Jim H,
It's always difficult to alter your game to suit someone elses game under a variety of conditions.
In addition, the suggestion or advice to play the ground game is absurd. Try playing the ground game on #'s 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16 and 17 at Bandon Dunes and #'s 1, 5, left side of 6, 7, left side of 9 to upper, 10 upper, 11, 14, 16 at Pacific Dunes and you'll find that you have grounds for litigation against those giving you such advice.
One of the things I objected to at Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes was the caddy's handing me a club or telling me how to play to the green, or off the tee. They didn't know my game and what I felt comfortable hitting as the shot at hand, and you and you alone must decide what you feel comfortable with, and what you feel you can and can't execute.
In each and every case I rejected the suggested club, choosing instead to play it my way. I also found that this practice created doubt, which I had to eradicate prior to playing the shot. On many occassions, despite protestations to the contrary, I selected clubs and punched, or hit 3/4 or 1/2 shots with 2-irons from 150 yards, 4-irons & 5-irons from 130-135 yards, 7-irons from 100-110 yard, 3-woods and drivers from under 200 yards.
The suggestion to practice long putts is a good one since the greens at Bandon Dunes are very large and sometimes it's better to be on the green with a safer shot, leaving you with a longer putt, then gamble on the riskier shot.
Use the force Jim, use the force.
Don't go with any preconceived notions,
just go and enjoy the golf courses, the elements and the vistas, it's a special place for golf.
If the forecast is for cold, really cold, rain and high winds, consider bringing a female companion as a viable alternative to golf