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Episode 98: The Lockhart Travel Club with David Davis

December 7, 2025·1 hr 9 min·1 clip

James Henderson talks with David Davis, CEO of Lockhart Travel Club, in a year-end update. The tone stays relaxed, with a little whiskey in the background and a lot of gratitude for the work that goes into the trips. They begin with the case for amateur golf. Professional golf gets its respect, but the game they care about here is the amateur side, because that is where people spend time walking, looking, and talking. The trips themselves are the point. Davis says the best ones work because the logistics are solid, the guests have something in common, and the whole group is willing to show up for dinners, matches, and the slower social rhythm of travel. They keep circling back to shared time. A week with eight, ten, or twelve people who may not know each other at the start can become easy if the golf is good and the group has the right temperament. The conversation also keeps opening onto architecture. Once curiosity about course design enters the picture, the experience gets richer, though the trips do not depend on that level of obsession. There is a warm sense of repetition too. This is the third time they have recorded a version of this annual update, and that familiarity gives the dialogue a lived-in, end-of-year feel. Brazil comes up as a meaningful example. Davis and Henderson talk about how special those trips are, along with annual matches that have become part of the rhythm. The show keeps one foot in camaraderie and one foot in golf judgment. That balance is what makes it feel more like a clubhouse conversation than a formal interview. It is easy to hear why the group dinners matter so much. For listeners who like golf travel, club culture, and the slightly obsessive pleasure of comparing places, this one fits well.

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A clubhouse-style take on golf travel, group chemistry, and the social pull of serious golf.

The episode treats golf travel as a matter of fit: the right people, the right clubs, and routing that holds together. David Davis and James Henderson talk through Lockhart Travel Club and its trips with the easy rhythm of a clubhouse chat, where whiskey, long days on the…

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Listen for the real logistics behind golf trips and the easy banter around them.

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