BANDON, Ore. – I've gotten stupidly lucky the two previous times I played Pacific Dunes – sunny and mostly calm, the best way to appreciate its ingenious routing and seaside splendor. Who can say what the southern Oregon coastal weather will be May 9-13? That’s when the United States Golf … [Read more...]
Working March-mad theories before a trip to Bandon
It’s never a bad idea to get out of my head, because it’s weird and scary in there, and tortured, never more than when I’m playing golf. It’s easy: I need to think less, swing free, let my natural athleticism come out to play. I wrote that with a straight face. So, my theory goes, if I do … [Read more...]
The Bandon experience, Day 2: Bandon Trails
It can’t be said our waterproof gear failed, really. It just didn’t work, against the insistent rain, the weighty rain, the damned and damnable rain that blew in our faces and seeped down our necks, that sloshed over our shoes and rendered meaningless their two-year waterproof warranties. By the … [Read more...]
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