Fore! Who's playing golf, yo-

[TahoeJ]

Damn, I really need to play all of the Bandon courses. That looks amazing. A bunch of friends of mine who now live in different parts of the country are all supposed to meet up there for a guy's golf trip at some point... I need to make it happen.

[guroo270]

Pacific Dunes is still the most amazing and striking. There's nothing quite like standing on top of the 3rd tee box there. The 4th hole is no slouch itself. But I was asked to defend Bandon. Maybe I'll get to Pacific later. The real tee box is about 40 yards above this one, and about 80 yards back. Like hot pockets... their breath taking.

Edit, I don't know why it keeps showing number 18 at BTrails also as the attached thumb. The one without the box around it is #3 at Pacific.

ALSO, I almost forgot THE ABSOLUTE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT PLAYING HERE. Do not touch the gorse. It has an oil irritant in every sticker, and you will be itchy allllll day. It just aint worth it, and it goes right through all clothes except a helly hanson fisherman's rubber suit. And don't ask your caddie to go in there either.

[dvs8448]

From what I heard Tom Doak's designs are awesome there. I would not skip them for a million bucks regardless of anyone's opinions.

Doak is by far the best architect of the last 50 years and deserves to rank up with the all time greats: Old Tom Morris, Alister Mackenzie, CB MacDonald, AW Tillinghast, Harry Colt, Devereux Emmet, Walter Travis, Willie Park Jr., James Braid, Donald Ross, William Flynn, and Seth Raynor. That is why both courses he was involved with at Bandon, Pacific Dunes and Old MacDonald(although I haven't played Old MacDonald yet) are my favorites. And Ballyneal is by far the best golf course in Colorado and CommonGround is my favorite public course in the state, both Doak designs.

[dvs8448]

Well, first off, Bandon Trails never ever sees the ocean. I think quite a few of BT's greens are too difficult to read, as well as hold the ball on (although that could have had more to do with the fact that it was the newest course when I was there in '07, and it might be better now), even for the most experienced caddies there, and I think there are better courses in other places that have the same vibe, such as Torrey Pines. I really think you go to Bandon for Bandon/links/ground game style of golf, and you just can't play that at BT, which is a main reason I'd assume that many more players that don't get to play Bandon style golf end up enjoying BT more. You have to step out of your comfort zone to play the ocean side courses, and a lot of people don't like that.

Pacific Dunes is the the most awe-inspiring. You just get some views on that course that are totally unique, but two of the par 4's are extremely similar, you have 2 par threes in a row, which is odd, and one green which I can't remember what hole it's on is pretty unfair (It's elevated about 20 yards, is dome shape ish, and it's incredibly hard to hold. Lots of doubles on that hole.

Bandon Dunes on the other hand is literally the most fair course of them all. when it's not windy you can hit your normal shots, when it is windy, there is a total ground game strategy to the course. My favorite round of all time there was when I caddied for one of the original old timers there that carried two putters in his bag. One for the greens, and one beat up one for shots 150-130 in. The guy shot under his age all the time. He REALLY shined on Pacific Dunes because their mounding is more severe, and he could hit more impressive shots, but they are mostly shots that wouldn't enter any sane person's mind. So I'd personally would truly argue that it's the "fans of golf architecture's" golf game
that can't appreciate the layout.

