Trails is my favorite course at Bandon. It's oddly the most beautiful in my mind despite not being near the ocean. It feels peaceful, and as mentioned, the routing is superb. The par 3 12th is a clunker and numbers one and 18 are just meh (though they serve their purpose moving you from the dunes), but there is not another bad hole on the course. Even the uphill 15th presents a difficult strategic choice for longer hitters. Do you go for it in two knowing there is significant trouble surrounding the green and the potential for a lost ball or take your chances with a shorter uphill/blind wedge shot. Often the amount of wind dictates. Loved this course.

This course is the most impressive piece of golf architecture I have ever seen. It truly feels like two separate golf courses. I absolutely believe you could put someone out there who knows nothing about it and not tell them it's a reversible course and they wouldn't know. The alternate tee boxes are hidden or blend so well you wouldn't know. The greens work coming from both directions. It's truly remarkable what Doak and team were able to do here.

This is an amazing golf course. Perhaps the very best at Bandon Dunes. Great mix of challenging and scoreable holes. Plays well in heavy winds because of the width it provides, and unlike Pacific and Trails, you are still alive the majority of the time the wind blows your ball way off line. Out of position certainly, but not dead in gorse or 2 feet high grass. The third, seventh, and sixteenth are three of the best holes on property, but there are virtually zero stinkers. All have at least some architectural or strategic interest. Agree with Garret, the redan doesn't really work. The false front makes it so that balls must fly onto the green and at that distance in those winds, it can be impossible to hold. Definitely deserving of its two egg status.

This is a clear one egg course. Andy, you are a DMK hater. It scores at least moderately well in land, presentation, and design. Plus there is a fun component that must bump it up to at least one egg. A zero egg rating implies this is just another course. It so clearly isn't.

Looking forward to seeing what Marine & Lawn do to update the accommodations. We stayed two nights at MP Inn and the place was neat but in need of some serious updates. Hope they keep the sunken bar over at PN, just spruce it up.

Am I crazy to have some worry about Mackenzie and Ebert getting their hands on Muirfield? It doesn't seem that much of their work is too popular. Additionally, it also seems to be conducted for the wrong reasons. I don't think an additional grandstand is worth tinkering with the routing of one of the greatest courses in the world. I did mention it in the Course Profile for Muirfield, but I need a link to that video that was done! I thought that was fantastic and I can't find it now. I was very excited to hear about the purchase of Whispering Pines and Foxfire! However, as a local, this just eliminates 4 affordable courses. In an area overflowing with $200 tee times, there are hardly any options for the locals to play..... This was a bit of a downbeat comment... Sorry folks! Anyway, awesome insight as always, Garrett!

Am I crazy to have some worry about Mackenzie and Ebert getting their hands on Muirfield? It doesn't seem that much of their work is too popular. Additionally, it also seems to be completed for the wrong reasons. I don't think an additional grandstand is worth tinkering with the routing of one of the greatest courses in the world. I did mention it in the Course Profile for Muirfield but I need a link to that video that was done! I thought that was fantastic and I can't find it now. Thanks for your insights Garrett!

The big thing that I see different from the boring pga tour set up is how much the ball moves when it is slowing down by the hole. No 1% 6 foot circle around the hole locations Makes the player who can get the straight putt more often a big advantage

One of my favorite rounds ever was recently on #10 - a course I could play every day with all of the contouring and variety presented throughout it. So many greens can play large or small depending on daily setup. I was also very fortunate to have a great caddie (Chance) to sherpa me around the course and he knew every contour and break. Another fun break of luck: summer storm threats scared everyone else away, so while we were essentially the only ones out there, Chance and I rolled some balls around to see the drama up close. Personal highlight greens were on 5 (back right pin, middle left pin), 6 (front right pin, middle pin), 8 (whole green), 12 (middle left pin, any back pin), 14 (whole green), 15 (whole green), 17 (whole green), and 18 (back two-thirds). There are so many wonderful tee shots and second shots on the course where you are thinking about how to approach the hole while also pausing to take in the landscape. It's not the kind of hit-you-in-the-face walk in the woods, but the one that sits with you for a while. Look out for the large eagle's nest in an old pine on the tenth hole.

Recently played #10 (which was incredible) but in talking to my caddie he mentioned construction of #11 is moving along steadily, with plans for #12 and a short course to be announced before too much longer. It sounds like the Sandmines area is going to be its own little world as a sibling site to the main facility.