Curious if anyone has a done a solo trip to Bandon? My normal golf crew is not serious enough to organize a trip here but I still want to experience Bandon. Any tips/ advice/ insight would be appreciated. Thinking of going in April 2027.
Having seen all the tee time post let me show you my perfect tee sheet. I’ve been to Bandon 19 times now. This will be our 5th year in a row doing a 4 night stay. I’ve found that if you have the time to stretch out a stay from 3 nights to 4 nights the trip is well worth the extra time and money.
This tee sheet allows for some down time between rounds and allows our group to hit up the Punch Bowl and range. Also, we’ve found that playing 18 a day makes it way more enjoyable and you can actually focus on the golf and not finishing the round.
Cheers.
Arrive the morning of the 19th. Heading straight to Bandon, will play Punchbowl that evening, determine Ryder Cup teams then we are off!
Also, does anyone know if they do fireworks for 4th of July? Playing Shortys in the evening waiting for that to go off would be dope. Any suggestions/tips would be much appreciated. I almost cant sit still.
Our group leaves in just over a week, anybody been to BD recently, how were the courses playing? Conditions looks great based on web cam. It’s our first time and we are all jacked to go!
First trip to Bandon. Staying on-site at the Lily Pond. We have dinner reservations at each of the restaurants. I tried to break up the 36 holes days with some 18 hole plus short course days. Any suggestions or changes for those that have been? Using caddies at each of the big courses.
Hey everyone! Just wanted to get some feedback on an app I recently built.
I have always been the planner of our 16 man golf trip (Cabot Cape Breton twice, Sand Valley Twice, Palm Springs, etc.)
I would spend weeks creating an 8 page PDF that half the group would read. Everyone asking me what the door code is, which courses we are playing, and what time dinner is. Drove me mad. The joke became "Check the PDF!!!!".
Well I decided to build an app for this exact problem.
It's called Hoofr and it's a free iOS app specifically for group golf trips. You get a shared trip hub with a join code, itinerary, tee times, lodging info, track payments, weather, etc.
It's basically what I wish I had instead of my PDFs. If you've ever been the guy trying to herd a group trip via text thread, this is for you.
I'm heading back to Sand Valley in October with 16 guys, but if anyone is taking a trip sooner and wants to try it out, I'd love some stress testing on it!
Search "Hoofr" on the App Store or try this link to the App Store.
Hope this is okay for the mods, I'm a local RDU Golfer and not promoting this for financial gain, just wanted to share with other golfers in the hopes it helps them with their golf trip and happy to hear feedback from people who actually run trips.
Eight guys traveling from North Carolina to Bandon Dunes for a “Bucket List” trip in August. We are all first timers. Staying on site at Chrome Lake.
Day 1: Bandon Trails
Day 2: Bandon Dunes
Day 3: Pacific Dunes
Day 4: Sheep Ranch
I made tee times at either Bandon Preserve or Shortys on all days outside of the major rounds. We are using caddies each day. I’ve already made dinner reservations for each evening.
Hit me with everything I need to know to make this trip incredible. We are all counting down the days! Any helpful tips, advice, or other useful info would be appreciated.
Any recomandations for a late afternoon and early eavning trip to down town Bandon ??
Best casual food?
Anything worth seeing?
Is it best for me to be put on a waitlist for lodging or keep calling for mid-July or both?
Don’t need two beds.