Bandon Dunes Golf Resort

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golf_facility_name = Bandon Dunes Golf Resort


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location = Bandon, Oregon
United States
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establishment = May 19 1999
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website = [http://www.bandondunesgolf.com/ bandondunesgolf.com]
course1 = Bandon Dunes
designer1 = David McLay Kidd
par1 = 72
length1 = 6,732 yards
rating1 = 73.9
course2 = Pacific Dunes
designer2 = Tom Doak
par2 = 71
length2 = 6,633
rating2 = 72.6
course3 = Bandon Trails
designer3 = Bill Coore,
Ben Crenshaw
par3 = 71
length3 = 6,765
rating3 = 73.4
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Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is a complex of three golf courses located just north of the city of Bandon, Oregon, United States.

Courses

The first course at the resort, Bandon Dunes, opened on May 19, 1999. Bandon Dunes was designed by Scotsman David McLay Kidd, and it instantly garnered high praise.cite web|title=Bandon Dunes: What Others are saying|url=http://www.bandondunesgolf.com/what_say.cfm] The course features gorse-lined fairways and numerous pot bunkers.

The resort's second course, Pacific Dunes, opened on July 1, 2001. Pacific Dunes was designed by Michigan architect Tom Doak, and sculpted by his design firm, Renaissance Design, Inc. Pacific Dunes also opened to glowing reviews and quickly surpassed Bandon Dunes as the highest-rated course on the property. Pacific Dunes was rated the number one resort golf course in the country in 2005 by "Golfweek" magazine, placing just ahead of Pebble Beach.

The resort's third course, Bandon Trails, was designed by the team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw. Bandon Trails opened on June 1, 2005. Bandon Trails departs from its siblings in that no holes are routed along the Pacific Ocean. The course meanders through dunes, meadows, and forest land. Upon its opening, "Golf Odyssey", the preeminent newsletter devoted to golf travel, named Bandon Dunes, "The Best Place on the Planet for Golf".

A planned fourth course, Old Macdonald (in honor of Charles Blair Macdonald), is scheduled to open in the summer of 2010. [cite web|title="Bandon Dunes: What's New|url=http://www.bandondunesgolf.com/what_new.cfm] It is being designed by a team led by Tom Doak and Jim Urbina.Fact|date=March 2008

Use of golf carts is not permitted at the resort, unless required for medical reasons. [cite web|title="Planning the Ultimate Bandon Dunes Golf Vacation|url=http://www.bandonbook.com]

Rankings

All of the resort's three courses are ranked in the top 100 in the world and top 50 in the United States by Golf Magazine (September 2005 edition)—the only resort in the U.S. with this claim to fame. Pacific Dunes and Bandon Dunes are both ranked in the top 10 among U.S. public courses by "Golf Digest" (May 2007 edition).

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