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Brett_Morrissy

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Taking shelter from the weather on the inland course?
« on: June 16, 2010, 07:01:39 AM »
From many past discussions regarding both Bandon & Barnbougle, my understanding of 'some' of the logic behind the Bandon Trails course was: that on the really, really blowy days, that golfers could seek some refuge from the strong winds on a course with some protection from the coastal gales. (have heard similar discussion along these lines in regard to Barnbougle over the years also.)

My question: Do many golfers ACTUALLY take relief from a windy day to play the more protected course, particulary at Bandon, or do most still just play the course they wanted/were scheduled to play, and deal with it?

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Bruce Wellmon

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Re: Taking shelter from the weather on the inland course?
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2010, 05:03:19 PM »
Next time I go back, I'm playing Pacific in the morning and Trails in the afternoon for that reason.
OM wasn't open, so I don't have a plan yet on BD and OM.

Andy Gray

Re: Taking shelter from the weather on the inland course?
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2010, 07:06:51 PM »
I think there is some logic to what you are saying, but I played Trails three times and always in the morning so I DID have the strong winds on the other courses. They were designed for wind, and I had a lot more fun in the wind. That might just be because I don't usually play in conditions like that. I could not have had more fun on a golf course in rain and a 40mph (gusting to 55mph) southerly as I did on Old Mac, it made the course extremely tough (par 76?) as about 6 holes were not reachable in regulation in that wind. The awesome thing about those holes is they played just as good as par 5's.

Dan Herrmann

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Re: Taking shelter from the weather on the inland course?
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2010, 07:14:49 PM »
I played my home course in PA in Bandonesque winds last week.   I didn't care about score and had a fantastic time.


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