be wholesome, though.