Bandon Dunes Golf Resort - Pacific Dunes

Bandon, OR · 0.5 mi away

Old Macdonald is the fourth course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, designed by Tom Doak and Jim Urbina and opened in 2010. It is a tribute to C.B. Macdonald, the architect who brought the ideas of British links golf to America, and the routing draws on the template concepts he used repeatedly. Golfers play a Redan, a Biarritz, an Alps, a Punchbowl, a Short and others, all reinterpreted for the Oregon dunes rather than copied. The greens are enormous, some of the largest in American golf, and the fairways run together with almost no defined edges, so the course looks and plays wider than the others at the resort. There are very few trees, which leaves the holes fully exposed to the coastal wind. The ground is firm, the approaches are open in front, and running the ball onto greens is often the better play. Like the rest of the resort, it is walking only. Ghost Tree Grill sits just beyond Old Macdonald's 18th green and takes its name from the landmark on the third hole. The Pacific Northwest steakhouse and raw bar has walls of windows, a large indoor-outdoor bar, a courtyard and a fire pit, making it the most course-connected gathering place at the resort.

Bandon, OR · 0.8 mi away

Sheep Ranch is the fifth 18-hole course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw and opened in 2020. It sits on a bluff top with roughly a mile of Pacific coastline, with several holes playing along the cliff edge and over water. The most unusual thing about it is what is missing: there are no bunkers anywhere on the course. Defense comes from the wind, the cliff edges, the contours around the greens and the openness of the site, which has almost no trees. Fairways run together with few defined boundaries, so golfers often choose their own line and angle rather than following a set corridor. The land was previously an informal course with about a dozen greens used by resort insiders, which is where the name comes from. Like the rest of Bandon, it is walking only, and it plays at roughly 6,636 yards from the back tees, shorter than most of the resort's other courses. Sheep Ranch has its own clubhouse and patio for a quick stop after the round. Golfers looking for a longer meal can continue elsewhere at the resort, including McKee's Pub for a Scottish-style room or Ghost Tree Grill for steak, seafood and an outdoor fire pit.

Bandon, OR · 0.8 mi away

Shorty's is a 19-hole short course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort on the Oregon coast, opened in May 2024 on a dune site southwest of the resort's Bandon Trails course. It was designed by Rod Whitman, Dave Axland, and Keith Cutten, working together as WAC Golf. Holes range from about 39 to 170 yards, with three sets of tees on each and bunkers present on nearly every hole. The routing winds through undulating natural dunes and scattered shore pines, taking advantage of ground too irregular to support a full-length course. It is named for Shorty Dow, the resort property's original caretaker. Shorty's is part of Bandon Dunes Resort and requires a tee time like the resort's regulation courses. Net proceeds from play go toward the Bandon Dunes Charitable Foundation, which supports conservation and community programs on the southern Oregon coast.