Bandon Dunes

Just you, the dunes and the game.

Bandon is a trip to give over to golf. On the Oregon coast, the landscape supplies much of the drama and walking supplies the pace. Build a few days around the game, then let the rhythm of the place do the rest.

Bandon Dunes green fees and tee times.

Demand outstrips supply, so lodging is now released through drawings. For 2028, rooms go out in four sequential periods through a guest log-in portal, each with its own registration window and draw. For 2027 trips, send an availability enquiry using the resort’s trip planner. Reservations are only guaranteed once you have spoken to a reservationist. Day guests can book tee times within 21 days of play at the standard day rate. From April to mid-November they can book further ahead, up to a year, at a premium rate and only after 10am. Resort guests pay less, and a same-day second round is half price.

The courses at Bandon Dunes.

Bandon Dunes

David McLay Kidd’s course opened the resort in 1999 and set the tone: holes that climb on to the bluffs and run along the ocean, with the 16th playing along the cliff edge. It remains the best introduction to what Bandon is about.

Pacific Dunes

Tom Doak’s 2001 course is the ranking favourite, routed through blowout bunkers with an irregular par of four par 3s on the back nine. Holes 10 and 11 are back-to-back short holes on the cliff.

Bandon Trails

Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw took Trails inland in 2005, from open dunes into meadows and spruce forest and back. It is the most sheltered on a windy day, and a hillier walk than the coastal courses.

Old Macdonald

Doak and Jim Urbina’s 2010 tribute to C.B. Macdonald borrows classic templates such as the Redan, Biarritz and Alps, with vast greens and wide fairways that put the emphasis on angles.

Sheep Ranch

Coore and Crenshaw’s 2020 course has no bunkers and an unusual number of greens on the clifftop. Without hazards to frame the holes, the wind and the ground do the work.

Bandon Preserve and Shorty’s

Bandon Preserve is a 13-hole par-3 course by Coore and Crenshaw. Shorty’s, a 19-hole par-3 course by Rod Whitman, Dave Axland and Keith Cutten, opened in May 2024. Net profits from both fund the Bandon Dunes Charitable Foundation.

The round, in perspective.

Bandon’s five 18-hole courses sit on sand dunes and clifftops above the Pacific, and every one is walking-only. Expect firm turf, fescue fairways, gorse and a strong summer wind from the north-west. A round covers more than six miles on foot, which is why the resort asks for a light carry bag of 25 lbs or less and suggests no more than 14 clubs, one layer and six balls. Most groups play 36 holes a day for two or three days, then use the par-3 courses and putting green to rest their legs.

Make the trip work.

Decide how many walking rounds your group can handle; most find two a day plenty. Arrange caddies at the same time as the golf, and expect the same caddie for your whole stay unless you ask for a change. Riding carts are available only for a permanent disability, at $30 with a caddie driving, and must be arranged with documentation before the 30-day cancellation window. Free push carts are available, though sand and the lack of paths are hard on electric trolleys. Any course played within five days of its aerification is 25% off.

Southwest Oregon Regional Airport (OTH) in North Bend is about 35 minutes away, with Hertz and Enterprise on site. Eugene is roughly 2.5 hours by road, Medford three hours and Portland 4.5 hours. The resort runs an on-property shuttle only, so arrange a local transfer or hire car from the airport.

Where it is.

Somewhere to settle in.

The resort’s lodging is spread across the property: single and double rooms at The Lodge, Lily Pond, Chrome Lake, The Inn and Round Lake, two-bedroom suites at Chrome Lake, and four-bedroom suites at The Lodge and the Grove Cottages. The free shuttle links them to every first tee, so location matters less than room layout. Bandon town, about 5 miles south, has motels and rentals but no resort-guest rate.

Make a trip of it.

There is no need to leave: the Punch Bowl putting course, the Labyrinth and hiking trails fill the gaps between rounds, and Shorty’s or the Preserve make a light final morning before a flight. Restaurants range from McKee’s Pub to the Ghost Tree Grill. If you do head out, Bandon’s Old Town on the Coquille River and the sea stacks at Face Rock are a short drive south.

Find your season.

Rates peak from June to September, when the weather is driest and the northerly wind strongest. October is often calmer and costs less. Winter brings rain and low prices. In 2026, greens aerification takes each course out for three days in spring and autumn; Pacific Dunes, for example, is closed 14–16 October.