Random Bandon Thread

[soregongolfer]

On 3/22/2022 at 5:39 AM, mci711 said:

 

Yup, I agree. Also, Prov1s aren't $41 anywhere unless they are an old model, overruns, or a seasonal deal. 

 

Just looking at the prices of the greyson apparel on the Bandon site and it is priced very well. Save 15 dollars by ordering from bandon instead of greyson on this Hoodie. 😂  Standard $115 polos on Greyson are $115 at Bandon as well. 

 

 

$41.99 at Fiddlers Green all day long.  That's their regular price for brand new ones.  They do have older models, but I don't recall what they cost.  Maybe I'd have a different attitude if I paid MSRP on stuff, but I'm too cheap to do that.  

Edited March 24, 2022 by soregongolfer

[ALTSean]

2 minutes ago, soregongolfer said:

$41.99 at Fiddlers Green all day long.  That's their regular price for brand new ones.  They do have older models, but I don't recall what they cost.  

$49.99 on Fiddlers Green site:

 

https://www.fiddlersgreen.com/new-titleist-2021-pro-v1-golf-balls/

[soregongolfer]

Just now, ALTSean said:

$49.99 on Fiddlers Green site:

 

https://www.fiddlersgreen.com/new-titleist-2021-pro-v1-golf-balls/

That might be the case on their site, but I've got a receipt right here.

[fairways4life]

Going to Bandon soon and wanted to get some intel about recommended gratuities for the caddies. Bandon website says $100 plus tip, but doesn't say anything about how much is a recommended tip. I read elsewhere that $20 is perfectly fine (on top of the $100), but that info was from a couple years ago (and also no idea if it was accurate to begin with). I know caddie gratuities can vary a lot from one destination to another and a good tip in one place is considered not so good in another. So for all you Bandon veterans here, what's considered a standard tip? Thanks in advance. 

[jvincent]

Personally I'd say $20 is minimum. I'd probably do $30 and up to $40 if the guy was really good.

[fairways4life]

14 minutes ago, jvincent said:

Personally I'd say $20 is minimum. I'd probably do $30 and up to $40 if the guy was really good.

 

That's helpful, thank you. 

[VNutz]

6 hours ago, Yrrdead said:

Was there at the same time as @VNutz may have even sat at the table next to his big group at Pacific Grill :P. 

 

Uhoh, if so my apologies. 🙂

[Edaw68]

A rare sight, flag not moving at Old Mac

[dbornack]

On 3/24/2022 at 8:47 AM, fairways4life said:

Going to Bandon soon and wanted to get some intel about recommended gratuities for the caddies. Bandon website says $100 plus tip, but doesn't say anything about how much is a recommended tip. I read elsewhere that $20 is perfectly fine (on top of the $100), but that info was from a couple years ago (and also no idea if it was accurate to begin with). I know caddie gratuities can vary a lot from one destination to another and a good tip in one place is considered not so good in another. So for all you Bandon veterans here, what's considered a standard tip? Thanks in advance. 

The caddies themselves are saying $40-60.  Obviously that's a biased opinion.

[dcmidnight]

Back in '20 a buddy and I had the same caddie for 36 x 4 and I think we gave him $500 a day - but to be fair I never really asked/read about how much was reasonable. They told us $100 pp/rd was recommended and we added on $25 on top.

[Edaw68]

Just heard from the OM pro shop that they’re about to break ground on another restaurant and more lodging behind the OM clubhouse. Shooting for a spring 2023 opening.

[Edaw68]

Foggy afternoon 

[dutz]

The fog rolling in today was crazy. First time I had experienced it in 3 trips. These photos were taken literally 3 minutes apart.  You can see it rolling in off the hillside 
 

Also, heard new punch bowl being built at Old Mac along with the new restaurant. 

[Yrrdead]

On my visit they said the new Old Mac restaurant is also supposed to have a few full sim bays (downstairs?), you know so you can get some more golf in :P. 

[wtoomey]

Currently on property, a couple of observations:

 

1) The food has gone down, way down. Apparently they are having a hard time finding qualified cooks. 
 

2) Lots of divots. With so much play, it’s not a surprise. 
 

3) Trails was sanded from tee to green. Makes for slow greens and a lot a shoe cleaning. 
 

4) Bandon has the best rolling greens. 
 

5) Round Lake rooms are great. 
 

 

[Apindara]

2 hours ago, wtoomey said:

Currently on property, a couple of observations:

 

1) The food has gone down, way down. Apparently they are having a hard time finding qualified cooks. 
 

2) Lots of divots. With so much play, it’s not a surprise. 
 

3) Trails was sanded from tee to green. Makes for slow greens and a lot a shoe cleaning. 
 

4) Bandon has the best rolling greens. 
 

5) Round Lake rooms are great. 
 

 

Is that a tee box or ground under repair?

[dutz]

3 hours ago, wtoomey said:

Currently on property, a couple of observations:

 

1) The food has gone down, way down. Apparently they are having a hard time finding qualified cooks. 
 

2) Lots of divots. With so much play, it’s not a surprise. 
 

3) Trails was sanded from tee to green. Makes for slow greens and a lot a shoe cleaning. 
 

4) Bandon has the best rolling greens. 
 

5) Round Lake rooms are great. 
 

 

Agreed on the divots, currently here also. A lot more than any other time I’ve been here. 

[wtoomey]

That’s the tee box on Trails #3. All of Trails was sand capped.   A few of the greens even had edges that were roped off. Caddies were saying that with all of the play, the courses have no time to rest. 
 

