Overview

This was the second course constructed at Bandon Dunes Resort and the highest ranked among the resort’s five 18s. To best utilize ocean frontage, Tom Doak came up an unorthodox routing that includes four par 3s on the back nine. Holes seem to emerge from the landscape rather than being superimposed onto it, with rolling greens and rumpled fairways framed by rugged sand dunes and marvelously grotesque bunkers. The secret is Doak moved a lot of earth in some places to make it look like he moved very little, but the result is a course with sensual movements, like a tango that steps toward the coast and back again, dipping in and out of different playing arenas from the secluded sand blowouts to the exposed blufs and all variations in between.

About

Holes 18
Length 6633
Slope 142
Price $350
Facility Type Public
Year Opened 2001
Designer Tom Doak

Awards

100 Greatest
100 Greatest Public
Best Courses in Every State

Ranking history:

100 Greatest: Ranked since 2003.
2023-'24 ranking: 21st.
Previous ranking: 18th.

Highest ranking: 14th, 2007-'10.

100 Greatest Public: Ranked since the inaugural edition in 2003.
2023-'24 ranking: 2nd.
Highest ranking: 2nd, 2007-'12, 2015 to current.

Best in State (including 2023-24 ranking): Ranked first since 2003.

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Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.9

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
7.9646
Character
8.2296
Challenge
7.7999
Layout Variety
8.0642
Fun
7.8606
Aesthetics
8.3364
Conditioning
7.7071

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