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
Cypress Point Club is known as golf’s Sistine Chapel — a masterpiece carved into California's dramatic Monterey coast by Dr Alister MacKenzie and Marion Hollins. It’s private, poetic, and almost impossibly pure: a place where the forest meets the ocean, beauty meets bravery, and the game feels once again like art…
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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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The Arccos Link Pro is golf’s next great leap forward — a device that lets you track every shot automatically, straight from your pocket. Lighter, smarter and built for freedom, it pairs seamlessly with Arccos sensors to capture your game in stunning detail, without ever breaking your focus on the course…
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Few places capture the spirit of golf like the West Links at North Berwick Golf Club 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…
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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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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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The National Golf Links of America is a masterclass in golf course design — strategic, soulful, and steeped in history. Inspired by the great links of the UK, it rewards intellect over power and reveals more with every round. Few courses offer such timeless charm or leave such a lasting impression.…
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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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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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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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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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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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At the end of a quiet, dead-end in New Jersey, down a road time forgot, lies arguably the greatest destination in golf: Pine Valley Golf Club – to many the single best golf course in the world. As you reach the end of the road, to your right – on the other side…
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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 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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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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In another life, Zach Gould would be a household name on the PGA Tour. As a precocious teenager, the Welshman – who many now know as Dr Golf – had been destined for the top of the game having won some of Europe’s most prestigious junior tournaments, beating Rory McIlroy en route. He…
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The highly-anticipated Tom Doak design, will be the first original golf course at Pinehurst Resort for nearly 30 years. Its opening comes just a few months before Pinehurst hosts its fourth US Open on Pinehurst No 2…
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Pace of play has been a hot topic in golf for many years now. Rounds on the PGA Tour have gone, in some cases, north of five-and-a-half hours. But the great joy of our game is that it is far more wide-ranging than the professional game and along that spectrum, there are two…
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The light is fading over Broadwater Lake; the only sounds are the rustle of weeping willows, the flap of a swan’s wings near the reeds and, right on cue, the crisp plop of a golf ball coming up a yard or two short of the 18th green at The Melbourne Course at Brocket…
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