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Bandon Trip Report 4/22/19 - 4/26/2019


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I echo the sunburn comment. I still don't know if I was wind burned or sun burned, but even in the 50s temps I got it. Lips and backs of hands, which were very weird but I could feel it stinging in the shower.

Also, good advice on the physical training. I WAS one of those guys who had to back off mid-trip because of obesity-induced back/hip trouble and all the advil, stretching and massage wasn't enough. Can't expect to go from walking 18 holes at home weekly to 36 a day for a week. It's not like a cart golf trip, you need to be ready to put in the miles. I think it's one way I might motivate myself to drop the 20-30 pounds I need to.

Wonderful report and thanks for the shoutout. Happy to find a community of kindred spirits where I can feel at home, compared to with friends and family who thing we're all off our rockers for the planning, details and prep we do. I think it all goes to make a more immersive experience. I just listened to two recent podcasts with MK and I can "speak the language" of BD, I can picture the holes, I can transport myself there just reading a report like yours. And more than anything, I can recreate the feelings and emotions I felt on property in a way I have only felt in one other golf destination (the Canadian Rockies and that was mostly due to sharing it with a really great friend).

Here's to doing Bandon solo, but knowing that so long as there's GolfWRX to share it with you'll never really go alone.

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Very good write up, makes me want to go to Bandon!

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I always enjoy seeing pics of Old Mac. That’s because I actually played it in October, but didn’t actually see it. We played in a thick fog with constant drizzle, and I could only see about 200 yards at a time. 5 hours of my caddy pointing and saying, hit it 175 yards, in that direction. That being said, it looks nice! Lol.

 

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AMAZING TR!!! Thanks for all the details and pics! People keep apologizing for the long posts and pictures but I have still yet to come across a Bandon TR that I thought had "too many pictures." If anything, I could have done with even more pictures.

 

My two year anniversary since I was in Bandon just passed and I'm seriously getting the itch to go. I still think about Bandon at least weekly if not more since all my home and work computer wallpapers are Bandon. Trying to decide between slipping in a solo trip in the fall or doing a solo trip (golfer-wise) but bring the wife for the scenery. What do y'all think? IIRC there's a thread with a similar question somewhere...

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> @lhahn said:

> AMAZING TR!!! Thanks for all the details and pics! People keep apologizing for the long posts and pictures but I have still yet to come across a Bandon TR that I thought had "too many pictures." If anything, I could have done with even more pictures.

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> My two year anniversary since I was in Bandon just passed and I'm seriously getting the itch to go. I still think about Bandon at least weekly if not more since all my home and work computer wallpapers are Bandon. Trying to decide between slipping in a solo trip in the fall or doing a solo trip (golfer-wise) but bring the wife for the scenery. What do y'all think? IIRC there's a thread with a similar question somewhere...

Thanks for the nice compliment. To help answer your question, I think bringing the wife might be cool. Depends on how long you will be staying there and what type of things in Bandon would interest her for the duration of your stay. She may get bored if there are not enough non golf activities that interest her.

 

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Unbelievable Trip Report, Literally made me email the guy I took my Bandon trip with to schedule for October 2020. Your Old Mac round sounded sublime. I had a similar experience but being the 1st ones off in the morning. We must have stood on the 7th green for 20 minutes taking it in. Also, felt like we had the entire course to ourselves. I also could relate to the feelings of packing up and leaving Bandon with that tinge of sadness and also the longing to go back. My wife is sick of the word Bandon at this point so I can only talk about it with the guy I made the trip with. Most trips make me long to go home by the end of them but Bandon was a rare exception. Thanks again for sharing your experience!

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> @lhahn said:

> My two year anniversary since I was in Bandon just passed and I'm seriously getting the itch to go. I still think about Bandon at least weekly if not more since all my home and work computer wallpapers are Bandon. Trying to decide between slipping in a solo trip in the fall or doing a solo trip (golfer-wise) but bring the wife for the scenery. What do y'all think? IIRC there's a thread with a similar question somewhere...

 

Depends on how your wife would feel about essentially being alone for most of the daylight hours of the trip...

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> @lhahn said:

> Can she not walk the course with me? I thought I remember reading someone else do that but my memory sucks so...

 

Yes she can. Most courses return near the clubhouse at some point(s) as well, making it possible just do part of the walk. Trails may be the most challenging to bail out. Bandon returns at #9, Pacific around #7.

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> @lhahn said:

> Can she not walk the course with me? I thought I remember reading someone else do that but my memory sucks so...

 

My buddy and I go with our wives and they have walked BD, PD and BT with us. They usually only walk a portion of the round. BD comes back to the clubhouse at 9, so that's obvious. For PD, it's easy to meet up on 7 green. It abuts the Punchbowl. On BT, it's a short walk from the parking lot behind Trails End to the 6th green/7th tee.

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