Bandon Dunes Golf Resort spotlights 125th U.S. Women’s Amateur | Golf Today | Golf channel

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort spotlights 125th U.S. Women’s Amateur | Golf Today | Golf channel

U.S. AMATEUR. >> WHEN BANDON DUNES OPENED , THE FIRST COURSE IN WHAT HAS BECOME A MOST POPULAR GOLF RESORT, THAT IS WHEN DAVID McLAY KIDD WAS OUT OF HIS DIAPERS , HE CREATED A LOT OF HIGHLY REGARDED GOLF COURSES, SINCE THEN, HE HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR FAVORITE INTERVIEWS. JOINING US AGAIN NOW AT HIS HOME IN BEND, OREGON. ARE YOU EXCITED OR NERVOUS ON WHETHER THE COURSE WILL HOLD UP? >> I GET SUPER EXCITED. THE REST OF MY CAREER, I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE AMATEUR GAME FROM THE USGA IS INDICATIVE OF THE QUALITY OF A GOLF COURSE. FOR ME, A PGA TOUR OF IT IS GREAT, BUT WHEN THE SPONSORS HAVE A BUNCH OF MONEY, THEY CAN PLAY ANYWHERE, WHEN THE USGA PLAYS, THE GOLF COURSE IS HIGHER ON THE REQUIREMENTS. I FEEL REALLY HONORED THAT THEY HOLD THESE AMATEUR EVENTS AND I AM SUPER EXCITED. >> DAVID, NINE USGA COMPETITIONS , A LOT OF DATA YOU HAD TO SEE HOW BANDON DUNES PRESENTED ITSELF FOR THE VERY BEST PLAYERS. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST TAKE AWAY SINCE THAT STARTED? >> WHEN WE KNEW THE AMATEUR WAS GOING THERE IN 2020, THE OWNER AND I CHATTED, DO YOU WANT TO DO ANYTHING IN ANTICIPATION OF MAINE? YES, I SAID, LOOK AT THE BUNKERING, THE HOLES, I SAID I WILL MOVE THE BUNKER CLOSER THE DIVOTS, I KNOW WHERE THE PLAYERS ARE TRYING TO GET TO, I CAN SEE IT IN THE DIVOT PATTERNS AND CAN MOVE THE BUNKERS. YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE THE BALLS WILL COME TO REST, AFTER 20 YEARS OF PLAY, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE DIVOTS ARE, AND EITHER REMOVE IT OR DEFEND IT. >> AMATEUR WAS PLAYED IN BANDON DUNES — DO YOU ANTICIPATE IN PLAYING DIFFERENT FOR THE WOMEN THAN FOR THE GUYS? >> I CADDIED FOR MY WIFE WHEN SHE WAS PLAYING PROFESSIONALLY AND I’VE EXPERIENCED WATCHING PROFESSIONAL OR HIGHLY RANKED AMATEUR WOMEN PLAY, IT TAUGHT ME , I UNDERSTOOD THERE WILL BE A SLOWER, SPIN RATE IS SLOWER, TRAJECTORY IS LOWER, BANDON DUNES FITS THAT GAME PERFECTLY , THEY WILL USE THE WIND TO THEIR ADVANTAGE EMMA QUINN THE MEN PLAY IN 2020, YOUNGER COLLEGE PLAYERS, AMAZING SWING SPEED, EVEN IF IT WAS OBVIOUS TO BOUNCE THE BALL INTO POSITION , THEY ALMOST CANNOT HELP THEMSELVES, THEY WILL TRY TO PUT EVERYTHING IN WITH A GIANT AMOUNT OF SPIN AND SEE IF THEY CAN STOP IT, THE MEN COULD NOT AND PARS WERE WINNING HOLES. EXCITED TO SEE THE WOMEN USE THE SLOWER SPIN SPEED AND USE THE CONTOURS TO GET BALLS CLOSE. I HOPE THE WOMEN GET A MASTER CLASS ON COURSE MANAGEMENT BECAUSE THE MEN DID NOT. >> MATCH PLAY HAS BEEN BURNED INTO YOUR DNA AS A SCOTSMAN, THE CLOSING STRETCH AT BANDON DUNES , HOW DOES THAT HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU WILL SEE AT THE AMATEUR ? >> I AM NOT SURE I REALIZED, WHEN I WAS BUILDING BANDON DUNES , ALL MY GOLF IS MATCH PLAY, THAT TRANSLATED INTO THE DESIGN I WAS CREATING, NOT UNTIL AFTER I FINISHED, THE FINAL FOUR OR FIVE HOLES ARE DO OR DIE, YOU CAN COME FROM BEHIND AND WIN OR THE STRATEGY IS CHESS, NOT CHECKERS. ON 16, THE BEST-KNOWN HOLE, YOU CAN GO FOR IT OR LAY BACK AND GO FOR BIRDIE, THAT COULD SWING A MATCH VERY EASILY. PAR 3 DEAD INTO THE SUMMER WIND, THAT WAS THE DECIDER FOR THE MEN’S AMATEUR. I WAS ONE OF THE FEW SPECTATORS, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC, AS THE DESIGNER, A FREQUENT PLAYER AT BANDON DUNES , I COULD SEE THE STRATEGY, IF I HAD BEEN ON THE BAG, IT WAS A WINNABLE HOLE WITH PAR. THE GREEN IS OUT FRONT, I WOULD BE TELLING MY PLAYER TO CLEAR THE BALL AND TWO PUTT, LET THE OTHER GUY GO FOR IT, IF HE MISSES THE GREEN, EASY TO DO, LUCKY TO BOGEY. I LOT OF COURSE MANAGEMENT AT BANDON DUNES , ESPECIALLY IF THE WIND BLOWS, IT WILL IN OREGON. >> COUNT ME IN. I SEE ON THE WALL BEHIND YOU, YOU ARE WORKING ON A GOLF COURSE THAT YOU THIS WEEKEND OPENED IN WASHINGTON. TELL US ABOUT THE PROJECT YOU HAVE GOING. >> SCARECROW IN WASHINGTON IS THE SECOND COURSE AT GAMBLE SANDS, ALMOST ON THE CANADIAN BORDER. WE BUILT THE FIRST COURSE, THE BALL BOUNCES AND RUNS EVERYWHERE. PEOPLE LOVED IT. THE BEST PESKY GOLF COURSE IN NORTH AMERICA. WE BUILT A SECOND COURSE IN DUBLIN. SAND, BALL BOUNCES AND ROLLS EVERYWHERE. 