My 10 Favorite Par-Three Holes at Bandon Dunes
Bandon Dunes celebrated its 25th anniversary this year with an event that coincided with the grand opening of the resort’s seventh course, a 19-hole Par-3 course which trundles over a parcel of land that is captivating yet too severe to accommodate a full-length layout. Named in honor of the land’s previous caretaker, this new addition—Shorty’s—is […]
A Preview of Shorty’s: The New Par-3 Course at Bandon Dunes
His parents knew him as Warren, but to everyone else he was “Shorty.” Shorty Dow, caretaker (or, as he put it, “governor, mayor, and sheriff”) of the wild, 1,250-acre property on the Oregon coast that Mike Keiser would eventually transform into what might be the greatest golf resort in the world, Bandon Dunes, earned the […]
10 of Oregon’s Top Public Golf Courses Beyond Bandon Dunes
For many golfers outside Oregon, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort isn’t just at the top of the list for great golf in the state—it is the list. But as good as Bandon’s golf offerings are, with all five of its 18-hole courses nationally ranked among public courses by every conceivable publication, there is a wealth of […]
Links Living: Silvies Valley Ranch
The future of sustainable living is as bright as the star-filled skies at this authentic Western ranch and resort If you think living off the grid has to mean moving to the wilderness, building a cabin, raising your own food, and disconnecting from the world and its luxuries, it’s time for a rethink. Silvies Valley […]
Bandon Dunes Set to Add a 19-hole Par-3 as Its 7th Course
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is adding even more golf to a resort already home to five 18-hole courses and a 13-hole par-3. Set on an inland dunescape between the first hole of Bandon Trails and the Pacific Ocean, development is proceeding on a second par-3 layout (this one spanning 19 holes) affectionately being referred to […]
Silvies Valley Ranch
Seneca, Ore. Have you ever wanted to go off the grid? Really, completely off the grid? Residents at The Retreat, Links & Spa at Silvies Valley Ranch know that feeling well while also experiencing a luxurious, rural ranch lifestyle and world-class amenities spread across 150,000 acres in the Oregon Frontier many miles from traffic and […]
First Peek: Bar Run
A family-owned sand and gravel mine has morphed into Oregon’s next great public golf course Since opening Umpqua Sand & Gravel in 1965, the Guido family has known the land they owned in Roseburg, Ore., couldn’t be mined forever. A lighthearted idea to build a 9-hole course led to shaping a few par-three holes for […]
Beyond Bandon
Yes, Virginia (or wherever you’re coming from), there’s a lot more to golf in Oregon than that rightfully vaunted resort Long before flagsticks fluttered in the Oregon coastal winds, a pair of high-handicap drifters named Lewis and Clark surveyed the virginal future fairways of the Pacific Northwest. “Ocean in view!” exclaimed the latter in 1805, […]
First Peek: Sheep Ranch
Bandon Dunes’s best-kept secret is a secret no more The fifth, and likely the final, 18-hole layout at Bandon Dunes—perhaps the most highly anticipated course in the world since its announcement in 2019—debuted on June 1. For years, the Bally Bandon Sheep Ranch sat hidden away from visitors to Bandon Dunes on an oceanfront plot […]
American Dream Courses: Northwest
If you’re into cool, small towns with more breweries than grocery stores, snow-capped volcanoes (dormant since Mount St. Helens blew in 1980), arid high desert, and primitive beaches backed by dark coniferous forests, then you’ll likely fall as hard for the Pacific Northwest as I did. The golf gets pretty sensational, too. You know about […]
