News:

Welcome to the Golf Club Atlas Discussion Group!

Each user is approved by the Golf Club Atlas editorial staff. For any new inquiries, please contact us.

Pages: [1]   Go Down

Rob Rigg

  • Karma: +0/-0
Link to Bandon Dunes photo tour
« on: July 06, 2009, 02:40:40 AM »
I know most people in the treehouse have been there a few times, but just in case you would like to see some recent photos . . .

http://www.thewalkinggolfer.com/Bandon_Dunes.html

I mentioned previously that it was my "third" favorite course of the three that are open at BDGR, but it is certainly a great course in the grand scheme of things and laid the foundation for the three that are following.
Logged

Rob Rigg

  • Karma: +0/-0
Re: Link to Bandon Dunes photo tour
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2009, 12:09:14 PM »
Just in case anyone missed it before it fell off.

Final bump.
Logged

Shane Wright

  • Karma: +0/-0
Re: Link to Bandon Dunes photo tour
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2009, 12:30:53 PM »
Rob - thanks for the post about Bandon, it has been a number of years since I played it so it was nice to go thru the sequence of holes again.

Logged

Michael Dugger

  • Karma: +0/-0
Re: Link to Bandon Dunes photo tour
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2009, 12:49:14 PM »
Those are recent pictures, correct, Rob?

You can see a lot of the effects from the on-going gorse removal project.

The back of the fairway on #4 is no longer a solid wall of yellow (when in bloom)

The backdrop to #14 was really bare last time I was there.  Now you can see a lot of grassy plantings....

 
Logged
What does it matter if the poor player can putt all the way from tee to green, provided that he has to zigzag so frequently that he takes six or seven putts to reach it?     --Alistair Mackenzie--

Rob Rigg

  • Karma: +0/-0
Re: Link to Bandon Dunes photo tour
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2009, 01:23:51 PM »
Michael,

Yes, the photos are from about ten days ago.

They kept the course in a very "distressed" state for the amateur - very very natural.

One of the caddies said that the gorse battle is ongoing because it grows so much in the winter when everything else is dormant.
Logged

Norbert P

  • Karma: +0/-0
Re: Link to Bandon Dunes photo tour
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2009, 03:04:24 PM »
Terrific color in the turf.   Thanks for the great shows Rob.
Logged
"Golf is only meant to be a small part of one’s life, centering around health, relaxation and having fun with friends/family." R"C"M

Rob Rigg

  • Karma: +0/-0
Re: Link to Bandon Dunes photo tour
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2009, 10:33:20 PM »
Slag,

They have done a great job (along with the weather) - the greens at BD did have some bare spots, something that I did not see at PD or BT, which was interesting. Not sure if that was something the OGA encouraged or the super decided to go with for the Am.
Logged

Damon Groves

Re: Link to Bandon Dunes photo tour
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2009, 11:10:41 PM »
Was there a six weeks ago and I am surprised by how much the grassy plugs in the hillside at 4 and behind 14 have grown-in in such a short period of time.

Interesting is the flag on number 5 and what appears on numbers 6, 17 and 18. That is not the normal red flag for Bandon Dunes. Anyone know the story? The other flags are the appropriate red.
Logged

Rob Rigg

  • Karma: +0/-0
Re: Link to Bandon Dunes photo tour
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2009, 11:49:58 PM »
Damon,

Those flags were in place for the Oregon Amateur - they looked pretty cool to be honest.

I love the GBI flagsticks that they bust out at all the Bandon Dunes courses - Plastic will not hold the wind there, even on the short course they are full on metal. Brilliant stuff.
Logged

Eric Smith

  • Karma: +0/-0
Re: Link to Bandon Dunes photo tour
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2009, 10:57:38 PM »
Awesome.  Good job with the tour RR.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up