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“Quick” and “week long”… does not compute.

There are a few that have instagram handles and try to drum up business there. I don't know all their names. But yeah they are usually asking for 200 if you want to reserve them in advance

Yes, have had a bad caddie. But not egregious enough that I’m gonna badmouth any individuals online. If you are not vibing with your caddie, talk to the caddie master and they’ll reassign you. and no, you don’t get firm confirmation until you show up. I actually saw a veteran caddie say f*** off when he realized the guy who’d requested him was a single bag. Said he only does doubles and just walked off. And the ones who are more social media prominent are VERY particular about their expected tips. They’ll leave you after day one if they aren’t getting what they expect.

Here's the deal - all Bandon cares about (and any resort, frankly) is getting their rooms booked up and their tee times filled. That is it. Group bookings are an efficient way to do that and they can get signed contracts, larger deposits, etc. They don't care about you as an individual. That's not a knock on them, it's just business. Golf demand is at an all time high right now and they have at least 10x demand versus capacity.

After the LPGA players bashed it, seemed like it became the cool thing on social media to do the same. Then Rory made a crack at it. I only played one round, and while I think it is a challenging course, it just isn't very memorable. I usually can remember every hole on a course and half of them blur together in my head.

Any lefties seeing their orders ship yet?

Fields Ranch seems weirdly high (and yes I've played it, not just going off the social media hate train)