Rob Smith

Contributing Editor

Rob Smith

Rob Smith has been a contributing editor for Golf Monthly since 2012 specialising in course reviews and travel. He has now played more than 1,100 courses, seldom troubling the scorers, in approaching 50 countries. In 2019 he played 86 courses in England, Ireland and Wales, as well as in Spain, Germany and Bulgaria, the Dominican Republic, Vietnam… and the Isle of Wight !

Rob is a member of Tandridge Golf Club in Surrey where he very rarely plays to his handicap of 14.

You can contact Rob at r.smith896@btinternet.com

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  • January 18, 2021 2:25 pm

Golfers living in or visiting the UK&I can never run out of new and exciting courses to play. Rob Smith looks at some of the best golf destinations in the…

  • January 15, 2021 2:45 pm

Rob Smith takes a keen look at a few of our more unusual and distinctive courses, some of the quirkiest golf courses in the UK&I

  • January 14, 2021 11:54 am

Many lovely golf courses fly slightly under the radar and are less well-known than perhaps they should be. Rob Smith recommends some of the most underrated courses in the UK&I…

  • January 13, 2021 3:43 pm

Links courses may be the backbone of golf, but there is enormous variety to be found away from the coast. Rob Smith looks at some of the best inland golf…

  • January 12, 2021 5:23 pm

Links golf dominates the Golf Monthly rankings and our finest courses have a justifiable worldwide reputation. Rob Smith looks at the crème de la crème

  • June 9, 2020 2:34 pm

Situated right in the centre of England’s golf coast, Formby is perfectly located for other top courses as well as a destination in its own right.

Golf in Turkey

  • March 15, 2019 2:19 pm

Antalya Golf Club, at the heart of one of the sport’s most bountiful regions, really does have it all. Rob Smith investigates

  • January 18, 2019 10:11 pm

With the halfway cut coming today and the potential for a place in this year’s Masters at stake, there was everything to play for on day two of the Latin…