Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
A Bandon Resort List
A surprisingly polar set of courses for golfers, one cannot have a consensus. More people have different #1's and #4's for more reasons ....
One View:
Bandon Dunes - most pleasure for most people. Shooting 36 on the front nine was my first Bandon experience before going over to play Pacific Dunes.
Old Macdonald - best education - many new takes on old faves, but what C.B. himself intended N.G.L.A. to be
Pacific Dunes - most interesting architectural exercise, not at all perfect, in fact Old Macdonald is more cohesive, but breaks more ground
Bandon Trails - most uneven from best hole to worst hole very good to very banal, still MUCH better than you can probably play at home
Not enough have played it:
Sheep Ranch - a class of one - what I would probably want if I had a "Personal Course", toughest "on".
I have no playing experience with the Par 3 course and frankly, I like par 4's best of all. Par 3 holes are a tee and a green with beauty, obstacles, distractions, deception, photo opportunities and the best chance for an ace. Par 4's run the gamut from less than a driver to reach to Driver-Driver pitch holes. Par 5's of quality and interest day in and out are really challenging to build.
I would like to see prices drop, that's about all I can say, American Golf is too expensive on most all levels. Demand for agronomy is probably to blame.
One will never see me write a word about the Pebble Beach Golf Company.
More ..... (Bifurcated)
| Shinnecock Hills | |||||||||||||
| Lehigh CC | |||||||||||||
| Philadelphia CC | |||||||||||||
| Manufacturer's G&CC | |||||||||||||
| Lancaster | |||||||||||||
| Huntingdon Valley | |||||||||||||
| Green Valley | |||||||||||||
| Concord CC | |||||||||||||
| Rolling Green | |||||||||||||
| McCall | |||||||||||||
| Cascades | |||||||||||||
| Country Club | |||||||||||||
Pepper Pike
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Here's Another List
| Bethpage Black |
| CC of Scranton |
| Chicago |
| Cypress Point Club |
| Eastward Ho! |
| Garden City GC |
| Lehigh CC |
| Merion E |
| Milwaukee |
| Myopia |
| NGLA |
| Oakmont |
| PBGL |
| Plainfield |
| Prairie Dunes |
| Pine Valley GC |
| Sankaty Head |
| Seminole |
| SFGC |
| Shinnecock Hills |
| Southern Hills |
| St. George's |
| The CC (OH) |
| Valley Club Monticito |
| Vesper |
| Yale |
Yet Another List
Here's a list
| Atlantic |
| Austin GC |
| Ballyneal |
| Bandon Dunes |
| Bidermann |
| Black Mesa |
| Blackwolf Run (Original 18) |
| Boston Golf Club |
| Castle Pines |
| Colleton River (Dye) |
| Desert Forest |
| Friar's Head |
| Golf Club |
| Kiawah (Cassique) |
| Kingsley |
| Mayacama |
| Ocean Course |
| Ocean Forest |
| Old Macdonald |
| Old Memorial |
| Pacific Dunes |
| Pete Dye |
| Rustic Canyon |
| Sand Hills |
| Sebonack |
| Shelter Harbor |
| Southern Dunes (AZ) |
| Trump National Old (NJ) |
| Wade Hampton |
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