Golf Trips with Distillery Tours
The best golf trips don't end at the 18th. Distillery Tours is the part your crew still argues about on the drive home. We tracked down 30 destinations across America where the golf is worth the flight and the distillery tours is worth the day off the course — so nobody has to pick one.
Every destination below includes detailed course breakdowns, lodging options for groups, restaurant picks, and nightlife — plus specific distillery tours venues with pricing, duration, and what to expect. Hit the planner to build a complete itinerary around your group's priorities in a couple of minutes.
These 30 destinations span 22 states across 7 regions of the country, so there's a golf-plus-distillery tours option within a short flight of most major cities. Distillery Tours runs from around $0 per person at the most affordable spot on the list, with plenty of upgrade options if the group wants to splurge on one big activity for the trip.
The best group trips usually pencil in distillery tours for a half-day between rounds — morning tee time, afternoon activity, dinner after — rather than trying to squeeze it in around a full 36-hole day. If your crew wants distillery tours to be the centerpiece rather than a side quest, several of the destinations below are built around it, with courses close enough to town that the golf doesn't have to compete for calendar space.
Best Destinations for Golf + Distillery Tours
Walla Walla, WA
Wine country golf in Washington's best-kept secret
Gig Harbor, WA
Puget Sound harbor town with Chambers Bay next door
Galena, IL
Historic charm and hilltop golf in the Driftless Region
French Lick, IN
Historic resort golf, casino, and bourbon country
Duluth, MN
North Shore golf with Lake Superior as your backdrop
Lexington, KY
Bourbon, bluegrass, and birdies
Charleston, SC
Lowcountry links, world-class food, and a legendary bar scene
St. Augustine, FL
America's oldest city with World Golf Village next door
Finger Lakes, NY
Wine country golf with lake views and gorge hikes
Stowe, VT
Mountain village golf with craft beer, covered bridges, and peak foliage
Newport, RI
Gilded Age mansions, ocean golf, and a legendary sailing-town bar scene
Catskills, NY
Mountain resort revival golf just 2 hours from NYC
Hudson Valley, NY
NYC's backyard with farm-to-table dining, craft distilleries, and valley golf
Fredericksburg, TX
Hill Country wine, German heritage, and hidden gem golf
Louisville, KY
Bourbon Trail golf with Valhalla prestige and Derby City nightlife
St Andrews, Scotland
The Home of Golf — bucket-list pilgrimage on the Fife coast
Troon, Scotland
Ayrshire's Open links — Royal Troon, Turnberry, and Prestwick
Gullane, Scotland
Scotland's Golf Coast — Muirfield, North Berwick, and the Renaissance Club
Portmarnock, Ireland
Dublin's links coast — Portmarnock, The Island, and County Louth
Newcastle, Northern Ireland
Royal County Down & Royal Portrush — two of the world's best
Florence, AL
8,000-yard RTJ golf above the river in Muscle Shoals music country
Wilmington, NC
Cape Fear coast golf and a riverwalk full of bars
Memphis, TN
Justin Timberlake's course, Delta golf, and Beale Street
Acme, MI
The Bear and three resort courses on Grand Traverse Bay
Dayton, OH
Award-winning public golf in the birthplace of aviation
Sioux Falls, SD
Award-winning city golf and an underrated bar scene
Philadelphia, PA
Big-city nightlife with classic public golf in the suburbs
Manchester, VT
Walter Travis golf and Green Mountain charm
Bowling Green, KY
Corvettes, caves, bourbon, and a sneaky-good golf scene
Lompoc, CA
One of California's toughest public tests in quiet wine country