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Crew of 4. Some of us want Bandon, some want a Scotland Highlands run for the same dates. Built both itineraries side-by-side to settle it.

🇺🇸 Bandon · 6 days · 5 courses on property https://www.teeuptrips.com/trips/share/ACQnAkdzIiA6

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland Highlands · 6 days · Dornoch / Cruden Bay / Castle Stuart + 3 more https://www.teeuptrips.com/trips/share/BpBHSLvOAE79

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Honest read from this sub which one would you take your crew on if you'd done neither yet? Bandon premium is real but the Scotland cultural side keeps coming up in these threads too.

(Disclosure: I built the tool I used to compare these — teeuptrips.com — so calling that out up front.)

Heading to Pinehurst in September with 12 guys for a golf trip and trying to decide if we should keep the Pinehurst dinner package or ditch it and eat in the village/town instead.

Right now our dinners are:

• Pl8te at No. 8
• Carolina Dining Room
• Pinehurst Brewing Company

Since we’re on the resort package, those were the options we picked. But food is important to us — we’re Italians from NY so you know we are pretty picky when it comes to restaurants.

I’ve eaten at Carolina Dining Room and Pinehurst Brewing before and thought both were just “fine.” Nothing terrible, but not memorable either. I actually think Pinehurst Brewing got me sick the first time I went, so I’m a little hesitant there.

For people who’ve done both:

• Are the resort restaurants actually worth it?
• Is Pl8te noticeably better than the others?
• Would you skip the dinner package entirely and eat in Pinehurst/Southern Pines instead?
• If so, what restaurants are must-do spots?

Not looking for sugar-coated resort answers — looking for real opinions from people who know the area and care about food. Appreciate any recommendations.

Happy Mother’s Day to all!

I’m fortunate to be travelling with my mom to Pinehurst for the first time at the end of May and am looking for any tips/suggestions for our itinerary. Here is the trip as it stands:

Day 1 - Friday

- Leave hotel near Raleigh airport ~ 9am
- Arrive and check in to Carolina hotel ~ 1030am
- Lunch TBD
- Pinehurst No. 3 @ 1pm
- 7pm Dinner @ Wiregrass at the Main Clubhouse

Day 2 - Saturday

- Breakfast @ The Carolina Hotel
- Pinehurst No. 8 @ 9am
- Lunch TBD
- Afternoon TBD (thinking a couple loops of the Cradle)
- 630 Dinner @ Ashten’s

Day 3 - Sunday

- Breakfast @ The Carolina Hotel
- Pinehurst No. 4 @ 1230pm (W/ fore caddy)
- 630 Dinner @ Lisi’s

Day 4 - Monday

- The Cradle @ 10am
- Lunch @ The Deuce
- Leave Pinehurst for Raleigh, flight departing at 4:30pm

Let me know if you have any suggestions to fill the TBDs or other guidance for a great, first-time trip to Pinehurst!