Bandon Dunes
Complete planning guide: costs, lodging strategy, tee times, seasonal timing, and sample itineraries.
Golf Trip Planning.
Without the Fluff.
Detailed guides for serious golfers. Real costs, honest tradeoffs, and expert itineraries for the world's best golf destinations.
Trip Guides
Scotland for First-Timers
Complete guide to planning your first Scotland golf trip without overwhelm.
Pinehurst Buddy Trip
The complete guide to planning a group trip to Pinehurst.
Ireland vs Scotland
Which destination is right for your group? An honest comparison.
Why This Exists
Most golf travel content is either affiliate spam or surface-level listicles. I built Nine Before 9 Trips to provide the kind of detailed, honest planning guides I wish existed when researching my own trips.
Every guide includes real cost breakdowns, seasonal tradeoffs, and practical itineraries based on extensive research. No hype, no partnerships claiming to be unbiased, just useful information for golfers planning serious trips.