Shankster Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Well, it’s been a dream of mine for about 10 years to play at Bandon. I will only have time to play one course unfortunately, so I picked Pacific Dunes… the countdown begins. June 15th. russtopherb, cnosil, sirchunksalot and 6 others 3 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejgaudette Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 5 minutes ago, Shankster said: Well, it’s been a dream of mine for about 10 years to play at Bandon. I will only have time to play one course unfortunately, so I picked Pacific Dunes… the countdown begins. June 15th. Have fun and hope its a bright sunny but breezy day! TJ Hall, sirchunksalot and cksurfdude 3 Quote Epic Max LS 9° Ventus Blue 6X (2021 Official Review) | Epic Speed 18° Evenflow Riptide 70g 6.0 816 H1 21° Diamana S+ Blue 70 S | SMS 4-5/SMS Pro 6-PW Steelfiber i95 S (2023 Official Review) Glide 4.0 50°.12°S/54°.14°W/58°.6°T PING Z-Z115 Wedge Flex | SOFT 11S Super Stroke Mid-Slim 2.0 Hoofer Bag | Pro V1 | Right Handed | Tracked by V3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksurfdude Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 45 minutes ago, Shankster said: Pacific Dunes… Great choice! ..but then I don't think you could go wrong on *any* Bandon course!! Enjoy Shankster, TJ Hall and sirchunksalot 3 Quote WITB of an "aspiring" play-ah ... Driver...Callaway Paradym AI Smoke Max (Grafalloy ProLaunch Blue 45/A) 3H...Cobra King Tec (MMT 70/R) 7W...Tour Edge Exotics EXS (Tensei CK Blue 50/R) 4H...Callaway Epic Super Hybrid (Recoil ZT9 F3) 5H...Callaway Big Bertha '19 (Recoil 460 ESX F3) 6i-GW...Sub 70 699 V2 (Recoil 660 F3) SW, LW...Mizuno ES21 54-08, 60-06 (KBS Hi Rev 2.0) Putter...MLA Tour XDream or EvnRoll ER5 ...all in a Bag Boy hybrid bag on an MGI Zip Navigator. ..ball often, not always, MaxFli Tour. Or "found" Pro V1. Forum Member tester for the Paradym X driver (2023) Forum Member tester for the ExPutt Putting Simulator (2020) Other tests: MLA putter; Cleveland Hi Bore driver; Ben Hogan hybrids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtopherb Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 2 hours ago, Shankster said: Well, it’s been a dream of mine for about 10 years to play at Bandon. I will only have time to play one course unfortunately, so I picked Pacific Dunes… the countdown begins. June 15th. Shankster, sirchunksalot and cksurfdude 3 Quote In my Big Max hybrid bag: ST-X 10.5* Kai'li Blue R Flex ST-Z 15* Kai'li Blue R Flex ST-Z 4h Linq Blue R Flex Launcher 5h D200 6i-GW CBX 54* & 58* Huntington Beach #10 Tour S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted May 29 Author Share Posted May 29 Tune up round on Friday. Can’t wait to suck like I normally do when I go play something cool… doing a little pre game Arccos action and I don’t think I’ll need driver too often… depending on Poseidon and how much of a storm brews for me. sirchunksalot and cksurfdude 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted June 16 Author Share Posted June 16 This may sound blasphemous… Bur I don’t know how this is “ranked” the #2 public course. in hindsight, I probably should have played Old Mac. Plan on going back, but this was sort of a let down…. JFish350, sirchunksalot and cksurfdude 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Golf Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 3 hours ago, Shankster said: This may sound blasphemous… Bur I don’t know how this is “ranked” the #2 public course. in hindsight, I probably should have played Old Mac. Plan on going back, but this was sort of a let down…. Curious to understand what went wrong? Weather, course conditions, pace of play, difficulty, etc.? It’s a real shame since I thought Pacific was great. But we had a nice but windy day there. It’s definitely not an easy course to figure out. cksurfdude, Shankster and sirchunksalot 3 Quote TSR 3 9.0 Autoflex 405x - Official Tester 2024 TSi 3 15.0 GD Tour AD - DI 6S Stiff Utility 2 Iron 18.0 - Nippon NS Pro 650GH Stiff / TS3 21 Hybrid Tensei AV Blue 65 HY Stiff 4 - 9 101T Irons - KBS Tour Lite Stiff - Official Tester 2023 Vokey SM9 46 F - 10 BV105 Stiff Vokey SM9 52 F - 12 Nippon NS Pro 950 Stiff Vokey Forged (Japan) 56 M - 10 DG S200 MG3 60 - 12 - Nippon NS Modus3 Tour 105 Stiff Champions Choice Newport 2+ Button Back - 35” / Pistolini Plus Z-Star Diamond Players 4 bag Official Tester - 2021 & Current Club Sensor User Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted June 16 Author Share Posted June 16 3 hours ago, KC Golf