219 PLAYERS ON OPENING DAY ON SCARECROW, MAYBE A RECORD FOR OPENING DAY. SOME PICTURES ALREADY. IT CAME OUT PRETTY WELL, PHENOMENAL PIECE OF LAND. IN THE ARCHITECT IS DESPERATE TO WORK IN SAND ONCE IN THEIR LIFE AND I WORK IN IT A LOT, IT MAKES THE GAME SO MUCH MORE MULTIDIMENSIONAL BECAUSE SO MUCH HAPPENS AFTER THE BALL LANDS. AS A GOLFER, YOU HAVE TO PREDICT WHAT THAT WILL BE. I PLAYED LAST WEEK WITH AN OLDER GOLFER. A COUPLE OF YOUNG GUYS, I CADDIED THE OLDER GOLFER AROUND THE COURSE, IF YOU GET THE RIGHT SPOT, THE BALL WOULD TAKE OFF AND END UP WITH THE YOUNG GUYS, THEY ARE TRYING TO THROW DARTS, HE IS KEEPING UP WITH THE YOUNG GUYS. GOLF AT ITS BEST IS A LEVELER OF ABILITY BECAUSE, IF YOU CAN EDIT THE BALANCE, YOU CAN HANG WITH SOMEONE WHO CAN HIT IT HARD. >> YOU HAVE HAD SUCH AN INTERESTING CAREER JOURNEY, WITH THE NEW PROJECTS GOING ON, RETURNING TO BANDON DUNES FOR THE U.S. WOMEN’S AMATEUR , HOW HAS YOUR DESIGN PHILOSOPHY CHANGED OVER TIME? >> I THINK I STARTED ONE PLACE AND END UP BACK AT THE SAME PLACE. IN THE GAME OF GOLF, IT IS A GROUND GAME. AS THE SON OF A GREEN KEEPER IN SCOTLAND, GOLF SHOULD BE PLAYED TO A LARGE EXTENT, THAT IS WHAT GOT MISSING IN UNITED STATES, OVER IRRIGATED GOLF COURSE, GREENS PUSHED UP IN THE AIR, THE ONLY WAY TO HIT THEM IS THE FAST GREEN SPEED, THAT HAS REMOVED THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL ELEMENT, THE LUCK OF THE BALANCE, THESE ARE TERMS THAT COMES FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND. U.S., THE DESIGN POST-WORLD WAR II, TRY TO REMOVE THAT, YES, SO INTEGRAL TO THE GAME OF GOLF. IN MY 40s, I PROBABLY LOST THE PLOT AND BUILDING GOLF COURSES THAT DID NOT FOCUS ON IT. OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO, I DOUBLED DOWN ON THAT AND TRY TO BUILD GOLF COURSES THAT REALLY ALLOW THE GROUND GAME TO EXCEL. DOES NOT MEAN YOU CANNOT THROW DARTS. IF YOU ARE 20 SOMETHING AND THEN HIT A WEDGE, I AM NOT TAKING THAT CLUB OUT OF YOUR HAND. I WANT ME AND MY DAD, WITH SLOWER AND SLOWER SWING SPEEDS, TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE COURSE OF ACTION WE CAN STILL TRY TO SCORE ON THE GOLF COURSE. I WILL KEEP DOING THAT THE REST OF MY CAREER. >> YOU STARTED IN ONE PLACE AND FOUND HER WAY BACK. WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU HAD KNOWN WHEN YOU ARE BUILDING BANDON DUNES THAT YOU KNOW NOW ? >> WHEN I BUILT BANDON DUNES , I DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS DOING, DAMON, I WAS LEANING ON WHAT I KNEW AS A KID BEING BORN AND RAISED IN SCOTLAND. I DID NOT NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS FAMILIAR AND COULD NOT BREAK IT DOWN. THIS HOLE IS REMINISCENT OF A HOLE IN SCOTLAND, IT WAS POURING OUT OF ME, AS THE SON OF A GREEN KEEPER. WHEN I STARTED TO THINK ABOUT IT, I WONDERED OFF COURSE AND BUILDING COURSES THAT WERE HARD. I REALIZED THE GAME NEEDED TO BE A GROUND GAME, ON THE GROUND AS WELL IS IN THE AIR, I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANT AND HOW YOU WANT TO CREATE GOLF COURSES IN THAT MODEL, IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF TERRAIN AND THE WEATHER, HOW DO YOU GET THAT TO HAPPEN. THAT KID IN HIS 20s, WOULD NOT HAVE UNDERSTOOD, JUST ENOUGH NOT TO SCREW IT UP. >> HE IS, DAVID

David McLay Kidd joins Golf Today to discuss his excitement around Bandon Dunes hosting the U.S. Women’s Amateur, how it will differ from the men’s tournament, and the final stretch test for golfers. #Golf #NBCSports #LPGATour
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