Ben:
I know you are a Doak guy, but to not play Bandon Dunes is a mistake. Every course on that property owes a great deal to Bandon Dunes. Without it, there is no other course. Plus, there is a different flow to Bandon Dunes than the other courses. Kidd builds crescendos throughout the round where he leads you to #4 and then provides you the ocean holes of 4-6 and then takes you back inland and then teases you with the ocean again on #12 and then leads you inland only to provide you one last bang with #15-#17. A person like yourself starting in the field should not limt yourself. David Kidd is a great gca and Bandon Dunes is a great golf course.
If Doak or C&C designed the course, people on this site would be lauding it as a must play. I hear criticisms of #13 being a bland hole, but it is every bit as good as #15 at Pacific Dunes and #17 at Old Mac. I will agree wth the criticisms of 9 and 18 lacking a lot of strategic value, but I don't think that is enough to totally discard it on a trip.