said: Curious to understand what went wrong? Weather, course conditions, pace of play, difficulty, etc.? It’s a real shame since I thought Pacific was great. But we had a nice but windy day there. It’s definitely not an easy course to figure out. Just wasn’t as magical as what I’ve read about. Was paired up with a really cool group of guys. Wish I would have had time to play them all to compare. Weather was perfect, 5-10 mph winds, sunny and 60°. There was a few things I didn’t care for. 1. Greens were punched maybe 2 weeks ago, greens probably weren’t cut in the last 2 days…. Putting was not fun. 2. Pressure from caddies on pace of play but we were ahead of time, they were giving 4-5’ gimmes, I wanted to actually putt out. 3. It just wasn’t that good… I would say that I’ve played better courses that are not ranked in the top 100. I would honestly put the Belvedere (Parkland) in Charlevoix and Gearhart Links above this course on my own ranking scales. Played a few links style courses in my life and it’s #3. cksurfdude, sirchunksalot, russtopherb and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Golf Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Shankster said: Just wasn’t as magical as what I’ve read about. Was paired up with a really cool group of guys. Wish I would have had time to play them all to compare. Weather was perfect, 5-10 mph winds, sunny and 60°. There was a few things I didn’t care for. 1. Greens were punched maybe 2 weeks ago, greens probably weren’t cut in the last 2 days…. Putting was not fun. 2. Pressure from caddies on pace of play but we were ahead of time, they were giving 4-5’ gimmes, I wanted to actually putt out. 3. It just wasn’t that good… I would say that I’ve played better courses that are not ranked in the top 100. I would honestly put the Belvedere (Parkland) in Charlevoix and Gearhart Links above this course on my own ranking scales. Played a few links style courses in my life and it’s #3. That’s too badl Didn’t have those issues when I played there. It’s too bad the greens had been punched and not up to a proper standard. That is disappointing. I would still go back and play some other courses, it’s always more fun when you can play with a friend too. Edited June 16 by KC Golf sirchunksalot and cksurfdude 2 Quote TSR 3 9.0 Autoflex 405x - Official Tester 2024 TSi 3 15.0 GD Tour AD - DI 6S Stiff Utility 2 Iron 18.0 - Nippon NS Pro 650GH Stiff / TS3 21 Hybrid Tensei AV Blue 65 HY Stiff 4 - 9 101T Irons - KBS Tour Lite Stiff - Official Tester 2023 Vokey SM9 46 F - 10 BV105 Stiff Vokey SM9 52 F - 12 Nippon NS Pro 950 Stiff Vokey Forged (Japan) 56 M - 10 DG S200 MG3 60 - 12 - Nippon NS Modus3 Tour 105 Stiff Champions Choice Newport 2+ Button Back - 35” / Pistolini Plus Z-Star Diamond Players 4 bag Official Tester - 2021 & Current Club Sensor User Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted June 16 Author Share Posted June 16 20 minutes ago, KC Golf said: That’s too badl Didn’t have those issues when I played there. It’s too bad the greens had been punched and not up to a proper standard. That is disappointing. I would still go back and play some other courses, it’s always more fun when you can play with a friend too. Yeah, I plan on going back. Sheep Ranch, and Old Mac looked more my style, and I’d probably like Trails too. It isn’t that I didn’t like it, and I’ll probably like it the second go around better knowing where I would want to hit shots to. I left driver in the bag more than I needed to. Shot a 80, first time I’ll take it. sirchunksalot, cksurfdude and KC Golf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFish350 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 On 6/16/2024 at 9:16 AM, Shankster said: This may sound blasphemous… Bur I don’t know how this is “ranked” the #2 public course. in hindsight, I probably should have played Old Mac. Plan on going back, but this was sort of a let down…. WOOOOWWW, This surprises me. Can you elaborate on why? Not judging, we all have idea's in our heads and wants/likes. I personally find Pacific as the more picturesque of the Bandon courses, also to the harder of the 5. That said the first hole is kind of odd I'll say. I like Trails the best, then pacific, Dunes, Sheep Ranch then Old Mac. cksurfdude 1 Quote Sub 70 949 D 9* HZRUDS 60G 6.5 smoke RDX shaft. Sub 70 949X 4 wood ALDILA ABV 65-S shaft Sub 70 699 Pro 4-AW Sub 70 3 utility 19* Callaway 56 and 58 wedge. OG White Hot #1 putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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