Benjamin Smith

The founder of The Wandering Golfers, Ben grew up on the links of Scotland learning the game from his beloved Grandpa. Previously a writer and broadcaster for The Times and BBC

Links House at Royal Dornoch Review: One of Scotland’s Great Golf Hotels

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Links House at Royal Dornoch remains one of the most special places to stay in Scottish golf. On our second visit, with the club’s striking new clubhouse now framing the view beyond the 1st tee, it felt like the ideal place to experience both the timeless magic and evolving story of Dornoch.…

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Prestwick Golf Club is one of golf’s great cathedrals

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Tradition and romance are synonymous with Prestwick. This is, after all, the birthplace of The Open Championship itself. It may have hosted the last of its 24 Opens in 1925, but the significance of this club to our game, and the aura which surrounds it, endures to this very day.…

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Pinehurst Golf Course: A Love Letter to the Cradle of American Golf

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Pinehurst Golf Course is actually more much than one course. This resort is the legendary Cradle of American Golf in North Carolina. From the iconic Pinehurst No. 2 and No. 4 to The Cradle short course, this is where golf’s past and future meet. Experience world-class golf, Southern charm, and timeless beauty in…

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Pinehurst: The Cradle Rocks – A Truly Happy Golf Course

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The Cradle Pinehurst is one of the most joyful golf experiences in America, a nine-hole short course where great design, relaxed atmosphere, and pure fun come together brilliantly. Created by Gil Hanse at Pinehurst Resort, it offers unforgettable golf, free replays, and a reminder of what the game should feel like…

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National Golf Links of America: A Pilgrimage to the Soul of American Golf

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National Golf Links of America is one of the most revered and exclusive golf courses in the world, set beside Peconic Bay near Southampton, New York. Designed by C.B. Macdonald and opened in 1911, it is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential courses in American golf history…

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North Berwick West Links – one of golf’s most unforgettable experiences

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Few places capture the spirit of golf like the West Links at North Berwick in East Lothian. Set along the coastline to the east of Edinburgh in Scotland, it blends history, originality, and joy in equal measure. Play it once and you’ll be hooked; play it again and you’ll never want to stop…

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Cypress Point Club: Complete Guide to Alister MacKenzie’s Coastal Masterpiece (2026)

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Cypress Point Club is one of the most exclusive and beautiful golf clubs in the world. Set on California’s Monterey Peninsula, Dr Alister MacKenzie’s masterpiece is famed for its dramatic ocean holes, towering pines, and timeless design, making Cypress Point a bucket-list course for golfers everywhere, even if few ever play it…

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Pine Valley Golf Club: 10 things to know about the America’s No 1 course

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There are no ocean views, towering dunes, sheer cliffs or plunging valleys and yet, Pine Valley Golf Club in the US state of New Jersey, has consistently been ranked the No 1 golf course in the world not just for years, but decades. The likes of Cypress Point in California, Augusta National in…

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Pine Valley: Inside the Most Private Club in Golf

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Pine Valley Golf Course New Jersey is the most private and mysterious destination in golf. Ranked No.1 in the world for decades, it remains out of reach for most. This is the story of its history, exclusivity, and why it continues to define greatness in the game…

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Moortown Golf Club: MacKenzie Masterpiece thriving ahead of Ryder Cup centenary

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Moortown Golf Club is an Alister MacKenzie masterpiece and the site of the 1929 Ryder Cup - the first to be held outside of the USA. Blending history with modern restoration, it remains one of England's great inland courses. From its iconic Gibraltar hole to its evolving renovations, Moortown embodies tradition and progress…

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Royal Dublin Golf Club: a timeless Irish links in the heart of the city

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Just minutes from the heart of Ireland's vibrant capital, lies a different world entirely. Royal Dublin Golf Club offers pure links golf on a windswept island rich in history, character, and challenge. It’s a place of quiet permanence — shaped by wind, built on tradition, and never far from the sea.…

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Ryder Cup 2031: Camiral Golf to extend Spanish love affair

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Camiral Golf, near Barcelona, will host the 2031 Ryder Cup on a first-of-its-kind composite course drawn from its Stadium and Tour layouts. With a rich Spanish Ryder Cup legacy and world-class facilities, Camiral promises to deliver one of the most memorable chapters in golf’s greatest team event.…

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The Stack System: does it really work? The definitive review

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It began with a simple question: Can I actually swing the golf club faster?Like many golfers, I’d watched Bryson DeChambeau transform himself into a walking physics experiment—smashing drives past bunkers designed to challenge mere mortals, flying the ball 320 yards through the air like it was routine. But behind the protein shakes and…

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Playing Royal County Down: A Pilgrimage to the World’s Greatest Links

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Royal County Down Golf Club isn’t just one of the world’s greatest links courses — it’s a place of myth, beauty, and challenge. This immersive first-person story captures the drama, history, and emotion of playing RCD for the first time — a round that becomes a lifelong memory.…

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Lofoten Links, one of the world’s great golf outposts

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For golfers with a sense of wanderlust and an urge to explore the game’s great outposts, the name of Lofoten Links will already reasonate. But now this majestic, rugged and – above all – remote,  bucket list destination in Norway, is set to be catapulted firmly onto the international stage, having joined the…

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Pinehurst: 10 things you need to know

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It just doesn’t get much better than a golf trip to Pinehurst. The magic of the place is something we have documented at length and we’ll continue to tell anyone who asks, why this place is so special. But to truly get the most from your visit there are a few things you’ll…

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Can Arccos give you the best golf lesson in the world?

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Arccos discount code For a 15% discount on Arccos products use the code ‘WANDER15’ by clicking this link.   Golf is not an exact science: as individuals we’re gloriously unique, not only from the rest of the world but from each other too. No two swings are the same and the challenge of…

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Royal Portrush: 10 things that make this place so special

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Royal Portrush Golf Club is, without question, one of the world’s great links. 

It has, of course, grown accustomed to hosting the game’s greatest players since 1888, Harry Vardon, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy (and many more besides) are just some of the legendary footsteps you will be…

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Blown away by St Patrick’s Links – one of Ireland’s great courses

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The views across St Patrick’s Links to Sheephaven Bay would’ve been enough to take my breath away if the wind whipping in off the Atlantic and across this incredible golf course, hadn’t got there first. Finding the words to capture the feeling of standing on this jaw-dropping linksland is not easy – dramatic…

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