Whenever caddying for someone at BD or PD, I would go out to the putting green 30 mins early and try to find them, have them grab their putter, or 4 iron, or 8 iron at worst, and have them hit some shots from just off the green. You CAN NOT hit a 60 degree wedge on those tight lies, but again, on BT, the soil is softer and you kinda can if you're good with a wedge. The most enjoyable way to play PD and BD, however, is to play them as they were designed to be played. For example, this hole, the 5th at Bandon Dunes...
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There is waste area to the left that will ricochet your ball into the ocean, and if you try to hit it down the pipe, there's kind of a waste area bunker right in your way, and you sure as Christ better carry it, but it's usually into a dead stiff wind, so good luck with that. BUT, if you play it way right with a draw, there is a huge fairway, and the hills will help carry your ball back towards that chute you see. My best drive on this hole was when there was a 40 mph wind, and I hit a 4 foot high snap hook that I was trying to play along the right side of the fairway, and it ended up 140 yds out, looking right up that chute. NOW, for the second shot, you can try to hit an iron up in the air, but YOU WILL LOSE it in a stiff wind, almost no matter what. It's flat coming over that green and the wind howls, but if you keep a ball very low in the shoot (You can hit a chip shot with a 3 iron, you can crush a putter with a half swing, you can hood the f out of a 6 iron, whatever) the ball is protected from the wind, and the slopes on each side of the fairway make sure your ball ends up on the green. There are lots of shots like these on the two coastal courses, and probably old mc, too, but they were only plotting that course out when I was there.

So the trick is to play these courses that way. A lot of people go there and try to hit towering 9 irons, 60 degree wedges, and stuff like that, but that's not the way to enjoy those courses to the fullest. People that can't adjust really like Bandon Trails. People that can play the golf ball many different ways tend to enjoy the wind and course management challenges that PD and Bandon offer.

I enjoy hearing other peoples opinions on golf courses, even when I don't agree with them, differing views can only be beneficial. And Thanks for the hole by hole descriptions, it is always great seeing the courses again! I have only played Pacific Dunes, Bandon Dunes and Bandon Trails, I really want to get back now that Old MacDonald and Bandon Preserve are open. My list is: Pacific Dunes, Bandon Trails, then Bandon Dunes. I found Bandon Dunes to be kind of straight forward and boring, if it wasn't on the ocean I probably wouldn't play it again. Bandon Trails is handicapped by it not being on the ocean, but the golf is much more strategic at Trails than at Bandon Dunes. Trails is certainly the most difficult course at the resort, but I never had a problem playing the ball on the ground there. And this is where you are wrong about the architecture fanatics, the love having options, whether on the ground or in the air, and they have a much better understanding of the ground game versus the average American player, so it is not being taken out of their comfort zone that detracts from Bandon Dunes for them. I know most people hate 14, but I loved it, you can make 3 or 8, which screws with people who prefer stroke play over match play, which is a uniquely North American attitude. But Mike Keiser has said that they will be changing 14 and 16 this winter.

[4matic]

Bandon, drinking in the local pubs every night.

Bandon is a very small remote town with not much going on. You're kinda stuck with the resort pubs which are nice in their own way.

[DasBlunt]

Playing Adams Mtn up in Eagle this week. Should be really fun.

[dvs8448]

Playing Adams Mtn up in Eagle this week. Should be really fun.

Should be in great condition, they have had a pretty hard time attracting members so there is a good chance you will be the only group out there!

[guroo270]

Doak is by far the best architect of the last 50 years and deserves to rank up with the all time greats: Old Tom Morris, Alister Mackenzie, CB MacDonald, AW Tillinghast, Harry Colt, Devereux Emmet, Walter Travis, Willie Park Jr., James Braid, Donald Ross, William Flynn, and Seth Raynor. That is why both courses he was involved with at Bandon, Pacific Dunes and Old MacDonald(although I haven't played Old MacDonald yet) are my favorites. And Ballyneal is by far the best golf course in Colorado and CommonGround is my favorite public course in the state, both Doak designs.

Agreed. Haven't played Ballyneal yet, but would love to. Common ground was fun, but I personally didn't enjoy it as much as you did. I liked Redlands Mesa by Doak in Grand Junction better. Which is fine. We can agree to disagree.

