00:00 If the wind is swirling like it is

00:01 today, anything could happen.

00:04 Oh crap. Yep. Took a drop. So, Abandoned

00:06 Dunes is known for its length style

00:08 golf. And so, you can just see all of

00:11 the curvature of every single fairway.

00:12 My advice is wear some comfortable

00:14 shoes. I'm dropping again.

00:16 This is a hard hole for sure.

00:19 All right. So, we are here at the

00:20 gallery, a special private room that

00:22 we've got for breakfast this morning.

00:24 and you know, everybody's getting to

00:26 know each other for the first time in

00:28 like a real formal setting. And then

00:30 we're going to do our mastermind portion

00:32 of this where, you know, we're going to

00:33 break down businesses, get questions

00:36 answered, get connections, all that good

00:38 stuff. So, this is probably I mean, it's

00:40 hard to say anything's better than the

00:41 golf, but many people say this is the

00:43 most impactful part of the event. All

00:45 right, so we're out here at Bandon

00:47 Dunes. You can probably see my shirt and

00:48 hear it in the audio. It is a windy day

00:51 today. Supposed to get to like 30 mph

00:53 winds. We got behind me the clubhouse of

00:55 the course. We just teed off on hole

00:57 one. And let me tell you, this course is

00:59 beautiful. I'm excited to play it. We're

01:01 going to point out things that are

01:02 really cool about this course, and I

01:04 think you guys are going to really enjoy

01:05 it. If I'm long, what happens?

01:07 >> Long is just barely off the green.

01:08 >> Short is fine.

01:10 >> Short is kind of dead.

01:11 >> Then I'll I'm going to switch clubs. I'm

01:12 going to get a pitching wedge.

01:16 So, this is my second time playing this

01:18 course. you know, we played it two years

01:19 ago and this was actually the first

01:21 start of like this M19 concept where we

01:24 would take entrepreneurs to bucket list

01:26 trips. And so we had, you know, a group

01:29 of eight guys that went out here back in

01:30 2024 and, you know, played abandoned

01:33 dunes, Pacific Dunes, abandoned trails,

01:35 and um, Bandon Preserve. And it was just

01:38 such an amazing experience. And so it's

01:40 so cool to come back 2 years later with

01:42 48 people of just all kinds of

01:45 businesses and entrepreneurs. Man, it

01:47 it's it's kind of surreal. And now I'm

01:48 excited to play this again now that I've

01:50 been through the course once. I think

01:51 playing a course the second time is even

01:53 better than the first cuz you know what

01:55 to expect.

01:57 >> All right.

02:00 Way short.

02:02 You suck.

02:06 Think

02:06 >> the wind's not going to hurt it as much.

02:08 It's that side wind again.

02:10 >> You hit the ball pretty high. I'd put it

02:11 65 70

02:13 >> and aim at the right edge of that left

02:14 bunker.

02:19 Oh, no. Stop.

02:24 We got about 35. I'm going to hit a

02:25 little low

02:27 shot. Try and roll it up there.

02:40 Oh crap. Stay in.

02:48 Oh gosh, what a shank.

02:51 Probably like around here. Yep. Took a

02:54 drop.

02:58 So, Abandoned Dunes is known for its

03:00 length style golf. And so, you can just

03:02 see all of the curvature of every single

03:05 fairway. I mean, walking here ain't no

03:07 joke. I mean, we just walked up a whole

03:09 hill, you know, on hole one to get to

03:11 the green. And then we had to walk up

03:12 another hill to get on the T- box a

03:14 whole two. And now, you know, we're just

03:16 walking through this hilly terrain. So,

03:18 man, my advice is wear some comfortable

03:20 shoes because this walk, you know, we're

03:23 playing the greens, which are like 6,300

03:25 yards. It's going to feel a lot longer

03:28 than that walk-wise. I'm dropping again.

03:38 I didn't turn

03:42 right at it.

03:44 >> 360, baby.

03:46 >> Let's go.

03:54 >> No way.

03:55 >> Ernie. So, the story of Bandon Dunes is

03:57 really cool. The founder, Mike Kaiser,

03:59 was not even like a golf course guy. He

04:01 just loved the game of golf. And he

04:03 actually had a greeting card business.

04:05 And he was looking at all of the things

04:06 that was happening in America with carts

04:09 and, you know, all this stuff that

04:10 wasn't like what he saw in Europe. And

04:12 so he said, "You know what? I see this

04:14 piece of land, this was back in 1999,

04:16 and I want to start something that's

04:18 homage to those things. I want to do uh,

04:21 you know, walking. I want to do links. I

04:23 want to do no carts at all, period."

04:25 Right? And Bandon Dunes was the first

04:28 version of that. And from there came

04:30 Pacific Dunes, you know, Old Mac, Sheep

04:33 Ranch, all the cool ones, you know,

04:35 Bandon Trails, everything that you see

04:37 today. It was like proof of concept with

04:39 one that led to so many others.

04:42 Oh crap. Stop.

04:48 >> This is a hard hole for sure.

04:56 Get in.

