‘Every architect dreams of building among the sand dunes, in the same terrain where golf was conceived in the British Isles. For me and my associates, Pacific Dunes is that dream come true.’ Tom Do...
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As successful as the Bandon Dunes Resort has been, until the 2020 opening of the Sheep Ranch a serious nitpicker might have argued that it was missing one piece of the development puzzle. That piec...
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Seeds for the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort were planted in developer Mike Keiser back in the 1980s, when he first golfed on the traditional old links of the British Isles. Frustrated by the direction g...
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‘In the profession of golf architecture all one can ask for is to be given an extraordinary site and the freedom to work with it. Mike Keiser has afforded both at Bandon Trails.’ Bill Coore
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‘From the moment I stepped out on these wild, wind-shaped sand dunes, I knew this would be the opportunity of a lifetime.’ David McLay Kidd
A modern phenomenon, the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort...
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What do you give the resort golfer who has everything? It’s a question that some in the business asked when an announcement was made shortly after the Old Macdonald opening in 2010, of plans to add...
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Set within a thousand year old federally protected juniper forest, Pronghorn is a mixed resort and residential development located a short drive northeast from the city of Bend. The estate was crea...
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Opening in 2007, Bandon Crossings is an affordable public golf course in Bandon, Oregon, a short distance from the acclaimed Bandon Dunes Resort.
The course was developed by Rex & Carla Smi...
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The following course review of the Silvies Valley Ranch appears in the new edition of Planet Golf USA (2020).
Established in the 1880s, the Silvies Valley Ranch covers 140,000 acres of mead...
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In Volume 3 of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, Tom Doak published that:
“Building on top of volcanic rock is neither easy nor cheap, and kudos to Jack Nicklaus and his team for work...
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As successful as the Bandon Dunes Resort has been, until the 2020 opening of the Sheep Ranch a serious nitpicker might have argued that it was missing one piece of the development puzzle. That piec...
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Seeds for the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort were planted in developer Mike Keiser back in the 1980s, when he first golfed on the traditional old links of the British Isles. Frustrated by the direction g...
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