I enjoy hearing other peoples opinions on golf courses, even when I don't agree with them, differing views can only be beneficial. I have only played Pacific Dunes, Bandon Dunes and Bandon Trails, I really want to get back now that Old MacDonald and Bandon Preserve are open. My list is: Pacific Dunes, Bandon Trails, then Bandon Dunes. I found Bandon Dunes to be kind of straight forward and boring, if it wasn't on the ocean I probably wouldn't play it again. Bandon Trails is handicapped by it not being on the ocean, but the golf is much more strategic at Trails than at Bandon Dunes. Trails is certainly the most difficult course at the resort, but I never had a problem playing the ball on the ground there. And this is where you are wrong about the architecture fanatics, the love having options, whether on the ground or in the air, and they have a much better understanding of the ground game versus the average American player, so it is not being taken out of their comfort zone that detracts from Bandon Dunes for them. I know most people hate 14, but I loved it, you can make 3 or 8, which screws with people who prefer stroke play over match play, which is a uniquely North American attitude. But Mike Keiser has said that they will be changing 14 and 16 this winter.

I think where you saw Bandon Dunes to be boring, I found it to be the "most fair" which is a term I've used numerous times and some people have disagreed with using that term at all, so again, to each his own. I also thought that you could make Bandon as fun as you wanted. I think because it's "easy" as some people see it, you can approach it many different ways, which makes it more exciting. I like taking different shots, and I never, ever got bored there. At Pacific, I wasn't exactly able to do as much of whatever I wanted to do - especially on holes like number 6, seen here...

This is a good hole, but extremely penal. You have one shot, a golf shot, and you have to hit it. There's more freedom on Bandon.

Bandon is a very small remote town with not much going on. You're kinda stuck with the resort pubs which are nice in their own way.

You mean you don't want to try and get down with a SOFA (Southern Oregon Fat Ass)? It is small, but it's heaven if you enjoy sunsets at face rock, chartering one of the boats in the town/harbor of Bandon, or eating one of the best steaks you've ever had at Alloro in the new york strip w/ truffle oil. It really is tiny, but if you look hard, and possibly try to party with your caddie, you will really have a good time. Hell, I only knew ONE caddie that wouldn't be able to hook you up with weed if you said he could drop by to pick up a 12 pack from you and you'd reimburse him, and the caddies I knew that could hook you up with anything you wanted I stayed away from, late at night anyways.

I can't speak for the resort places. Caddies were only welcome from 1-1:15.

[jfost]

Heading to Scottsdale for an annual trip...108 degrees and shenanigans awaits.

Playing Talking Stick, Wildfire, and, of course, the Boulders. If I am not blacked out drunk, will take pics for a TR.

Starfire? the 27 hole Palmer design? or is there a Wildfire too?

Starfire is fun and cheap, a little short-ish. Nice grounds for a public.

[guroo270]

I enjoy hearing other peoples opinions on golf courses, even when I don't agree with them, differing views can only be beneficial. And Thanks for the hole by hole descriptions, it is always great seeing the courses again! I have only played Pacific Dunes, Bandon Dunes and Bandon Trails, I really want to get back now that Old MacDonald and Bandon Preserve are open. My list is: Pacific Dunes, Bandon Trails, then Bandon Dunes. I found Bandon Dunes to be kind of straight forward and boring, if it wasn't on the ocean I probably wouldn't play it again. Bandon Trails is handicapped by it not being on the ocean, but the golf is much more strategic at Trails than at Bandon Dunes. Trails is certainly the most difficult course at the resort, but I never had a problem playing the ball on the ground there. And this is where you are wrong about the architecture fanatics, the love having options, whether on the ground or in the air, and they have a much better understanding of the ground game versus the average American player, so it is not being taken out of their comfort zone that detracts from Bandon Dunes for them. I know most people hate 14, but I loved it, you can make 3 or 8, which screws with people who prefer stroke play over match play, which is a uniquely North American attitude. But Mike Keiser has said that they will be changing 14 and 16 this winter.

...and do you disagree with my assessment of Bandon Dunes? I really think there's risk/reward there all day, while bandon trails just tries to beat you up all day, and doesn't necessarily reward good shots. I literally have a problem with that. I can't stand courses where you hit it in the best spots and you're still f'd.

