Talking GolfGetaways: Your Golf Getaways Podcast · Mitch Laurance and Darin Bunch

Special Edition: Patrick Koenig

·1 hr 12 min·5 clips

Patrick finished at Chambers Bay on January 2nd, 2024, with 580 18-hole rounds in 365 days.

1. Talking GolfGetaways: Your Golf Getaways Podcast centers on Patrick Koenig’s RGV Tour 2.0 and the 2024 world-record finish at Chambers Bay. 2. Mitch Lawrence hosts with Darren Bunch, Chris McEwen produces behind the glass, and Patrick Koenig joins as the only Guinness World Record holder the show says it has featured. 3. The episode asks how Patrick turned a golf-road-trip idea into 580 18-hole rounds in 365 days. 4. Mitch and Darren tie the conversation back to episode 131 from 2019, when Patrick had already done the original RGV Tour. 5. Patrick says the first tour covered 48 states and 405 18-hole courses, which made the later record attempt feel like a natural next step. 6. He explains that hearing the old mark of 449 18-hole courses stayed with him after the first tour. 7. Patrick says he wrote a business plan for RGV Tour 2.0 that made breaking the record the main purpose. 8. He describes how Golf Game Book, a Finnish company, contacted him after seeing his earlier work online. 9. Patrick says one call with Golf Game Book made the second tour feel possible and led to buying and wrapping a new RV. 10. He explains that the tour’s schedule revolved around never-ending tee times and a yearlong route. 11. Patrick says Guinness wanted fees, licensing, and photography rights, so he chose to document the record without them. 12. He says GPS data, scores, and photos from every course already gave him verification materials. 13. Patrick describes the kickoff at Monarch Beach Golf Links, where people threw water balloons at him before the first tee shot. 14. He says the daily target settled around nine courses a week, with some stretches reaching 36 holes a day. 15. Patrick breaks the work into five jobs and says he handled all of them himself, including driving, content, and route coordination. 16. He says private-club logistics and last-minute cancellations forced him to keep rebooking while he was still playing. 17. Patrick says friends and strangers joined throughout the year, and he estimates about 1,500 people took part in some way. 18. He says those participants helped with tee times, snacks, donations, and event turnout, including a sold-out finale at Chambers Bay. 19. The tone is conversational and practical, with Mitch and Darren pushing detailed questions while Patrick gives concrete examples from the road. 20. Golf travelers, RV fans, and record-setting stories will get the most from this episode, while listeners who want a short equipment-only chat may skip it.

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A big golf travel story that stays grounded in the work and relationships behind it.

Patrick Koenig’s special edition lands in the sweet spot between big golf travel ambition and the plain work behind it. Mitch, Darren, and Chris keep things relaxed while Patrick walks through the parts that actually matter: who showed up, who did not, the social media grind,…

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