04:58 >> LET'S GO. SO, DAVID MCCLELAY kid was the

05:01 architect of this course and really this

05:03 was his big break. You know, like he was

05:05 some unknown guy from Europe that hadn't

05:08 really done much. His dad was a

05:10 greenskeeper. So, he grew up in the game

05:11 and so, you know, Kaiser found him and

05:14 ended up just, you know, having him do

05:16 this and he made a name for himself and

05:18 now he's developing some of the best

05:19 courses in the world. He actually just

05:21 did a course we're going to go to next

05:23 month in Austin, Texas called Laura

05:25 Loma. It's a brand new private course

05:27 built in 2025. So, make sure you're

05:29 subscribed so you can go see that one.

05:31 But he just did that in Austin, Texas.

05:37 That didn't turn a lot downwind. We're

05:39 going to just hit a 4 iron as far as we

05:41 can and hope for the best.

05:44 I hit it right. Are you kidding me?

05:52 Oh, what an out. Oh my gosh. How did you

05:56 end up in this?

05:57 >> I don't know.

05:59 >> This is the 280 into a bunker size.

06:03 >> Jeez. I like this grass thing, though.

06:05 This is cool. This is super unique. I've

06:08 never seen a like a grass bunker like

06:10 this, but then like just flat sand.

06:14 Super cool. All right, it is windy.

06:18 out here on hole 16. Let me tell you,

06:20 it's beautiful.

06:22 But the wind is fierce. We got this at

06:24 least 30 miles, maybe more. How what

06:28 what kind of gust do you think this is?

06:30 >> 35. Yeah.

06:31 >> 35. Yeah. This is This is heavy.

06:45 The Bandon's hosted a lot of big-time

06:47 events. I think in 2020 they had the US

06:50 amateur. You know, they had a women's

06:52 junior amateur recently and then they

06:53 have the Walker Cup coming up in a few

06:55 years. So, it's a great place to play. I

06:57 mean, man, if the wind is swirling like

06:59 it is today, anything could happen at

07:02 these events. And it makes it like a

07:04 truly skilled golf game to be able to

07:06 play in the elements, which I can't do.

07:08 It is interesting though that the PGA

07:09 hasn't hosted an event or anything else

07:11 at a place like this. But I mean, they

07:14 don't need the PGA. Like they're they're

07:16 sold out every day. It doesn't matter.

07:21 Oh, I pulled that,

07:25 dude. Oh my gosh. I'll drop up there.

07:28 So, as we're walking up hole 18 here,

07:30 just a reminder, if you are making over

07:34 seven figures, eight figures, nine

07:35 figures in your business, you want to

07:36 play with other business owners at the

07:38 best places in the world like Bandon

07:40 Dunes, go to mastermind 19.com. Apply

07:43 today. We're going to have 20 plus trips

07:45 in 2027. It's going to be epic. Uh just

07:49 tons of great people, great guys, great

07:51 women, uh so many different diverse

07:54 businesses that are in the group. And so

07:56 if you just want to be around that, I

07:57 would highly recommend applying and

07:59 talking with our team. But overall, as

08:02 far as Bandon Dunes goes, I mean, just

08:03 such a beautiful course. I love walking.

08:06 So for me, just being able to come out

08:08 here, walk, enjoy all the scenery, and

08:11 even, you know, the wind has been pretty

08:13 bad today. And um, you know, I've still

08:15 been in short sleeves. Like it it's not

08:18 cold. It's just hard to play golf when

08:20 when the wind is so strong. So you know,

08:23 that's just part of Bandon Dunes. That's

08:24 part of the mystique. like you know it's

08:26 going to be windy a lot of times. So

08:29 make sure you practice your golf game.

08:31 Hit some low shots.

08:39 Look, if I'm coming to Bandon, I can

08:40 only play three courses. I mean, I'm for

08:43 sure playing Bandon Trails in one of

08:44 them cuz it's the most unique. It's most

08:46 different. You know, Sheep has got the

08:47 most water. I really enjoyed that. But

08:49 I'm probably putting Pacific Dunes or

08:51 Sheep. One of those two because they're

08:54 kind of similar in my opinion. And then

08:56 I got to have Bandon Dunes. I mean, this

08:57 is the signature course. So, yeah.

08:59 Bandon Dunes, Bandon Trails, and then

09:01 one of Pacific Dunes or sheep. And for

09:03 the bonus in the morning, play the

09:04 preserve or shorty.

09:06 A you dog. Let's do a cool putt for a

09:09 double.

09:12 >> Cool. Double

09:14 >> double, baby. That was great, buddy.

09:15 That was fun.

09:17 >> That was fun, guys. That was fun.

09:18 >> Sorry.

09:20 >> That was fun. That was fun. That was

09:22 fun.

09:23 >> That was fun. Yeah. And if you're lucky

09:24 enough to stay here, they've got some

09:26 cottages and cabins. You can see like,

09:28 you know, there's seven courses and

09:30 there's very few lodging spots available

09:33 on site. So, a lot of times you got to

09:34 stay in the town abandoned at like the

09:36 Best Western or the Bandon or one of

09:38 these things. But man, if you if you're

09:40 able to go enter the lottery and get

09:42 into one of these, I mean, I'd highly

09:44 recommend it. The the money is worth it.

09:45 Get a view of Hole 18, the clubhouse, go

09:48 walk there. It's just it would be a

09:50 great stay. This has been a great trip.

09:52 If you want to come on one of these,

09:54 like I said, check us out. Subscribe to

09:56 the channel. But we're going to be

09:56 playing Pacific Dunes tomorrow.