You may have loved 14, but if they are changing 14 and 16, don't you think there's a real problem? 14 is silly, and 16 feels like one of those holes where they didn't really know what to do with the land, or didn't have enough room to make a good hole, or even just wanted to build up to 17, which is a great hole. They should dig a trench in the middle of 18, too.

[guroo270]

Very cool. I was impressed. It is another great Robert Trent Jones Jr. design that is very playable, yet very long. We played about 7300 from the tips if I recall. Great location nestled into the hills there. The owner is the founder of SAP, and we got to haver dinner with him on Friday. Real treat. Great setup with the villas too. I shipped my clubs out and they had them ready and waiting when I arrived! We played a 2 day, 2 man best ball. Cool event.

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Never saw this post somehow. Good one. Looks like you stayed in one of the corporate villas. My parents live in the area. They know how to do it up right there as far as service, don't they? I bet you had some tasty wine at that dinner. I hope so anyway. Again, a few really tough holes on that course. If the wind is blowing and you aren't JB Holmes, that course is real serious at sea level and 7300 yards. Tougher than San Juan oaks, fasho. Also, on the SAP note, there are some very serious big wigs. People that make my dad look like an SF homeless bum.

[guroo270]

Damn. Going through the course like that yesterday made me have a super vivid dream about Bandon. All my friends from high school were there, like for a 10 year class reunion or something, then there was this girl from middle school I had a thing for that saw me and later on in my dream was crying, "Why did you ever leave me?" She was clearly a metaphor for Bandon itself. I tried to go down to the water, but from the time I went from the top of the canyon wall to the water, the water had become forbidding and fog had completely rolled in so I couldn't see anything.

Face Rock. One of the 3 times I've ever taken shrooms in my life was right here. I had an orange powerade I was drinking and I started feeling like I was drinking the sunset. Very cool.


Face Rock is the one that reaches farthest up and left in that picture. You can only really see the nose from that angle. It looks more like a face from above, but there is a little bit of a cavern you can go into when the water recedes, build a bonfire, then when the water starts surrounding you, you head for the beach. The beach goes down in elevation about 1 foot for every 100 yards, so you just get a lil wet.

Charter fishing out of Bandon. We were trying to get salmon for the first 3 hours, but El Niño made all the fish run up to Washington that year, so we had to settle. After a while of no bites they said, "You guys just wanna catch some fish?"



Great place to ride a horse, or fly a kite.

[MotherFucker]

Damn, you're living in Nostalgia City. Sweet insight and pics. I wonder if I could afford to swing a trip there this coming late spring/early summer. I want to make at least one good golf trip before we have a kid.

Played Hyland Hills Blue last night. Sucks; the first time I didn't take the camera was probably the sickest sunset/light conditions for great pictures since I've been playing there.

Double, bogey, par, par, par, double, bogey, double, par, for a less than stellar 44. I hit some amazing shots and even had a six foot botched downhill right-to-lefter for birdie that I slammed by then made the comebacker. 16 putts overall. Coming around after three months of terribleness but not quite there yet.

I decided since it's halfway through the season proper, I'd better start busting out driver/3-wood off some tees. I, as well as my partners, were pleasantly surprised. I didn't hit the driver all that well but on the three tees I pulled 3-wood I was absolutely raping that thing. Even got ~250 off one tee shot which almost gave me a semi-boner since I haven't hit a shot that far this year. Sucks to say it out loud but it's true. If I can get my long clubs dialed in, I'm soooooo confident I can break 80 by the end of the season. My grip is dialed in, the wedges have been dialed for weeks, and my putting is FINALLY starting to come around.

I'm so fucking excited to go play City Park today. I really hit the ball well yesterday when I wasn't thinking about something else and topping it.

[guroo270]

#1 is a good hole. Don't hit it too far off the tee. You could run out of room. This pic is taken looking back at the hole from beyond the green. You generally just want to put it just over that knoll that is 10 yards short and right of this green (upper left in this pic). You can't see much of this green from the fairway, but trust your caddie, it's there, and left is the only way to get in trouble.

