USA
$135-$335, discounts for residents and replay rates
Par 72, 6,732 yards
Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the fabulous and expansive resort of Bandon Dunes is a complete destination in its own right. There is more than enough top-quality golf on offer to satisfy the most demanding enthusiast, with four magnificent 18-hole layouts, a par-3 course and an amazing 18-hole putting green, The Punchbowl.
Laid out over rugged clifftops and dunes, the original Bandon Dunes course was designed by David McLay Kidd and it was followed by Tom Doak’s Pacific Dunes two years later. Bandon Trails, a Coore/Crenshaw collaboration, came next in 2005, while Doak returned nine years ago with Jim Urbina to create Old Macdonald, a tribute to Charles Blair Macdonald, a pioneer of American course architecture.
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