Category archive for ‘Golf’ 
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Resort turns back the clock – Course pays tribute to classic architect
One hundred years ago, Charles Blair Macdonald opened a golf course that he hoped would introduce America to the best that golf had to offer.
Macdonald, who learned golf course architecture at St. Andrews in Scotland, the birthplace of the game, brought back ideas from many of the great European courses and put them to use …
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Fun is the name of the game
By John Gunter, Sports Editor
I didn’t need a good and/or lucky omen to know that the new course at Bandon Dunes was going to be special.
I’ve been following the plans for Old Macdonald since the announcement of the course in 2007. I learned about Charles Blair Macdonald, the classic architect the course is named for. …
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Old Macdonald – Front Nine
No. 1 Double Plateau
Yardage: 304 yards from green tees (par 4)
Description: The landing area for the drive is a huge fairway, the norm for Old Macdonald. The green has two plateaus, and the best approach angle depends on where the flag is. The hole plays into the prevailing wind in the summer, making …
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Resort activity picks up with new course
The opening next week of Old Macdonald already has provided a big boost for Bandon Dunes Golf Resort.
‘The summer looks good for the whole resort,” said Hank Hickox, the general manager at Bandon Dunes.
The hype for the new course has led to strong reservations throughout the summer, with tee times filling up, though Hickox said, …
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Old Macdonald – Back Nine
No. 10 Bottle
Yardage: 440 yards (par 4)
Description: Two sets of fairway bunkers provide for a narrow driving area, which funnels like the top of a bottle. Golfers must choose to either play well left or navigate through the bunkers to the right. After that comes the challenging approach to the elevated green, which connects …
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‘Incredibly unique’ – Bandon’s Old Macdonald
When it opens, Bandon’s Old Macdonald may be the nation’s finest public golf course
By John Gunther
BANDON — Excitement has been building at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort for more than three years. This spring, it’s reaching a crescendo.
The resort, already renowned as one of America’s top golf destinations, will open its fourth 18-hole golf course in …
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Life after golf
By Amy Moss Strong
Bandon Dunes isn’t just for tourists, and it isn’t just about golf.
‘Our biggest challenge is making sure everyone understands this is a public facility,” said Assistant General Manager Michael Carbiener. ‘We invite people to come out and explore.”
Non-golfers can find plenty to do on the resort’s expansive acreage.
‘We have a lookout with …
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Caddies deserve credit
Ten years from now when I tell people that I made the turn at Old Macdonald in 38 — it will be a much better story.
It will rank right up there with my other favorite resort ‘story’ — the 2-iron I hit on No. 16 at Bandon Dunes to within 3 feet of the green.
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Course Review: Old Macdonald
By John Gunther, Sports Editor
BANDON — Ken Nice has been at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort since it opened. The current resort greens superintendent arrived during the tail end of construction on Bandon Dunes and has been directly involved in the grass growing portion of development for Pacific Dunes, Bandon Trails and, now, Old Macdonald.
He’s got …
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Desperately seeking wedge
Boy did my pitching wedge pick a bad time to abandon me.
Normally I can’t wait to get inside 120 yards so I can get a pitching wedge in my hands, but that definitely wasn’t the case on this day.
That and John decides to shoot the best round of his life — a 79 — on …
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