#2 is great fun. You can safely put a 3 wood right of that bunk in the middle, or try to blast a driver over it for the best line to the green and extra roll. If I remember correctly, there are quite a few spots you can hit on PD where you'll get tons of extra roll if executed perfectly.

Already posted about hole #3. Very fun 3rd shot hole. Be happy with anything on the green. Best view of all the holes.

#4 is one of my favorite holes too. Usually downwind, it's like 525 from the secret tee box, 463 from the tips. If you hit the left center of the fairway and blast it, it will be the longest drive of the day. I've hit a ball 410 yards on this hole, and I'm no beast. Can't go too far left unless you pull a 3 wood, and you certainly can't go too far to the right. This pic is taken from beyond the green as well, looking back. 3 and 4 are so strong. You can also usually look back and right from the tee box and see pro kite boarders practicing. Use the ridge on the front left of the green to be safe.


#5 is great, too. 199 yd par 3 where you can usually take out an 8 iron and aim ten yards left of the right edge of the bunker on the left and let it bound up. Back pin makes this hole pretty tough.


#6 is a really tough par 4. Usually back into the wind, and you really want to hug the right side to have any angle into the green, but you can't lose it right. If you play super safe to the left, you're hitting to a green as wide as #4 at Spyglass, except there's nothing to hold your ball on the green on either side. Good luck. There are a lot of putts to be had off the back of this green, up a 15 foot hill, trying to hold it on a very slim green, and you can end up back in that huge bunker in the front, or where you just were if you don't hit it hard enough.

#7 doesn't let up either, but being downwind you don't have to murder one. You want to aim at those bunkers on the left and hit a fade. Let it ride the wind. Pretty undulated green that's fairly easy to go long on since it's down wind AND you're usually hitting a 5 iron into it. 464 yards. There's an okay chance you get lucky if you lose it right, but that long grass in the hills gobbles up most balls. If you can blast it along the path on the right and have that angle into this green it becomes much easier, but I literally never saw anyone do this.

#8 is back into the wind, and can play longer than #7 at 400 yards. You really want to get ahold of one here and put it left center. You can hit that mound in the middle and get a TON of roll. Tough green to hit, but a fun one. Plays uphill and into the wind. IIRC, do not miss left.

# 9 is nothing all that special I don't think. Fairly easy, wide open par 4 with two different greens. The lower you can run it up on the ground, and you should, the upper green slopes pretty good left to right, so aim for the front left and let it roll on. Too far and right isn't all that great. And if you hit to the lower green it's a bitch of a walk up to the next tee, so I always hoped for the upper green.

#10 is a great par 3, but it's the start of two consecutive par 3's which makes me go, meh. They both are good, but when you get to the extremely long playing par 5 12th you just kinda feel like you haven't taken a big swing in a year or two. You really want to hit it left of the knoll in front of the green and let the wind take it up the right shoot. It's no big deal if you end up left of it, but it is a big deal if you lose your tee shot right.

[guroo270]

#11 is the most fun shot of the day. The wind shoots up off the cliff to the left of the green. So you can take a 9 iron or 8 iron and hit it at the ocean with a slight fade. As long as there is wind, it will come back and land gently on the green, just don't hit a big draw and fight the wind. It's really, really fun to do.

#12 - back to the big full swings. Avoid bunkers, keep it low if you can, aim for the middle of the green on your third. You will not reach in two. False front, though, so really make sure you get it there. The green is about 100 yards long and into the wind. You won't go long. This pic is taken from behind the green, and the hole you WANT to be playing is on the left of the pic. Some tough mounds and a couple penal bunkers here, but the wind and hitting enough club is usually your opponent here.

#13 is no slouch and plays a lot like 12, but is a par 4. In fact, when I was looking at the green for 12, this is the hole I was thinking about. Don't lose it right here. You can bound into some bunkers that will make life really hard. A great hole to run one up onto the green, especially if you can manage to hug the left side.

