Our group have tried the home rental route but now prefer the “stay & play” route. Our home rental experience did not include decent beds, lack of kitchen equipment, it was a tired home and we didn’t ask if the pool was heated (our fault and lesson).
Although we always planned to do our own cooking, we chose to select a resort that offers free (nothings free) breakfast that gets us going in the morning plus no cleanup. Lunch is a burger and beer after the golf game (always reasonably priced at the course), then we head back to the resort for a shower and happy hour drinks. Dinner is again a time to chat about the day but let someone else to the cooking and cleaning. At the end of the 5 days it is straighten things up and turnkey.
We know we pay a premium to go the resort route, but are so many companies now that offer such low prices on accommodations and green fees it is hard not to go the resort route.

Interesting article. As a regular traveller on golf trips I have done both but would never book a large trip in a rental. Hotels/resorts are better through an agent or direct, small groups are fine.
Safety of fall back to Resort is important we were in Hilton Head on a package had a real wet cold day on 3rd day I negotiated a cancellation and a return on our day all be it at differing tee times, you could never do that if in own rental.
No one thing suits all personal choice, my experience is cutting. Corners to save a few bucks is not a great idea and can lead to problems.

Prefer to book with the resort. You can usually just walk away.

I organize golf trips both personally and professionally along with owning multiple golf focused vacation homes in US and Scotland. Your article sounds like it was written in large part by resort pr staff. Resorts in general have been late in offering this type of product. But each group is different and budget always plays a large part in final selection. Homes and condos are my personal choice as camaraderie and food/drink flexibility are better.

I have booked a number of group trips to various locations, Orlando, Scottsdale/Phoenix and Myrtle Beach, no less than 30 at a time. We had a great time with some very detailed planning, but for convenience and package, The Legends in Myrtle Beach stood out. Can’t wait to go there again.

We have been going to Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland for golf trips for the past 12 years but in 2018, we decided to try that AirBnB thing in the Lahinch area because we were only staying up there for 3 nights and then going down south to Killarney for a week. Thinking that AirBnB would be the better option for the shorter stay, I booked a great place in town. Cancelled by the owner shortly afterwards. Not disillusioned, I booked another one which was cancelled by the owner. Only after the third try did we find a booking through AirBnb that "stuck" - it was a great option for our group of four.

After thinking about it, almost every house on AirBnb is on Homeaway, VRBO, Holidaylettings.co.uk and others to get as much exposure for their properties over all of the rental platforms. Since it is much easier to rent for a whole week (routinely Saturday to Saturday in UK and Ireland), the AirBnb owner will cancel the shorter week if a week's long stay comes along, booting you out of your booking. If at all possible, rent Saturday to Saturday in Great Britain/Ireland to avoid this from happening.

I have organized a number of buddy trips and will be traveling in April to Scotland on a trip organized by a friend. In the USA, the golf resort packages are much better than trying to piece together housing + food + housekeeping + transportation + golf. Bandon, Kiawah, Whistling Straits, Pinehurst, and dozens of other resorts are best accessed through a package deal. In Scotland and Ireland, the number and quality of packages is very limited. A house, car, tee times, and pubs are the best options.

Always a condo or house. No brainer for us. I’ve organized over 30 golf trips of 7-10 days and would never stay 2 to a small room again. Cramped , no cooking facilities ( especially for breakfast) resort restaurants are way overpriced. It just doesn’t seem like a group trip when everyone is separate. Never had a rental problem. Been everywhere from Myrtle Beach and Orlando to Seattle and all points in between.eating 3 meals out a day ( not to mention the price of drinks and the problem of driving when drinking ( we don’t))