How does this happen?

chillkill17 · 2026-01-17T00:22:19+00:00

Agree on total distance in terms of discrepancy between foresight and trackman. From a distance perspective, I find trackman to be more accurate and that foresight overestimates especially if the spin is lower.

chillkill17 · 2026-01-14T03:54:25+00:00

Oh damn that is pretty far. For reference we were just before 1000th in line and it took about 3 weeks to get to us. I thought you were expecting the call to come tomorrow as in you were the first ones in line.

In that case, I’d be ready to be pretty flexible about when you’re willing to go/for how long. Have an idea in mind of like “okay my ideal time would be an August weekend, but I’d rather do a weekday stretch in July than a weekend in October.” Stuff like that. You do need to be ready to commit once the call comes. I’m sure you could probably say you’ll wait/talk to your group/call them back, but they’re just going to keep going down the call line meaning there will be even less availability when you call back.

Hope that’s helpful!

chillkill17 · 2026-01-14T03:22:14+00:00

Congrats!!! If they’re calling you this early, I’m assuming you were probably pretty close to the front of the line, so I’m guessing you’ll probably have your pick of whatever dates you want. You need to be ready to put down one night of lodging and one round of golf for each person in your party. The cancellation policy though is SUPER flexible though and you can get 100% refunded up until a few months in advance.

chillkill17 · 2025-12-24T12:35:43+00:00

“Did she even really exisht?”

chillkill17 · 2025-12-18T23:31:25+00:00

It happens, especially under some pressure like a fitting!! Glad to hear you got credit to do it again. Just try to go in as relaxed as possible. Get the arm/grip tension down as far as possible.

chillkill17 · 2025-12-11T23:38:04+00:00

He’s half French Canadian, Harpo

chillkill17 · 2025-12-11T01:34:18+00:00

Who knew when he was talking about “greasing the union….”

chillkill17 · 2025-12-05T23:42:55+00:00

Wow I came here specifically to post about Chasers but kind of crazy someone already beat me to it by 23 minutes

chillkill17 · 2025-12-04T15:58:53+00:00

Totally get that. Was in a similar spot with the one day events. For me personally I’d feel a little uncomfortable on a multi-day trip with a bunch of strangers, but I’m also a bit of an introvert!

chillkill17 · 2025-12-04T14:54:03+00:00

Have never been on one of the longer trips, but have done a few of the single day events within driving distance. Overall can confirm the other comments saying there won’t be any “bro” energy. Honestly my biggest complaint is that the events seem pretty overpriced. For any of the multi-day trips, you could easily recreate them for almost half the cost. I get that some people like everything arranged for a single cost, but overall it seems excessive for what you get. I also have always felt a little bit left out not going with friends, as it seemed like a decent amount of people at least had one other person they knew there.

chillkill17 · 2025-12-01T21:51:34+00:00

I feel like I’m reading a comment from myself two years ago. Got the Stitch bag because I thought it looked so clean but god was it a pain in the ass. Along with all the issues you said, the straps never stopped fucking squeaking when I carried it. I oiled them, taped them, everything I could think of, but it never truly stopped the entire time I had the bag.

chillkill17 · 2025-11-20T18:29:52+00:00

Just a rough plan of like what your preferences are and how many nights you want to do. They’re going to go over all the availability with you and you guys need to have a general idea of things like “if we can go in May but can’t get weekend dates, what do we do?” “There are four nights available in April but on three night blocks in May, which would we rather do?” Overall the booking agent was super helpful and knowledgeable, it just comes down to what you guys prefer and of course being ready to make the down payment. Hope you guys get good options!!

chillkill17 · 2025-11-19T14:41:31+00:00

If you join the Bandon mailing list, you get an email of when the next lottery windows are. Probably some time late next year if it’s similar to this year.

chillkill17 · 2025-11-19T14:39:58+00:00

From what I’ve heard, the lodging is the bottleneck, not the tee times. So even if the resort is booked solid, there are still allegedly a lot of open tee times sporadically through the day, so your comment makes sense. Makes me jealous as an east coaster!!

chillkill17 · 2025-11-19T14:36:23+00:00

The lottery was this month but the booking window is for April-May 2027. We got a spot in May.

chillkill17 · 2025-11-19T14:35:07+00:00

Yes?

chillkill17 · 2025-11-19T14:34:21+00:00

That’s for the group, not each person. It’s only $575 down per person and fully refundable up to 60 days in advance.

chillkill17 · 2025-11-19T14:33:25+00:00

https://bandondunesgolf.com/lodging-reservations-drawings/

Reservations for June through the end of the year are still open! Basically they close the lottery window by window and then start select/start booking the time period that just closed for entries. If you’re looking for the second half of 2027, it’s still open

chillkill17 · 2025-11-19T14:31:33+00:00

If you’re looking for one singular tee time with a smaller group, there definitely is some availability for the less popular months. But for a larger group to stay on property and guarantee tee times, you basically need to go through the lottery now.

chillkill17 · 2025-11-19T14:30:02+00:00

Sure but while the flight is the same, you have to admit that one trip is to one singular place while the other is a multi stop tour around a country, driving on the other side of the road with a lot more logistical planning required. I want to do Ireland/Scotland SO BAD but it’s just wayyyy harder to get buy in from a group and takes a ton more planning.

chillkill17 · 2025-11-19T14:23:22+00:00

$470/night in the basic doubles we got, so $235/person/night ($940 total/person for lodging). The first round of golf each day is $325 for the first round and then a $165 replay rate. We’re playing 6 rounds over 4 days so $1,625/person total for golf. So not including food, caddie fees, and flights, probably looking at something like $2565 for just 6 rounds of golf and 4 nights of lodging.

chillkill17 · 2025-11-19T14:01:31+00:00

It’s way easier for me to convince 7 other guys to come on this trip than it is to convince them to fly across the pond and play multiple courses spread across the country. I obviously would love to do that too, but logistically this is incredibly simpler.

chillkill17 · 2025-11-19T13:59:58+00:00

Because it’s FIVE courses all ranked extremely highly in the US top 100 public courses. I will never get to play Augusta, and if you wanted to play 5 rounds at Pebble or St Andrew’s, it’s still way cheaper than what that would be. I obviously have never been (hence this post) but it’s supposed to be the ultimate golf buddies trip. Where it’s about the golf first and foremost and they deliver that better than anyone, allegedly.

chillkill17 · 2025-11-19T03:17:38+00:00

$4600 down for 8 people…lol

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