#14 is a great par 3. Tough green to hit, pretty moundy, and you can get shafted. Just hit your most accurate wedge here no matter what. Hit it at the front of the green. You don't want to be anywhere but on the green on this hole, especially left, or right and long. It's just dead, so hit the green.

#15 is a wonderful par 5. Let it loose because it's easier to go for in two than 3. There are dangerous bunks in the lay up area, and the green is more susceptible to balls rolling up than flying on by far. You want to start it left of the pin, but once in a while that big mound right of the green can save you. Underclub, too, because the bunker over the back of this green is not fun. Well, it's all fun, but you don't want to be there.

#16 is wonderful too. Short downwind par 4. You can go for it with your driver that can get you into trouble left or right, and bounce anywhere on these mounds, but taking a 3 wood and trying for 40-80 yards short of this green is ideal so that you can hit your putter from 50 yards or so. Really fun mounding that can really put your ball on the right track to the hole. It's a really narrow green from the right side, and you'll be hitting out of the rough and can't hold the green most times, with more death long from that angle. Keep left.

#17 is one of my favorite par 3's. You really JUST want to look way right. If you can get it running on the ground, you really have no business looking any less than 40 yards right of that bunker. It shouldn't even be in play for you, but a lot of suckers go for the pin and get really hosed. Hit it right, let it release onto the green. Great hole. Take enough club to be positive you can hit a punch shot over that bunker on the right and hit it. The line is just over the left edge of the short right bunker.

#18 - pic is taken from beyond the green looking back, tee boxes are elevated up on that plateau towards the upper right of the pic. There is a secret tee box here too that makes this hole nearly 700 yards, and it's in the VERY top right of the pic, but you can't see it. It's tiny, but there's a path. Hit a big drive out to the right and just try to manage the fairways so you can have a decent shot at this fairly receptive green. If you are on the left for your third you can play another ground shot. You absolutely cannot from the right, and you have waaaay less of a view of the green. Wonderful finishing hole.


So there you have it. A former Bandon caddie's, and 5 handicap golfer's perspective on the three courses. I still hold to the statement that (if it still were only these 3 courses) if I had ten rounds, I'd play Pacific 5 times, Bandon 4 times, and BT once towards the end of the trip in case I changed my mind and wanted to play one of the others again.

Edit: Here's a shot of "downtown" Bandon. The caddie's bar is the Arcade Tavern just about in the middle of this pic. The food is pretty terrible unless you're really craving fried mushrooms or maybe some fries. Your caddie WILL be here at night, and it CAN get wild. Just don't expect any hot ladies, ever.



These pics are here because I didn't want to take up a whole nother post to put these two pics in.

[skiballs]

Some good golf stoke fellas .
Fucking haven't played in over three weeks .
Second degree burn on my left hand put me out for two weeks , then work has been crazy busy .
Had to withdraw from the US am qualifier , so no trip to denver to hang with you CO mags .
Playing in a tourny tomorrow , I have low expectation .

[MotherFucker]

The Bandon stoke is unbelievable; after this post, I'm pricing out a trip for next spring. I'm thinking late May currently.

Some good golf stoke fellas .
Fucking haven't played in over three weeks .
Second degree burn on my left hand put me out for two weeks , then work has been crazy busy .
Had to withdraw from the US am qualifier , so no trip to denver to hang with you CO mags .
Playing in a tourny tomorrow , I have low expectation .

Shit, sorry to hear that, man. I was wondering where you've been the last couple weeks. Think about a golf/toke/beer/ski trip out here next April. I'm thinking around the 20th? Free lodging at Casa del MotherFucker.

Good luck on the tourny.