Pacific had the most divots of all the courses. 
 

Someone also mentioned on the thread about the new stuff at Old Mac. They are clearing trees back behind #18 for Round Lake style rooms and a pizza restaurant. They are also going to build a second Punch Bowl in the area of the current Old Mac putting green. 
 

[2bGood]

On 3/27/2022 at 3:51 PM, wtoomey said:

That’s the tee box on Trails #3. All of Trails was sand capped.   A few of the greens even had edges that were roped off. Caddies were saying that with all of the play, the courses have no time to rest. 
 

 

Do they need to to rest or grow over the last few months? Thing should get better now that the grass is growing strong again. 

Edited March 29, 2022 by 2bGood

[tad950]

On 3/27/2022 at 6:59 AM, wtoomey said:

Currently on property, a couple of observations:

 

1) The food has gone down, way down. Apparently they are having a hard time finding qualified cooks. 
 

2) Lots of divots. With so much play, it’s not a surprise. 
 

3) Trails was sanded from tee to green. Makes for slow greens and a lot a shoe cleaning. 
 

4) Bandon has the best rolling greens. 
 

5) Round Lake rooms are great. 
 

 

Played the Preserve today, after my round at Bandon Dunes. As good, if not better than Bandon. I’m not sure what’s going on with the greens at Mac, Pacific, and Sheep Ranch. A lot more poa than I remembered. Maybe those greens are due for aeration. And they holding off until a couple large groups (NCGA and SCGA) leave.

[Edaw68]

56 minutes ago, tad950 said:

Played the Preserve today, after my round at Bandon Dunes. As good, if not better than Bandon. I’m not sure what’s going on with the greens at Mac, Pacific, and Sheep Ranch. A lot more poa than I remembered. Maybe those greens are due for aeration. And they holding off until a couple large groups (NCGA and SCGA) leave.

Not sure if you meant something other than Pacific. Pac and Bandon have excellent greens right now. (Played both in the last 24 hours.) Trails has some bad spots and a lot of sand, all over the course. OM and SR are doing the poa versus fescue fight, they are a bit bumpy.

[Edaw68]

Other random thoughts:

 

Round lake rooms are pretty nice (sitting in one now sipping Dalmore)

 

Service is still great at Bandon despite being short staffed. We had to switch rooms halfway through and my wife left her hair dryer in the other room, they just delivered it.

 

Why did I have just salad for lunch?

 

My feet don’t hurt after 3 pale ales and scotch.

 

Scarlett Johansson in leather in Avengers.

 

I want to go putt on #6 at Trails

Should I do McKees or pacific for dinner?

 

what is my wife mumbling about? Am I drunk?

 

definly McKees 

 

soey Bally or islay

 

both

 

ebn tee time tomorrow. ?

 

great weather this werk

 

[tad950]

7 minutes ago, Edaw68 said:

Not sure if you meant something other than Pacific. Pac and Bandon have excellent greens right now. (Played both in the last 24 hours.) Trails has some bad spots and a lot of sand, all over the course. OM and SR are doing the poa versus fescue fight, they are a bit bumpy.

I played PAC on Saturday morning. I thought they were slow and wobbly. Like the greens had been recently verticut. Maybe my perception of Pac was negatively affected by the conditions of Mac and Sheep Ranch on Sunday. The poa I saw on several greens were visible clumps, with the ball getting airborne. 

[Edaw68]

Some wild poultry outside round lake 

[blink3665]

17 hours ago, Edaw68 said:

Other random thoughts:

 

Round lake rooms are pretty nice (sitting in one now sipping Dalmore)

 

Service is still great at Bandon despite being short staffed. We had to switch rooms halfway through and my wife left her hair dryer in the other room, they just delivered it.

 

Why did I have just salad for lunch?

 

My feet don’t hurt after 3 pale ales and scotch.

 

Scarlett Johansson in leather in Avengers.

 

I want to go putt on #6 at Trails

Should I do McKees or pacific for dinner?

 

what is my wife mumbling about? Am I drunk?

 

definly McKees 

 

soey Bally or islay

 

both

 

ebn tee time tomorrow. ?

 

great weather this werk

 

 

When I first started reading that I thought it was going to be a poem, or haiku, or something. LOL

[Cunniandy]

I was a Bandon rookie and this place blew me away! Take aways...

 

We lucked out with absolutely amazing weather - not a drop of rain, barely any wind.

 

Don't bring new shoes after you haven't golfed all winter. Holes 19-103 were painful. Double Transfusions help!

 

Get a caddie if the fog rolls in. We might have gotten lost on PD if we didn't have them to point us in the right direction! Also need to go back immediately because I have no idea what that course actually looks like.

 

I played great at Old Mac and forgot to take a single photo.

 

An ace on the last round at the Preserve gets expensive with an eight man group! (not me)

 

Day 1

Bandon Trails

Bandon Dunes

Day 2

Sheep Ranch

Day 3

Old Macdonald

Pacific Dunes 

Day 4

Sheep Ranch

Preserve

 

I'm scared to look at my Chase statement, but can't wait to go back!

[jvincent]

@Cunniandy great pics. It's fabulous when the gorse is in full bloom.

 

Definite rookie mistake on the shoes. Always bring two pairs that are already broken in.

[VNutz]

Gorse in bloom is a difference maker. Congrats and great pics.

[KenEvil]

Lucky to get the perfect weather. We went at the end of January and had the same weather except for two frost delays it was perfection. 

[Lefty_89]

No matter how many trips you make to Bandon, the excitement always feels like it's your first time.

 

17 days out here...!