Comments on: Bandon Dunes Vacation Trip Tips: Part III, On the Course

By: hacker2

hacker2 — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:06:13 +0000

I see that you carry about a
$ 1000.00 worth of golf clubs in your bag but did not break 90. This appears to be a very tough course but I feel better knowing that I would have not broke 90 either with my 10 year old cheap clubs.

By: Dougsdeals

Dougsdeals — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:48:23 +0000

It sure is tough breaking 90 on that course with muscle back irons. But you had a lot of fun anyway !

By: Orlando golfer

Orlando golfer — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:25:58 +0000

Very tough course and I had my “fancy” clubs….

Dave

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:40:52 +0000

Next time at Bandon get a chap from South Africa, Lester Wagner to caddy for you. Not only is this dude a nice guy but also a fine golfer himself. He offered me a lot of help with course management and sorted out my swing too. Well worth the money

By: Augusta National

Augusta National — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:17:04 +0000

Bandon Dunes is an unbelievable place to play! Everything there was great. Kudos to Mr. Kaisar. As far as the caddies, if you get a good one it WILL be well worth it! $55 a bag is very reasonable, that’s basically $13/hour to have someone hold your hand and guide you through an amazing experience! The $25 suggested minimum is cheap seeing that they wait on you for 4 1/2 hours. A waitress serves you for a total of 10 minutes and you give her at least a 15% tip. Your round is $200 and a 15% tip would be $30. I took a caddie named Eric Fedders, very knowledgeable, polite, and clearly had been caddying for a while. Let’s put it this way, he saved me a bunch of strokes on the green alone, not to mention all the adjustments he threw in for the wind and slope factor. He also gave me the names of 3 other caddies that did an unbelievable job for our group. If you are going there, get a hold of Eric , he will help you out in getting caddies that won’t disappoint! Email him at azcaddie@yahoo.com. caddies make the Experience!

By: meovino

meovino — Thu, 27 May 2010 11:28:33 +0000

That is very, very disappointing to hear about your experience with your caddies at Bandon. I started caddying in 8th grade and did it until the summer after I graduated college in ’93. The guys I worked with all took a lot of pride in what we did and we were good at it. And only once did I ever get over $100 carrying double.