[guroo270]

I told my wife about my dream and she saw me putting that together for a an hour or two last night, and she said, "Is that what you'd like for an anniversary gift next year?" Our anniversary is May, 30th. We might be able to fly into San Jose, pick up my parents bounder rv, drive up the coast, and park it at the old RV park I used to live in. You wouldn't want to stay in the RV with us, though, I promise. Any mags want in? We could try and get this crackin'. For some reason, this is the only pic I have of the RV park, but there are numerous low budget, perfectly nice places to stay.

/\/\/\ not my parents RV.
and now that I think about it, they had a garage sale and someone said they were interested in it, but I don't know if they ever sold it. I'll have to check.

[DasBlunt]

Don't forget Old Mac. it was not built until after you left, correct?

[guroo270]

Yep, unfortunately. They had only started putting flag sticks in the ground to start plotting out the greens and start clearing the gorse, which is why I interjected my comment about "I still hold to the statement that (if it still were only these 3 courses) if I had ten rounds, I'd play Pacific 5 times, Bandon 4 times, and BT once towards the end of the trip in case I changed my mind and wanted to play one of the others again."
I wonder if Doak went to a certain extra dry location and smoked half a cigarette, then tossed it in on a particularly calm wind day to clear the gorse again for Old Mac too, conveniently saving 100's of thousands on clearing costs...? I doubt it though. I remember Old Mac's flags being positioned between some holes on PD and BD. Little known story about the place, and it only happened, allegedly.

It looks wonderful. Another thing I should mention, when the prevailing wind switches direction occasionally, the courses are completely different.

Edit: also, some caddie suggestions, Sasha, but good luck getting her, she's pretty famous for being the only hot chick in Bandon and a good caddie to boot. Tour Rich - A very interesting character that keeps a fanny pack with anything you could possibly need in there. Timmy (Birdhouse I believe, but he just goes by Timmy) - I think he's permastoned, but still a really good caddie and you couldn't find a nicer guy. There definitely are others, but these are the main guys from the caddyshack and the tavern that I remember.

At the '07 mid-am, I remember a caddie getting really far, I think he lost to Trip Kuehne, but I don't remember ever working with the guy if I do have the right guy, Dan Whitaker. I just remember coming into the shack and hearing the guy that was playing and a caddie there went birdie, birdie, birdie, eagle to get into the final (if it is in fact the final that he got into). So he'd be a good caddie, too.

[guroo270]

Some good golf stoke fellas .
Fucking haven't played in over three weeks .
Second degree burn on my left hand put me out for two weeks , then work has been crazy busy .
Had to withdraw from the US am qualifier , so no trip to denver to hang with you CO mags .
Playing in a tourny tomorrow , I have low expectation .

Yeah. That sucks, dude. Sorry to hear it.

[Like a Boss]

Old Mac is the shit. Played it twice in May. The place is HUDGE. Huge greens, huge fairways, huge everything. #7 is kind of Mickey Mouse but the view from the green might be the best on the property, plus it sets up a great tee shot to the Biarritz 8th. Old Mac was my favorite, although over repeated plays I could see Pacific taking over. Trails is the one that got away. Got the shit kicked out of me but I want another shot at it ASAP.

[TahoeJ]

Edit: also, some caddie suggestions, Sasha, but good luck getting her, she's pretty famous for being the only hot chick in Bandon and a good caddie to boot.

No way. I'm pretty sure an erection doesn't help your swing.

[Ski to Be]

So five weeks ago I almost quit golf and even bought left handed clubs because I was so frustrated with the game . Well tonight a friend invited me to the range and I came off 2+ hours of basketball so I was really tired. I basically concentrated on my lower body with a good weight shift and releasing the club head through impact and I hit it the best I ever have. Every club driver through wedges smooth as silk and straight. Maybe only 3 out of 100 shots were bad. My PGA guy had loaded me up with so much to think about that I think it wrecked what little game I had. I hope that I can replicate that tomorrow. Is it possible that I was just tense and over thinking it? It was like a different golfer inhabited my body. Maybe I will only play golf after basketball from now on.

[wooley12]

Yes. As my high school football coach told me "wooley, don't think. When you think you weaken the team." Don't think, just do.