Sandpines #16
Signature hole #16. Your tee shot must be left center to avoid the Scottish style bunkers on the right. The green is surrounded by hazards. Water, deep bunkers, and rough are waiting. The massive coastal sand dunes can be seen in the distance.
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4.3
302 Reviews (302)
5 Stars
142
4 Stars
115
3 Stars
33
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.3
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.4
Amenities
3.3
94.4%
Recommend this course
275 out of 302 reviews
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3.4
5 Reviews (5)
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.4
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.8
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.0
60.0%
Recommend this course
3 out of 5 reviews
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4.1
24 Reviews (24)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.3
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.6
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.5
91.7%
Recommend this course
22 out of 24 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6931 yards
Slope 129
Rating 74.2

Formerly known as Florence Golf Links.

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Course Details

Year Built 1993
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Rees Jones (1993) Greg Muirhead (1993)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

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4.3
302 Reviews (302)
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Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

My new favorite course!

Absolutely stunning course!!! Entire course and practice facility were immaculate. Perfect pro feel greens, huge open links with forgiveness but a challenge for off shots, stunningly large greens fast and challenging to read but perfectly challenging.

Definitely no mud problem, sand traps are beach sand super soft to hit out but not to many to be frustrating.

We had amazing weather with little wind, which is rare for the coast, but either way.

Can't wait to play this course again!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

nice conditions

I played this course in late January. The weather was amazing for this time of year. 60 degrees sunny with a little wind. The greens were surprisingly quick. The fairways were dry and firm. The greens were a little tough to read since I hadn't played here in 30 years. All in all a fun course to play. Looks like it would be extremely tough if it was windy.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Excellent and great value

A great golf course with a nice variety of golf holes. Well worth a visit. Fantastic value

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Exciting

I always enjoy visiting this course, I travel from New York to Florence twice a year to play this course with friends. It is a fun layout that needs various shot making to play. The course is always in good playing conditions. The clubhouse staff are excellent. I enjoy the food, drink and attention to detail so that you leave healthy and happy. I always enjoy playing the course and the 19th hole. It is exciting to find an all around great experience. Just look at the picture I attached and realize that it always looks like this.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 181
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing

It’s still very nice

Can’t imagine how glorious it was in its prime, I love the settings coastal pines and some rural feel to it but hurry new homes are being built near some fairways already. I had a great time!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Awful conditions for a $90 golf course

We played there today and I was appalled at the condition of the course. Living an hour away, I used to play here two or three times a year. No more. Huge expanses of no grass in the fairways…had to move the ball on almost every shot in order to hit. As a result I can’t honestly post today’s score on GHIN. Greens were OK, but Tee boxes and fairways were awful, really awful. Hard to believe that they’ve let this beautiful course go.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Wet weather
Walked

Very walkable

Loved the course layout, routing, pace of play, ability to walk, and friendliness of staff...all top-rated! My wife and I both very much enjoyed playing the course; we would gladly play it again. The greens are huge and were rolling fairly consistently. There was a lot of blotchy, dead grass on the fairways and around the greens; the tee boxes had issues but we could always find a small patch of grass for the tee. All in all, a good day on the links!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Now Florence City Golf Links

After missing last year we took the one hour plus trip to play the former Sandpines golf course. Sadly the nice course departed with the nice name. A tremendous downgrade. Bare spots in fairways ( disease?) all over. Weeds, not native grass, growing in sand traps. Tees were mostly bare ground. Greens not bad but course shows neglect big time. Rumor has it that real estate developers purchased it and some evidence of that with the unnatural encroachment near #8 green.

Sad as it was one of my top ten in Oregon. Will not play it again as it is.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a year
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Server Error

You guys faulted on my tee time.

THEY HAD NO RECORD OF MY TEE TIME.

THAT SUCKED TO HAVE TO GO TO THE PRO SHOP AND CONFIRM MY TEE TIME.

DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful course in sad decline

This has been my course of choice for a number of years. Always felt is was worth the hour and 45min drive from Corvallis. But this year I've noticed a definite decline in maintenance of the course. Initially I chalked it up to winter recovery. But after yesterday's round it's obvious that the current owners are not spending the money needed to maintain this wonderful Rees Jones track. From unmowed teeboxes to unraked sandtraps (many with grass and weeds growing in them) the course isn't worth the green fees they are asking. Until they get their act together I'll not be returning and I recommend others drive on by as well. Never thought I'd write a review like this of this course...sad.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Worth the trip

This ocean course is on par with other top rated ones without paying $$$$ This course has same wind. Just without the ocean view. I would play again

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 42
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Another Great Deal from TeeOff/ Golf Now

An excellent course made more than excellent for the deal I got from TeeOff via my Annual Pass.

The course was in an excellent condition, especially since it’s a links course as I was expecting something less than what it really is. It’s undoubtedly affected by typical Oregon Coastal winds, occasional fog and of course the seasonal wet conditions, However there was no fog and no rain today but the wind was ever present which made for a less than optimal game for me. However, I really enjoyed this course and would recommend it to those who don’t mind the wind as much.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

So windy

Course was fun and challenging. A nice sunny day, but very windy typical of Oregon coast.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Layout a plus

Greens soft and slow, enjoyed the routing and layout, stout Par 3’s, 16,17,18 make this course!!

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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