Michigan Golf Journal December 2020

Michigan Golf Journal Bandon Dunes Where do we begin? An October trip to Bandon Dunes showed exactly how the world-famous Oregon location on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, executes its reputation as great American golf with a flair of old-world Ireland. The golf superlatives could run the length of your best drive of the day – but there’s only so much space in print to share what a great, traditional experience lies ahead for golfers who make the pilgrimage. Tradition is a good place to start, with six walking-only golf courses at Bandon – including the par 3 Bandon Preserve layout. Each choice will take any golfer back in time when links golf was simply a few clubs and wind-swept natural shoreline; that is until you utilize the restaurant and lodging facilities with all the modern touches. Pacific Dunes: Michigan’s Tom Doak designed this terrific layout with super-wide fairways and amazing par 3s a plenty . The back tees are ‘only’ 6633 yards, and the green tees played very comfortably for this average golfer, at 6142. Our twosome with caddies, Bandon Dunes: a Pacific Paradise By Tom Lang