Great day hiking around in the dunes south of Bandon, hopefully the site of the next (and final?) course @BandonDunesGolf Probably the best raw golf site I’ve ever walked.
David McLay-Kidd
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David McLay-Kidd
@DavidMcLayKidd
Scottish Golf Course Designer, based in Oregon. Husband, Father, Pilot. From Bandon Dunes to GrayBull, NE in my Piper M600
- I’m walking all 18 @BandonDunesGolf before the final of the 120th US Amateur. The last 20years has been quite the ride.
- Spent this past week @streamsong working on the next 18 holes. First hole is roughed in, it’s dramatic! So much fun to be playing in these sand piles!
- Spent yesterday @GambleSands working on design refinements for the next 18-holes which starts construction this fall, love this place! If the first Course is inspired by Scottish Links this one will be more Irish Links
- A lot of golfers hear the term ‘firm and fast’ but until they experience it they’ll never know why it’s so fundamental to “golf as it was meant to be” Thanks to Josh Truan the Supt @GambleSands for this demo
00:00 - Today 20years ago @BandonDunesGolf opened its 1st Tee to the public. Would they walk? Would they enjoy it. Would they come back? No-one could have predicted the effect it would have, least of all a 30year old Scot whose life changed forever that day, 🙏
- So excited to design the next course @streamsong with all my friends @KemperSports special thanks to CEO Steve Skinner for giving us the chance to be part of the history at this amazing property
- Winter golf @BandonDunesGolf is often spectacular. Today was a bluebird day, gentle breeze in the high 50’s. My friends and I played The Preserve, BD & Punchbowl, all today. What a place!
- My wife @TaraMcLayKidd takes birthdays VERY seriously! This year she went all out and got the guys @FlagBagGolf to make me the most amazing gift. I spent over $75m and 20+ years to assemble the flags that made this bag, could it be the most expensive golf bag ever? #birthday
- Today I was jealous: but in a good way. Got to play Ohoopee Match Club A Gil Hanse & team masterpiece, prepare to be plagiarized, it’s the greatest form of flattery You guys killed it, congrats! #GolfArchitecture
- Headed to @BandonDunesGolf couldn’t resist seeing the US Am in person. The 50min flight is a lot easier than the 5hr drive @Cirrus_Aircraft
- It only lasted a few minutes, but was worth the wait to capture this one of the 5th at Bandon Dunes this morning. @BandonDunesGolf @DavidMcLayKidd #BandonDunes #surrealmoment
- Just back from Portugal, spent all week with @conorWalsh11 Finish shaping & grassing #ComportaDunes Best site I’ve ever worked on in Europe, can’t wait to play it. Here is a sneak peek at 18 just before grassing
- Morning from the high 2nd tee @BandonDunesGolf This is what winter can often be like, my favorite time to play the courses here, brisk rounds and long nights in the bar
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